Kukkia

The Kukkia flowers frame the face and slowly open and close over time, like a caress. The dress does not respond to proximity, mood, or the stock market. Rather, it is an expressive and behavioral kinetic sculpture that develops a visceral relationship with the wearer. The Kukkia flowers are constructed out of felt and silk petals that provide relative rigidity and integrate stitched Nitinol (a shape memory alloy) wire, which enables the slow, organic movement. XS Labs © 2005