A Central Saint Martins graduate, a L'Oréal Prize winner, and a scholar of the Sarabande Foundation founded by Alexander McQueen, Bond arrived at the 3D pen as her final tool. Her material is flexible, biodegradable TPU filament. The finale dress of her last London Fashion Week collection, 〈The Midnight Sun〉, is called 〈Desert Rose〉: more than 5,000 hand-drawn discs joined together, five kilograms of filament, and six weeks of work. Chloe Bailey wore her design at the 2024 Fashion Awards.
The future she envisions is clear. You walk into a store, get your body scanned, pick a material, and watch your clothes print before your eyes. Jisoo's top is a preview of that future. Not sewing or pattern-making, but drawing lines that become clothing.
3D-printed garments usually conjure images of machine-extruded structures. But Karina Bond's method is different. She holds the pen in her hand and draws the garment herself. The human hand remains at the center, not the machine. Technology has not replaced craft; it has become craft's tool.
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FAQ
Who made the lace top Jisoo wore in the CLICK music video?
London designer Karina Bond created it by hand using a 3D pen. Instead of a sewing machine, she uses a 3D pen to layer TPU filament line by line, which hardens into fabric. Jisoo's entire ivory lace top was completed this way.
What material are Karina Bond's 3D pen dresses made from?
She uses flexible, biodegradable TPU filament. Karina Bond hand-draws with this filament using a 3D pen to create garments. Her London Fashion Week finale dress 'Desert Rose' required 5kg of filament, over 5,000 hand-drawn discs, and six weeks of work.
What career path led Karina Bond to become a 3D pen designer?
She graduated from Central Saint Martins, won the L'Oréal Prize, and was selected as a scholar by the Sarabande Foundation established by Alexander McQueen. Through this trajectory, she developed her unique clothing construction method using a 3D pen. Chloe Bailey wore her work at the 2024 Fashion Awards.
