Integration and Decoration: Origami

I'm currently working on exploring the world of integration as a form of decoration in design. The perfect example of integration as decoration is origami inspired garments. It's more common than I realized to use origami techniques when designing clothes as many designers have done it, but perhaps the reason is that there are endless possibilities and amazing outcomes.

Designers Mauricio Velasquez Posada and Jum Nakao (see below) have come up with some incredibly successful designs using origami as an inspiration. However, it is difficult to tell exactly what material is used in these designs.  It looks like paper, but I can't be sure.  If it is not paper, they have managed to accurately imitate the properties of paper, which contributes to the design's success.