Clothing
Jackets that change your songs and pick up your phone
The Winter Olympic are in full swing (although physically I am far away from Vancouver) I revisited the iPod enabled jacket market to check out what is available right now for people watching the winter games on the spot.
The first pleasant surprise is the prices of interactive, iPod ready jackets came down again this winter [...]
Locked ON radar T-Shirt
Every few month, ThinkGeek integrates another technology into T-Shirts it’s kind of a tradition already. The latest techno Shirt is called Locked ON – a proximity sensing T-Shirt featuring a radar like decal made of EL technology, on the chest.
If all your friends wear a Locked ON T-Shirt it will be easy to find them [...]
Haute Tech LED-coat
Dutch designer Wendy Legro uses light as style element in a coat design which radiates simplicity and minimalistic sophistication.
Her LED coat design features folds that open and close during movements. Inside the folds are LEDs which light up, illuminating the folds and the surrounding area.
One of the most beautiful textile light designs I have come [...]
Interactive fashion Spring 2010
Canadian fashion brand KILLA is opening the 2010 interactive fashion season with the launch of the Spring collection which once again demonstrates the dedication and leadership of KILLA and their brand ARCHITECT in technology enabled street wear.
A selection of gorgeous looking sweater and hoodies make use of the eTextile based keypads of QIO Systems which [...]
Show of Light – color explosion on your dress
Our first technology enhanced fashion item of 2010 comes from Marina Polakoff, fashion designer and interactive technologies enthusiast who creates costumes for music and dance shows.
Marina’s gorgeous looking dresses set the right frame for a colorful and eventful wearable electronic year ahead of us.
Her garments interact with music, voice and movements, blending the appearance of [...]
Soft-shell hoodie controls the iPod from the hips
Sessions added to their technology enabled clothing range a soft-shell hoodie with a Skullcandy custom made soft keypad not as usually placed on the sleeve but on the waist line.
That’s a nice and refreshing twist in placing the soft touch iPod controls to some other place than the sleeve which is used in 99% of [...]
The North Face Audio Jackets
Despite the cold weather outside, the technology enhanced apparel market is really heating up this winter season. The North Face added to this growing market great looking Audio jackets for women and men.
Beautiful not only the style of the jackets but also the soft touch control on the sleeve in the shape of a diamond. [...]
Spyder Destroyer Jacket with sound control
Spyder is one of the brands making use of the Skullcandy wearable electronic system we posted about a few days ago. The Spyder Destroyer Jacket is available in the colors black and red-white with a Skullcandy electronics compatible exterior.
Integrated into the jacket is a flexible keypad and the eTextile cable system which provides a connection [...]
Illuminated wedding dress by Alison Lewis
Creating illuminated clothing is not just about adding light points to a garment. It easily can end up being more a kind of Christmas decoration than a style statement.
Alison Lewis is one of the eTextile artists who understands the relation between technology and fashion design perfectly as her latest creation, the Lighted Wedding Dress, created [...]
Fan Hoodies with iPod control
LimbGear® joined the interactive apparel market with the introduction of their InterActive™ Hoodio, a screen-printed hoodie which allows you to control an iPod from the sleeve.
Using hidden channels within the garment, the earbuds cable runs from the player which is placed in a pocket inside the hoodie and connected to the PANiQ eTextile control pad.
Functions [...]
