This year's exhibition and Met Gala, entitled Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology, is meant to make us think of how we moved from handmade to machine-made, and what these two processes mean to haute couture and avante garde ready-to-wear. However, for this ethical blogger it conjures up much more. How has technology affected the way in which we engage with clothes and the fashion industry? What emotions are conjured when we look at garments that have been handmade vs machine-made? And, most importantly,how can technology be used to drive the industry into a more conscious arena?
