an led+fiber optic-based senior ball dress

for mit senior ball, i made my dress and tried to add some lighted elements using led’s and fiber optics. i was funded by mit projx.

i used a large variety of resources and bought a pattern for the pants. here’s a short list of some of the fiber optic resources:

wearing the final dress on the day of mit senior ball

process pictures below:

testing led-fiber optic connection and end glow

testing led pattern options

fiber optic end glow pattern close-up

fiber optic glow through abraided fibers