Fashion designer Hsiao-Chuang Wen showed four coordinated garments containing subtle rippling light patterns as part of the the recent Future Chic event held in Shanghai, where the pieces won the design innovation award. (more…)
07Jul
Tagged: LED’s
14Jun
Karolina Kurkova paraded on the Met gala red carpet with a LED dress, designed jointly by Marchesa and IBM Watson. (more…)
As part of their 20 year celebrations EasyJet are trialing high tech uniforms and work-wear. Developed with Cutecircuit the clothes are bristling with LED’s and sensors. (more…)
Zac Posen showed off an elegant LED dress at the close of his show during New York Fashion Week. The dress was the result of a collaboration with a number of students from the Google’s Made With Code program. (more…)
17Jul
The “Hikaru Skirts” from Japanese designer Kiyoyuki Amano, use LED’s to create a pool of reflected light around the thighs of the wearer. (more…)
Fashion design student Peter Li (李俊毅) has created an innovative baby garment that measures the child’s temperature and UV exposure, giving a visual warning should these stray outside normal values. (more…)
A nice interview with artistic milliner Monique Lee, as part of the “Birmingham Made Me” exhibition. The interview includes a description of her recent collaborative work with Lab-Alpha7’s own Paul Gough, exploring the marriage of hats and electronics. (more…)
As you drink, and get more drunk, your self esteem and courage expands….what if your clothes started to expand too, physically reflecting your drunken state? (more…)