Wearable Electronic and Smart Textiles will be again on stage between July 22 and 24 during the CPD, a International Trade Fair for Womenswear and Accessories in Düsseldorf / Germany.
With 1,050 exhibitors representing a total of more than 1,430 brands from 38 countries, CPD Womenswear and Accessories is one of the biggest events in this category in the fashion industry.
Based on the success of the Wearable Electronic showcase during Avantex in June, the smart textile community presents again the growing variety of Wearable Electronic products.
A special section of 300 square meters have been set aside for the SmartTextil Village where Wearable Electronic, technical yarns and smart fabrics will be presented.
The latest creations from companies like Pierre Cardin, O’Neill, Picard, Daniel Hechter, Bäumler and Lodenfrey can be seen in the ..read more
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Wearable Electronics takes again center stage for the third consecutive month. In May was the Smart Fabrics, this month the Avantex and coming month the ISPO Sport & Style in Munich / Germany.Between July 8-10, the 1st Wearable Technologies congress “Where fashion meets technology” will be held in parallel with the sports equipment and fashion trade fair ISPO Sport & Style in the International Congress Centre Munich.
The cutting-edge congress builds a bridge between the high-tech and the fashion industry focusing on decision makers and experts from commerce, production, and science, in particular from the fields of sports, fashion, electronics and consumer electronics.
Wearable Electronic demonstrates how the combination of sports, fashion and lifestyle combined with the latest trends from the electronics industry creates authentic added value for customers and generates additional ..read more
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To wrap up Avantex, at least for today, some additional photos of design concepts waiting to be produced:
The left photo shows design concepts from Cetemmsa, a Spanish company offering the service of creating the Wearable Electronic part to fashion designer. A interesting concept we will pick up in the coming days and look in more details into that.
The photo in the center shows the newest version of Hohensteiner Institute’s Solartex Solar clothing and the right photo shows a more complex = multi button elastic remote control panel from Interactive Wear in a backpack.
A very significant observation is the introduction of Eleksen’s range of modules than can be bought from the consumer after the purchase of an e-Textile product like a Jacket for example. The Jacket has Eleksens textile keypad integrated. ..read more
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Avantex is focusing on the visualization but also on the practical aspects of innovative and future clothing. Techtextil which is next door, is mainly focused on the manufacturing part of the garment creation process.
My overview focuses on the Avantex itself, providing a view of the things to come soon into the Wearable Electronic market.
From left to right: O’Neill h4 range for 2007/08 Jacket with Eleksen textile switch, O’Neill h4 collection with Fibretronic ‘Fidler’ switch and right photos the Zegna iJacket, Leather edition – beautiful, just beautiful.
This range of photos show from left to right: Bagir/Eleksen new collection of men’s business suit, Aquatry Jacket (on Eleksen booth) and Philips Lumalive vest on the right.
That range of photos above show from left to right: Rosner new style, Lodenfrey Jacket (excellent look and ..read more
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Avantex started off today and Eleksen, the world’s leading provider of touch-sensitive smart fabrics for consumer electronics in apparel and accessories, announced a new product: a module for FM radio.
This new module essentially is a stand-alone FM radio but has also the availability to work with the widely available FM transmitter accessories out there which attach to an iPod or other MP3 player.
Eleksen’s FM radio unit is fully controlled by the new ElekTex fabric sensor incorporating Eleksen’s Common Interface technology. With an ElekTex sensor embedded in a garment or for example bags or backpacks, the FM Radio module forms a complete FM radio solution.
This means for clothing and bag designer that in some cases no textile wires are needed to connect the product like an iPod to the unique electro-conductive ..read more
Posted in: ElekTex Smart Fabric, Eleksen, Trade Shows
Avantex and Techtextil 2007 will open its doors on June 11 for 4 days of highly interesting seminars and exhibitions on the future of clothing and textile innovation.
It is the second time those two events are held at the same time and the same place. Avantex target groups of designers and garment manufacturers, focuses on high-tech apparel textiles and presents developments ranging from the concept to the prototype stages. Techtextil is the world largest Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens.
This almost guaranties a highly charged atmosphere for participants from the industry and businesses but also for the visitors of the exhibitions.
Unlike the Smart Fabrics 2007 in May which was more focused on technologies, the Avantex 2007 is more about consumer presentation. Companies will show on the floor the latest ..read more
Posted in: Articles, CuteCircuit, Eleksen, Fibretronic, Interactive Wear AG, Trade Shows
It turns out the German Hohenstein Institute is working for some time on a project called ‘Solartex‘ to explore the usability of solar cells in clothing.
On the upcoming Avantex, a International Forum for Innovative Apparel Textiles in Germany held from 10 to 12 June, the Hohenstein Institute will present a Jeans jacket with integrated solar cells to power electronic devices like MP3 player or cell phones.
The Hohenstein Institute optimized flexible solar panels and connection elements to fulfill all aspects and requirements of garments. The optimized solar panels and connections are mechanical robust to the extend that this Jeans Jacket can be washed in a conventional household washing machine without removing the solar panel or connector.
High attention was paid in view of manufactuerability of the seamless integration of the solar technology ..read more
Posted in: Concept Design, Solar Fashion, Solar Power, Trade Shows
IntertechPira, a leading provider of strategic information and analyses on advanced materials and technologies, is organizing for the third straight year the Smart Fabrics Conference from May 7-9 in Washington DC.
The conference has everything imaginable to offer: on the first day, two highly interesting seminars are planned. The first seminar is about Getting E-textiles to Market by instructor Dr. Patricia Wilson, founder of Fabric Works and the second seminar on Structures and Properties of Interactive Fabrics by Dr. Xiaoming Tao, Chair Professor of Textile Technology and Head of the Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
On the second and third day, over 150 leading industry executives are expected to attend this international conference, designed to address the business and technological developments for smart fabrics.
A great ..read more
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CITA, the biggest Wireless Telecommunication Show opened it’s doors today and with it the highly anticipated Fashion in Motion Show.
CTIA has first organized a Wearable Electronic Fashion Show as early as 4 years back and establish itself as the forerunner and promoter of Wearable Electronic.
Fashion in Motion is a collection of the most innovative and creative products and prototypes in the wearable and wireless arena. This couture style fashion show features the latest wireless devices, accessories, technical textiles, smart fabrics, and fashions available today, along with the futuristic visions of tomorrow.
To emphasize CTIA’s efforts into Wearable Electronic Fashion, sponsors of this years Fashion in Motion show, which will be held every day, are: La Perla, Alexandra Fede, ELLE, ELLEgirl, Stylefuture to name a few.
If you happen to be around in ..read more
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For your enjoyment and in anticipation of things to come in the next winter season on Wearable Electronics fashion, we have collected some first images of Jackets that are currently presented during the Wearable Technology show on the ispo winter 07 in Munich.
As soon as we get our hands on more details from O’Neill and their new H4. series and from the Quiksilver models, we will give you an update.
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