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Photo courtesy Stephanie Choplin |
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Designer Stephanie Choplin |
Stephanie Choplin, a young French designer, creates "
Lumintact", a new option when women lose a breast due to mastectomy, designed to celebrate a sense
of confidence and sexy femininity. Lumitact is an adhesive, tactile
breast prosthesis that integrates Phillips’ Lumalive material into its
design. Luminescent shapes continually glide softly over the form. "When the prosthetic is touched", states Choplin, "the shapes slide softly towards the zone touched like the shiver of a caress on the skin" This is designed to encourage incorporating the prosthetic into lovemaking as a natural extension of the body, as is the extended shape, which was selected as a way to guide a partner's hand to the whole body. The animations are intended to give a sense of life and movement to the prosthetic.
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Scott Summit's Feminine chrome and lace design |
Other designers who are exploring prosthetics that are openly techy and a personal fashion statement, include Scott Summit, with his
cyber-cool prosthetic legs, customized for each client and printed using
3D printing technology Meanwhile model, athlete and amputee,
Aimee Mullen, challenges society's assumptions by cheekily considering her twelve pairs of legs as fashion capable of giving her "superpowers'.
Aimee Mullins: Unabashedly sexy on the runway or wearing the running legs that made her a champion
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