Everyone wants to be on the cutting edge of fashion. To stay atop the fashion world we occasionally overlook some petty grievances like where the clothes were made and what kind of conditions they were made in. The human brain can conveniently forget just about anything in the name of looking good. But what about gruesome, bacteria that literally grows on to your...
Sure, there are some cool dresses and gowns out there. But do they glow in the dark? Do they? Designer Halston’s new piece can answer that question with a resounding yes. The gown can function with glow or without and it is assuredly a pretty frock in any situation. What possible use is there for a sequin gown that glows in the dark you ask? Well, imagine you...
Not many dresses interact with mobile phones. This is about to change, thanks to Icelandic fashion designer Thorunn Arnadottir. The designer’s new line of dresses uses the magic of QR codes to turn each dress into a walking, talking information machine. How does it work? Well, you may notice in the photo that beads are working together to create QR codes near...
Sure, there are some cool dresses out there, but how many claim to tell an animated story about the ecosystem? None, well until now. Designers Steven Tai and John Nussey have concocted the Pen Nib Dress, an animated dress that uses the power of motors to tell viewers about the ecosystem. How does it work? Well, the dress is adorned with over 900 motors, which work...
There is lots of cool fashion out there, but much of it comes with the accessibility of Lego blocks? Carrie Parry’s new line of modular eco-fashion purports to do just that. Her debut collection, codenamed “Mrs. Montague,” is an interesting concept. Each and every piece was designed with interchangeability in mind. Mixing and matching is the...
Sure, there are lots of LED dresses floating around lately. There aren’t many LED-enabled dress coats, however. Swedish designer Angella Mackey has deigned to fill that void with her first LED design, the Vega One. This dress coat for ladies is not only stylish but it’s also, um, bright. It comes with two cool looking LEDs, one near each shoulder. The...
We all love dresses that light up. You know it. I know it. Charlie Bucket knows it. That’s why the famous designer has concocted the Fluid Dress. This dress is composed of more than 600 feet of tube lighting, make it the brightest dress on the runway, driveway or wherever it is you’d wear this thing. The oddest design choice comes with the power source....
Cute Circuit has its Galaxy Dress on display aat the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. This dazzling dress features 24,000 LEDs and is a truly stunning piece of tech clothing. The dress is made with 2mm by 2mm LEDs woven into a silk chiffon and organza crinoline fabrics. This makes the dress more flowing and wearable. Power comes from several iPod batteries...
NYU Interactive Telecommunications student Alexander Reeder, has created a true one-off interactive textile. This stunning design features an automated butterfly laden dress with interactive behavior. The butterflies are activated by motion and are controlled but the wearers heart rate. The motion activation is triggered by proximity to the dress by other people....
A great way to gather power is via kinetic energy. Why not recollect energy while we are already moving? Enter the Amanda Parkes’ and Adam Kumpf’s . This dress uses piezoelectric material creates a voltage when it is deformed like bent or twisted. An integrated rectifier circuit connects the strips to capacitors which store electrical charge and feed the electrical...
