A Japanese designer has found a way of designing garments for exact fit. Yuima Nakazato has been working for six months on a new 3D clothes-making technique using traditional materials like cotton, nylon and wool but without needles and thread. He believes in future clothes will be infinitely adaptable and will adjust to a person’s waistline.

He visualizes a world where everyone can have tailor-made garments. Tailor-made clothes, particularly haute couture, are out of reach most except the richest. But Nakazato feels his technology can bring clothes that fit perfectly within the reach of all.

This system builds all silhouettes imaginable. It is like creating a garment from a dress pattern but with more flexibility. His designs, which included evening dresses and a version of Dior’s classic bar suit as well as jeans and a leather jacket, were built digitally-cut squares of fabric. Rather than a fitting, the wearer is first scanned before numbered squares of digitally cut fabrics are riveted together to form a perfectly fitting piece.

The major breakthrough is finding a way to use everyday fabrics like cotton, nylons and wool, which are difficult to control in digital fabrication.