[CNN]

The hottest accessory on the runway at Fashion Week is a creation from one of New York’s buzziest tech startups: 3D printed glasses from MakerBot.  …

“It makes you change the way you look at the process,” said the 23-year-old designer. “Your product is a reflection of the tools you have. This is a new tool for people to make objects. You don’t have to have eight years of schooling … people are going to start to make their own things.”

Levine envisions a future where shoes and outfits are printable and artists’ ideas can be designed and digitized, placed in MakerBot’s “Thingiverse,” and immediately made accessible to consumers. Those with 3D printers could download the designs and fabricate their own wardrobe.

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