Once you go “hack”, can you ever go back?
A computer-generated “humanoid” walked the runway in the finale of Japanese designer Yumi Katsura’s couture bridal fashion show this week in Osaka.
The robot’s strut on the catwalk may signal the ultimate demise of supermodels, who are notoriously unwilling to roll out of bed unless thousands of dollars await them in the fitting room.
Even though Katsura stridently rides the cutting edge of design, the most popular wedding gown magazines trumpet her looks and she claims to have battalions of satisfied brides on her web site. Katsura claims credit for designing: the gymnast Nadia Comaneci’s wedding dress; the memorable gown actress Kathleen Turner wore in the md-1980’s film “Jewel of the Nile” and a vestiment worn by Pope John Paul II.
Katsura collaborated with a national team of scientists to make her runway wonder _ a robot dubbed HRP-4C _ come to life. Due to delays in translation, full details of the press conference staged with the (ahem) model on the podium with Katsura are still forthcoming.
But it’s a safe bet that HRP-4C didn’t storm out on reporters, seek solace in a meal of cigarettes and sparkling water, or slap anyone upside the head with a cell phone.(Left: A chain-strapped bridal gown from Katsura's Spring/Summer '09 couture show)
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