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The face of any culture is carved by its costumes and traditions. Fashion is a social phenomenon based on creativity and tradition linked with history, religion, traditions and social features of life in general. Fashion and culture are very closely linked. Many people, therefore, are interested in the cause and effect relationship between fashion and culture. It is a traditional documentary source that reflects the appearance of traditional aspects of life in all cultures and important intangible heritage elements that express aspects of cultural life, society and economics. Also, it is a means of identifying to real society.

I’m interested about cultures, my culture and other cultures a round the world and I try to include that in my work and try to show it. The rezone for that is that I don’t think a lot of people around the world knows about my culture, so I feel like it’s my responsibility to educate about it. There are different regions in Saudi Arabia and each region has their own culture and fashion. It depends on their location, climate, and environment. The costumes, outfits and fashion of Saudi Arabia have changed throughout the years because of the development of the Saudi Arabian civilization. What used to be worn in the past has been altered into a different style that is beginning to adapt to Europe in general. The only fashion item that has not changed is the traditional Abayah, and there is a whole fashion for that. This is the part of my fashion culture that I’m interested about

Fashion is not all about dressing and following the trend like what some people think, It’s something higher than that. It’s like ART that has a concept and a massage. To be fashionable or a fashionista doesn’t mean to follow the trend and what the market want you to wear. It’s about having you own philosophy in fashion and what massage you want to send through it. For me I want to present my culture in a way to make it familiar and acceptable any ware around the world. I also, want to combine my culture massage with a technological environmental experience.

Technology improved our world a lot, but has also affected our plant. We must use technology in a correct manner to help us conserve the environment especially in fashion since it’s a huge industry and the waste of it affect our plant badly. Whenever we want to produce something we need to think about the environment and produced with consideration to our environment. We need to reduce the everyday waste of textile that occupies a large space in the landfill.

Recycling is one of the most important ways of conserving the environment. In fashion, there are three ways in which recycling can be undertaken. The first one involves the use of fabric, which is made up of recycled fibers or products. The second one involves recycling the textile fabric and the final one is recycling or customizing clothing; taking second hand clothing and re-fashioning or repairing it so it is given a second life.

I wanted to find a creative way to use technology and be eco-friendly at the same time. Since everything in our lives is turning into digital as well as our clothes, I decided to experiment with the 3D printing and make a 3D printing wearable piece. In my opinion, 3D printing is the future of fashion. One day anyone will be able to 3D print their dress at their exact measurements at home. The most important it is environmentally friendly. There’s no waste with 3D printing unlike textile.

I wanted to find a way to include culture, technology, and Eco friendly together in fashion. Working with a smart fabric that is Eco- friendly and 3D printer is something that I’m interested about.

After searching and a lot of thinking I found the Abaya, which formed to be this black robe worn by Arab women to cover regular clothes in many areas of the Middle East, especially in the Arab Gulf states is the perfect fit for my project. The Abaya considered being the uniforms for women in some Arab countries. It is a garment that can be described as a long and mostly black, with long-sleeved. Since the Abaya has it’s own fashion, there are a lot of designers and brands that are known for that in the Arabian Gulf especially like designer Shahad Albakri and my fair lady brand.

With technological advances a Japanese textile factories have been producing smart fabrics to the Arabian Gulf countries that helps the body to breathe comfortably. The technology owns special techniques that are developed to be friendly to our bodies and adapting to the climate. The tissues in these smart fabrics can respond efficiently to any important changes accuracy temperature or light. It is woven from natural plant fiber that can be self-controlled without any external stimulation.

The availability of smart fabric in Saudi Arabia is estimated by only 20 percent of the total availability of fabrics in the market. One of the problems is that some people still unaware of the environmental benefits of the smart fabrics and how fast it adapt to the atmosphere. The most important is that the smart fabrics are eco-friendly

By combining the smart fabric with the 3D printing I can have a cultural, fashionable, eco friendly Abaya. No matter how modern it looks it will always reference to my culture. And with good educating marketing it will spread all over the world.