Sylvia Heisel made it big in fashion: an eponymous brand, featured in all the top publications, and worn by women across the United States.
Sylvia Heisel made it big in fashion: an eponymous brand, featured in all the top publications, and worn by women across the United States. Yet she felt powerless against the sheer wastage, exploitation, and lack of innovation she witnessed in the industry— so she left it behind to bring fashion into the future.
It was around 2007 when Sylvia Heisel first acquired a 3D printer and began brainstorming all the ways it could be used for fashion. Heisel has always been a creative through and through, and a resourceful one at that: she began creating jewellery out of scrap metal pieces when she was in college. 3D printing— a practice which had been shrouded in mystery for decades— was only just becoming accessible, and Heisel saw the opportunity to create something on uncharted territory. What drew her most to this technique was the ability to design, build and create with zero waste, something which traditional fashion was sorely lacking.
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