Tired of the pattern on your sneakers, no problem just download another from your smart-phone and update the e-ink display embedded in the shoe. (more…)
Tagged: Wearables
Controllable movement within a textile or garment has been more aspiration than reality in past years. However, a team at MIT have developed simple shape changing films that is certainly a step along the way. (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…)
At NYFW an electronic bra with a new twist was unveiled by US clothing studio Chromat, in collaboration with Intel. (more…)
Fashion design student Po-Ching Chiu (邱柏菁) has developed an alarm jacket with female safety in mind. Using a combination of flashing LED lights and startling loud sounds the garment gives the impression of giving an electric shock while being perfectly safe. The design includes a convenient pull tag to quickly activate the alarm when under stress. (more…)
Did you know the first example of garments containing lights gives back over one hundred years to 1884? I didn’t. This and lots of other intriguing and well researched material is in a great article on the history of wearables by Laurenti de’ Medici (more…)
A collaboration between Hongbum Kim (CRES. E DIM. designer) and media artists BANG & LEE produced a stunning radio controlled LED dress, that shone with white light. (more…)