How Cameron Hughes makes his high-tech couture

Fashion designer Cameron Hughes blends robotics and handmade construction to design kinetic garments for celebrity clients. Cameron Hughes’ designs move as if they each have a mind of their own. On one dress, purple feathers rise and lower like a bird’s ruffled feathers. On another, a swarm of robotic butterflies flap their wings. Still another features spinning tubes of fabric that transform a skirt from pink to blue and back again. The 29-year-old New Yorker makes high-tech couture,...