Lady Gaga's Flying Dress Offers Vision Of How "We May All Travel In Ten Years Time"

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: created for Lady Gaga, Volantis is the first dress flying in the world and heralds the beginning of a new era for human flight, says designer Benjamin males.



Dress the world's first flight, Volantis , in his first public rally in November 2013 Credit: . Terry Richardson

The rapid development of technology of flight will make personal flying vehicles commercially viable in the near future in accordance with boys Benjamin, co- founder of fashion and technology studio based in London XO, which developed the Volantis for Lady Gaga.



" Volantis may seem very science fiction , " says men ", but if you take into account developments in vehicle design , if you look at the trends toward space travel and jet pack design , in fact the idea of having a personal air vehicle that has to have style does not seem so crazy . "



Lady Gaga with the directors of XO, Nancy Tilbury and Benjamin male study. Credit: Terry Richardson

" Who knows, in ten years we can all be flying round Volantises “he adds.

Volantis is controlled remotely and fly with 12 battery-powered propellers. Flown by a trained pilot who specializes in unmanned vehicles , which was announced with Lady Gaga in a warehouse in Brooklyn , New York City, in November last year.



Speaking to Dezeen in XO London headquarters Study, Males explains how the aircraft is powered rotor blades 12 and borrows from technology used in the manufacture of unmanned aircraft.

"It's known as a hex 12. Have six arms and 12 rotors. Each arm has two rotors that provide the thrust to lift [the] land “he says.



The truss section in the center of the aircraft, which is held Gaga by a belt, is made of titanium. The rotors and the bodice as are made of carbon fiber.

The passenger is inside a white blouse that is connected to the armature. “Even though the machine had to be strong, but also wanted it to have the affordances fashion. So did a beautiful front cover which completed the dress," says males.



White cylinders surrounding the rotors in the hexagonal array and are connected in the center above the dress, which rests on the floor with a circular stand when not in flight.


Study XO has also worked with other high profile artists, including Black Eyed Peas and Azealia Banks to create the hybrid stage costumes that combine fashion and technology.

"We bring these themes together in this space - quite unique in this environment," says Males, who is now working on launching a new brand of ready- to-wear development of some of the ideas stage work of the company.




The music in the film is a track by Simplex. You can hear his music at Dezeen Music Project.

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers is a collaboration of one year with MINI explore how design and technology come together to shape the future.