Colour-In dress by Berber Soepboer and Michiel Schuurman allows you to create your own designs by adding different colours using textile markers.
The cloth is partly designed by the person who wears it, which hopefully makes the dress more valuable to the wearer.
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Mr.Great
You take at least couple of HOURS filling it all in, then wear it for 1-2 days, then wash it and fill it all in over again.
It does no seem like a good idea to me.
– Mr.Great
Dec 20th, 2009
Mika
I believe that the use of “textile markers” means that’s its not intended to be washed off once its colored in.
Be that as it may, and even though this is an interesting idea, I don’t really see it going far.
Dec 20th, 2009
Stephanie Horn
I was thinking about something like this a few days ago… but I wanted the black to be velvet so it would be reminiscent of those fuzzy Lisa Frank posters you’d color in, from the 90s.
Dec 20th, 2009
jingpi
cool.
Dec 20th, 2009
Mr.Great
PLAIN SIMPLE MATH
1 permanent textile marker + 1 mistake = 1 ruined dress
Dec 20th, 2009
gunneos
so explain why this wouldn’t work on any other dress. i prefer it monochrome anyway.
Dec 20th, 2009
Blaine
I think this is great! It’s not for everyone but there is a market for this I’m sure.
Dec 21st, 2009
carlos
You don’t have to color in all the white space. You could easily choose to fill in small sections as accents and leave the bulk of the dress as-is.
Dec 21st, 2009
Person
Hey Mr. Great, try being creative. Why are you so determined to put down this dress?
Dec 21st, 2009
Karen
i think this would be a pretty awesome dress if you were very creative :D if they came in smaller sizes, perfect gift for a little girl!
Dec 21st, 2009
mr.t
you should make t-shirts from this idea, that should be more easy to sell
Dec 21st, 2009
John
No. No. No.
Enough with the do it yourself products. Asking your buyers to complete your product for you shows no creativity whatsoever. It shows the lack of it if anything imho.
Dec 21st, 2009
Mask
its a great idea. made me think of that wallpaper that you can colour in. if the colour DOES wash off, what happens if it rains and they have no umbrella to speak of? the hilarity. THE SHAME. lolz. good concept.
Dec 21st, 2009
unDave
That’s about any white dress…. good idea, to paint them, but, ahm… i bet there are a few white dresses that could be painted like that at home…
-by unDave™
Dec 21st, 2009
Lili
Mr. Great – as an artist i can tell you there is one thing you are always told in school – There are no mistakes, only opportunities. With something like this any mistake can be made to look like it’s on purpose.
As for the idea. Awesome! I would totally wear the dress and be proud of the creativity in it. Did any one else see that you get to help design it so that it’s unique to you?
Dec 21st, 2009
Karin L. Stewart
There is always a maarket for EVERYTHING! This could be fun if it was up your alley.
Dec 21st, 2009
Mark
I could see this at your local Urban Outfitters
Dec 21st, 2009
Chedie
For creative people who would like to doodle, draw and color once in a while, this could be a good product for creative output ^^
Dec 21st, 2009
guy
Funny, my daughter got a coat this week that is black and white images (graffiti-esque) of playful items and I thought it would be fun for her to color in the white areas.
Dec 22nd, 2009
AO
Love it!
I love products that give the consumer the opportunity to customize and interact with it!
Beautifully designed in black and white or whatever color the consumer wanted.
A lot of people buy white shoes just for the opportunity to customize them. This is a great collaboration piece between the designer and the consumer.
Dec 22nd, 2009
Fresh
that is sooo amazing! someone could make a mint off that idea if they market it to art school students
Dec 26th, 2009
Kara
ALTERNATIVE SIMPLE MATH
1 permanent textile marker + 1 mistake = the most creative dress I have ever tried.
Dec 28th, 2009
Pete Sullivan
Couldn’t this just applied to any black and white outfit?
Dec 30th, 2009
hargh
I think it’s a good idea when it comes to celebrations like birthday parties, new year, christmas, or just normal wicked night out! I think would be a great idea for those consumers who likes to be creative – then they can change thair outfit till a new party and start over when there’s new party draw themes on the outfit!
hargh aka Krudtugle
Jan 3rd, 2010
James Anzalone
@John….
@Mr.Great being an artist, I understand criticism, but you are a little over the top with most things posted..
the circular motif is repetitious enough to hide a few mistakes here and there.. besides not everything is designed for the masses.
The success of a design really depends on what its goal is, and in this case the goal probably isn’t to stock the shelves of H&M’s across the globe.
Jun 7th, 2010