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Magnetic Dress
Dress or halter top held in place by nothing by the forces of magnetism | |
Not to be confused with my magnetic closures idea, this dress consists of magnetic disks and beads and, well, nothing else. (See link for necklace made from same.)
Owing to the highly flexible nature of the individual disks and beads, and inclination to fasten on selves when folded, the dress has
to be built on you, rather than slipped on, but hey, everyone knows it takes a little extra effort to be at the cutting edge of fashion!
It's entirely possible that a halter top or mini-skirt would work better than a full dress. Volunteers for some field testing, please step forward!
Oh, and for those worried about pinching, the edges of the disks will be rounded to avoid that.
Magnetic Necklace
http://www.uncommon...elated&itemId=13603
Like this, only more so. [DrCurry, Apr 10 2007]
Magnetic Near-Closures
Magnetic_20Near-Closures
Not like this. Except maybe for the model. (po, you still doing that gig?) [DrCurry, Apr 10 2007]
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I think the seperate pieces of the dress may pinch the wearer at some places... Also, wearing a watch and carrying a mobile phone or credit card would become impossible (if you wanted them to keep working). |
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It would be cool to see in a TV store though :P |
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You would want a friend to carry your credit card. |
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never worry to pick up a paperclip or needle again. |
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This just adds to the reasons why every groovy bachelor pad should have a huge, remote-operated, under-floor electromagnet. |
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//huge, remote-operated, under-floor electromagnet// |
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What other reasons pray tell? Maybe post it? |
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Well, you need something to keep the maglev sofa airborne. |
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//Magnets would try to minimise the surface area of the dress leading to the inevitable conclusion that your bum would look big in this// |
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Most anything that makes a small bum look big is good. |
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I've just been playing with a set of
ludicrously magnetic balls and cubes and
suchlike. The problem I find is that
magnetic structures like this often
reconfigure themselves at some slight
provocation. |
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Do they reconfigure themselves provocatively? |
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MB: this was inspired by a magnetic bangle I saw in a bead store. It was actually very stable in bangle format, despite being very unstable in every other format. Provided the connected beads form a loop for the magnetic lines to flow through, I don't think you will have many revealing moments. |
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//MB: this was inspired by a magnetic
bangle I saw in a bead store.// Yes, a
ring is pretty stable. But forming a
two-dimensional sheet is more tricky.
Just imagine four small squares, each
with one edge labelled "N" and the
opposite edge labelled "S". You can put
two (or more) of them in a line thus: |
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and they are happy. But now make a
square from four magnets: |
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This is OK, but you have a couple of N's
in close proximity in the middle, and
also a couple of S's. So the sheet will
try to open out to make a linear
"NSNSNSNS" chain. |
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ie, a staggered sheet, but you still get
similar problems |
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It _is_ possible to make a sheet (of
square or spherical magnets), but it
tends to be metastable rather than fully
stable. |
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You can use different polarizations (for
instance, nobody says a magnet can't
have two N and two S poles), which
might help. But my guess is that
anything as complex as halter top is
going to want to reconfigure itself
somehow. |
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Perhaps that tendency could be remedied by making the dress components of a shape with some grip - for example, tongue in groove. There would then be a structural as well as a physical impediment to sudden rearrangement. The possibility of sudden rearrangement happening anyway is why the good [Dr] will be able to charge top dollar for this dress. |
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As noted elsewhere, the beads in the magnetic bangle were cylinders that stuck strongly to each other in most any orientation, with no particularly obvious north/south polarity. I do not know how they achieved that effect. |
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Besides, I've seen similar necklaces to the one picture made entirely of spherical magnetic beads, all quite happily stuck to each other. |
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So I stand by the halter top. |
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Well, OK, you go stand by it if that's what
you'd like to do. I'll just sit here for now. |
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It might work, but I'm not convinced. No
good will come of it. |
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Now this is from a man's point of view |
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The magnetic links better be strong the tension put on fabric is fairly high especially with a dress that is not properly made all you have to do is take to big of a step and you have put a new slit in your dress or skirt. |
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With the attractive quality of magnets it would make it hard to make a good design.
A mini-skirt will over come the need for a slit in the skirt but the is still a lot of tension in the seat and sides unless it is way to short to ware in public. |
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MB: oh, this one definitely needs some field testing. I don't understand why no one has volunteered yet...
dev45: hm, yeah, but I'm not about to do anything any time soon about fixing my male point of view.
a) this dress will be constructed each time it's worn, making it the ultimate in bespoke clothing, and nothing like the badly made dresses you get at the mall.
b) it's very much a novelty item for wearing for an hour or two at the kind of cocktail party where all you have to do is stand around looking under-dressed and try not to spill your drink on the host - if you think this is impractical (and it surely is), you should see some of the one-off concoctions the models arrive in. You could, after all, be wearing nothing but sushi, that people are supposed to pick off your body and eat (probably helps not to be ticklish for that one.)
I was planning to do a photo shoot with the model wearing nothing but Post-It notes - maybe I should get a large bag of magnetic beads, and stick those on the model instead. Oh, yeah, volunteers needed for that one, too. |
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DrCurry you are right this would be perfect for a cocktail party. |
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I meant that my comment is from man's point of view(I'm a man) |
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Sorry, there's a hiring freeze on right now. |
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But the market for computer people seems very strong at the moment. Or at least in my neck of the woods (Wall Street). |
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Well, if the good doctor will stand by the halter top, then so will I. I'll be wearing my ever so stylish "electromagnet cod piece" to this particular coctail party. |
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when / if the poles flip, will I end up looking slightly silly and / or embarrassed? |
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If you wore this dress to a party you'd really hope that nobody was wearing the same as you or you'd get stuck together. You'd also need to take care not to stand too close to the sides of a lift. |
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"If you wore this dress to a party you'd really hope that nobody was wearing the same as you or you'd get stuck together. You'd also need to take care not to stand too close to the sides of a lift." |
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or any other metal object |
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//you need something to keep the maglev
sofa airborne//
Is there a reason why this invention has
yet to be posted? |
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I hope the young lady arrives in a Corvette or an early Saturn - if she brushes up against any other car, then that's where she'll be for the rest of the evening. |
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She had such personal magnetism she was soon wearing four dresses, and the other ladies at the party were wearing the table cloth. |
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"Say old chap, who was that lovely young woman with you
at the cocktail party last night? She seems very attractive." |
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"Who was that woman I seen you with last night?"
"You mean 'I saw' "
"OK - who was that eyesore I seen you with last night?" |
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The magnets could be spaced with material that passes on
the field but is not actually a magnet itself. Mouldings on
the magnet can change shape and therefore connection/grip
on the other magnets and therefore overall form. |
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Still they have to be very strong magnets, which also might
have some unknown long term effects on the wearers.
Especially those with pace makers. |
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Yes, so that the Marilyn Maneuver could be performed with a junkyard electromagnet. |
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