Wild NYFW robo-dress by tech wiz turned designer blooms when you shake someone’s hand

Fuente: New York Post

Maia Hirsch’s affinity for fashion design doesn’t STEM from a lifelong love of luxe labels like Chanel, Hermès and Dior.     While admittedly an appreciator of haute finery, Hirsch, 24, a mechanical engineer from upstate Ithaca, is more fascinated with scientific systems and robotics than imported silks and lambskin leather.   But when the pandemic erupted in 2020, leaving the then-undergrad stranded while studying in Florida, she enrolled in a fashion design course at the Istituto Marangoni Miami — merely as a fun, therapeutic outlet amid the chaos.