This story is a little old but still worth mentioning as Zac Posen created a beautiful glowing dress for the Met gala. (more…)
Boffin inspired electronic clothes from our secret UK lair
This story is a little old but still worth mentioning as Zac Posen created a beautiful glowing dress for the Met gala. (more…)
16 years after the Philips/Levi’s jacket, Levi’s have returned to electronic garments. Together with Google they have announced, at the recent Google I/O, a smart jacket for urban cyclists. The jacket uses the touch pad developed by Google’s project jacquard to enable gesture control of a bluetooth linked smart phone. In the following video an urban cyclist heading through San Francisco puts the jacket through its paces. (more…)
Given the rather snug nature of leggings, getting the right fit is essential to wearable comfort. LikeAGlove have the solution, a pair of leggings with numerous stretch sensors that can work out your critical measurements, such as waist and thigh circumference. (more…)
Karolina Kurkova paraded on the Met gala red carpet with a LED dress, designed jointly by Marchesa and IBM Watson. (more…)
Nice short video from Innovate UK looking at possible fashion futures including; novel light bending materials and textiles that change colour depending on the unseen environment, also cross disciplinary play-spaces (more…)
A set of Cornell University students have developed a prototype top hat with a GPS that navigates the wearer using 3D sound. (more…)
The Smartshoe 01s on show at CES in Las Vegas not only measure your steps and calorie burn, but can, via your smartphone, keep your feet warm and adjust the tightness of the grip around your ankle. (more…)