Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. reduce   B. physical   C. purchased   D. popularity   E. exist   F. harmful G. fashionable   H. changing   I. direction   J. desired   K. freedom

Would you pay $9,500 for a dress you couldn’t physically wear? Richard Ma paid that much earlier this year for such a garment. It cannot be touched or felt; instead, it is a digital dress that can only be layered on in a photo.

This sort of digital fashion, although still quite new, has seen a rise in【小题1】 in recent years as designers push the【小题2】 and cultural boundaries of space and time.

How Does It Work?

It might seem strange to buy a piece of clothing that does not【小题3】 in physical space.

Well, in order to actually wear your digital garment, you must understand 3D modeling. 3D modeling is when you change the edges and vertices(顶点)of an object in a virtual 3D space.

The 3D modeling software that is used in digital fashion is CLO 3D. It was created for fashion designers to simulate their dresses before【小题4】 their pieces into real clothing. But the buyers of digital clothing are downloading their【小题5】 items through this software and using it to layer the clothes over a person in photos.

Digital fashion has not become common just yet, but it may show our【小题6】 of growth in a digitized society. Digital fashion allows artists to think beyond physical reality, giving them more【小题7】 in being bold and outrageous. It also may【小题8】 the effects of fast fashion, an industry where cheap clothing is bought quickly and thrown away, which is【小题9】 to the environment. You wouldn’t have to buy a physical piece of【小题10】 clothing and wear it once; you could buy a digitized version instead.

It might be that we will soon all be buying intangible garments only to be worn in photos.