It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Self-Assembly Laboratory

Custom Tailoring / 4D Knit Dress

11 March 2024

In late 2023, the MIT Self Assembly Lab and the high-tech fashion company Ministry of Supply debuted their 4D Knit Dress at the latter's store Boston, complete with a robotic arm working its way around a dress as customers watched.

MIT Researchers Create 4D Knit Dress that Can Be Modified with Changing Lifestyles

Researchers from the MIT Self-Assembly Lab have developed a 4D knit dress that promises to be more sustainable than traditional fashion to both the consumer and the producer.

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There are already reports of US companies asking for discounts. This is true as much of India, as it is of the smaller apparel-making nations.

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Sourcing Strategies / New Trade Disorder / II Analysis

The plush Plaza Senayan in Indonesian capital Jakarta. Many Asian countries today have thriving domestic markets.

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