Tair Ori Goldberg, Shai Gul

Biography

The Classification theorem in algebraic topology defines equivalence between surfaces. It turns out, that every surface is equivalent to a sphere with a certain number of handles, caps, crosscaps, and holes. In this clothing design, I drew inspiration from this mathematical concept to create a versatile and interchangeable garment. A shirt and pants are traditionally defined with different topological surfaces, while a T-shirt is just a sphere with four holes, pants is just a sphere with three holes. I wanted to push the boundaries of this convention by designing a sphere that could transform into either a T-shirt or pants. To achieve this, I used textile with compatible zippers-which represents caps, that allowed me to create different surfaces. This pattern construction with zipper, creates a pocket which gives the `user’ an option to eliminate holes. Lastly, the results obtained by defining a clothing pattern which is a half pants and a half T-shirt, which by zipping the four parts together leads to pants or T-shirt. I was surprised that these mathematical concepts, which usually stays in the head of mathematicians can define innovation in fashion design.

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About the look

Pants or T-shirt

Jersey fabric, zippers

2022

The Classification theorem in algebraic topology defines equivalency between surfaces. It turns out, that every surface is equivalent to a sphere with a certain number of handles, caps, crosscaps, and holes. In this clothing design, I drew inspiration from this mathematical concept to create a versatile and interchangeable garment. A shirt and pants are traditionally defined with different topological surfaces, while a T-shirt is just a sphere with four holes, pants is just a sphere with three holes. I wanted to push the boundaries of this convention by designing a sphere that could transform into either a T-shirt or pants. To achieve this, I used textile with compatible zippers-which represents caps, that allowed me to create different surfaces. This pattern construction with zipper, creates a pocket which gives the `user’ an option to eliminate holes. Lastly, the results obtained by defining a clothing pattern which is a half pants and a half T-shirt, which by zipping the four parts together leads to pants or T-shirt. I was surprised that these mathematical concepts, which usually stays in the head of mathematicians can define innovation in fashion design.