The strongest memories of my childhood are the ones in which I was cutting and piecing together old fabrics and clothes in my room, sculpting new silhouettes of garments around my body.
However, I was always drawn to mathematics and computer science, but I never felt complete when choosing between a
rt and science. I decided to study architecture because I believed it would be a good combination of logic and creativity, and it would open my mind to new ideas.
This proved to be true when I was exposed to parametric design, 3D printing, and new technologies such as robotic arms. As someone who always dreamed of being a fashion designer, in the back of my head, I couldn't help but think about how to take this new knowledge to the world of fashion.
This is why I combine fashion with technology and research more sustainable production methods to create the fashion of the future. My work centers around developing innovative methods for 3D printed garments with robotic arms, exploring architectonic shapes with the ambition to bring the worlds of science, engineering, and fashion together to empower women.
Another big part of my work is designing fashion that will make the person wearing it feel confident about themselves and self-complete with the person they chose to be. The design journey is where my hurt lies, from concept research and draping to sketching, creating flats and tech packs, sourcing materials, sewing, and refining craftsmanship. I relish the opportunity to be inventive in pattern making and the shapes of the garments on the body. I extend the limits of design software, such as Adobe, to design prints and make fashion flats and patterns.
My approach is characterized by a steadfast, organized, and cohesive methodology. I gravitate towards the most complex and challenging assignments, tackling them with an unwavering commitment to excellence. My best friends would describe me as highly motivated, inspiring, and a person who stays relaxed in the most stressful situations.
London, United Kingdom
Winner of Sustainable Fashion/Textile
New York, United States
New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
solo exhibition
Tel Aviv, Israel
My job included designing and curating the company's catalog and mood boards, designing prints, choosing fabrics and trims, connecting with artists to collaborate, and
ccompanying the creative director and CEO to meetings with sewers, embroiderers, clients, and photographers.
Fashion
Fashion Designer
Researcher
Draping
sketch
ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE
Flats
Tech Packs
sourcing materials
craftmanship
Time management
Communication
Presentation
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Clo3D
Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel...)
English
Fluent
Hebrew
Native language
Green card holder / US working permit
UE working permit
Potentially open to relocate
Hana Menkes
Kathlin Argiro
Cathleen Sheehan
With an academic background in architecture, Porges uses parametric design methods to create textiles and garments. Its objective is the fusion of fashion with technology and research into more sustainable production methods, thus outlining the future of fashion.
Looking at designer Lilach Porges’s DRESS_CODE offering, you may even think it’s too much. But that is exactly what she set out to do. Lilach Porges’s minidresses are structural thanks to 3D printing, and she showed hints of skin through patchwork pieces. Other pieces are just completely solid to hig
hlight some of the limitations of 3D printing.
Skin and geometric shapes were among the consistent themes in the collections this season, including Lilach Porges’s offering. Her minidresses were structural thanks to 3D printing, and she showed hints of skin through patchwork pieces.
"3D printing could open doors to a new world of sustainable materials that we may not have considered before. I've always enjoyed coding, programming, and science. I have a background in architecture. My goal is to merge technology and fashion using unconventional materials and software.”
"I hope to empower and convince people that technology isn't so far away from design"
Photographer: Roberto De Micheli // Fashion Designer: Lilach Porges // Model: Loli Laneova @The Walk // Hair Stylist: Helene Marie // Retoucher: Aaron Ford // Makeup Artist: Sweekriti
Photography Roberto De Micheli @rdmfashionphoto
Model Annie Smetana @smetana_a_
Makeup Nicolle Cruz @nicollec.mua
Hair Helene Marie @helene.marie
Fashion Designer Lilach Porges @lilachporges
Lilach Porges is a 3D printing garments with robotic arms. Her work centers around developing innovative methods and “exploring architectonic shapes with the ambition to bring the worlds of science, engineering, and fashion together to empower women”.
NEW BEDFORD — "I take a lot of inspiration from technology," says Israeli grad student Lilach Porges of her work as a fashion design student.
במסגרת התואר השני באופנה בניו יורק המעצבת והאדריכלית לילך פורגס חוקרת את האפשרויות של הדפסת בגדים בעזרת זרוע רובוטית ויתרונותיה, על פני מדפסת תלת־ממד
Lilach Porges uses a robotic arm to print cutting edge garment designs in 3D. Her desire to reduce both environmental impact and the fashion industry’s reliance on manual labor prompted her to search for sustainable 3D printing materials. That search ended when she found Braskem and their GR605R-CF p
ellets — a polyethylene/polypropylene blend made almost entirely from recycled bottle caps and reinforced with 100% recycled carbon fiber for added strength and durability. This material proved to be a perfect blend of sustainability, printability and performance.
