Archive for June, 2007
Black Stripe iPod suit
Timeless tailoring meets the latest innovations in fabric technology: that’s the iPod suit from Marks & Spencer.
Much hyped a few weeks ago and now on sale. According to the UK online store from Marks & Spencer, only the iPod Jacket is available, they don’t sell matching pants for the Jacket. You are free to chose [...]
Fire Dress - DIY with Laura Cesari
We have seen the LED-Dress from Hussein Cahalayan but the $ 16.000,- might be a bit too much for some of us.
Do not fret, I can show you a way to have a similar ‘head turning’ outfit for your next summer-night party for just $ 70-80 with a bit of DIY and the fabulous instruction [...]
ISPO Sport & Style - where fashion meets technology
Wearable Electronic 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 [...]
Free energy from your bag - why not?
I can’t help looking around for Wearable Solar products when the sun is shining all day long. Is it not obvious to make use of our bags and cover some of the surface with those flexible solar cells.
Catching sunlight in this way is completely free, does not change much on the way I carry my [...]
Wearable Electronic curiosities
iLuv made big waves throughout the blogging sphere about a Jacket with iPod controls named Fashionology Jacket and a Bikini top with iPod controls integrated.
Those two ‘products’ may or may not turn out to be products. After all, iLuv is a company that sells iPod and other MP3 player accessories (very good one by the [...]
Jansport extends LiveWire Backpack range
It might be a bit early to think about Back-to-School but it seems Jansport just kicked off the race to get you the perfect gear for the time after the loooong summer break.
Jansport’s LiveWire Backpack range is already in existence for a year but they have refreshed the LiveWire range and extended it with new [...]
Zegna Solar JKT jacket loads up your cell phone or iPod
Italian’s fashion company Ermenegildo Zegna is extending it’s Wearable Electronic collection after entering this market with the iJacket and the planned launch later this year with the Bluetooth iJacket under the Zegna Sport collection.
At the currently running men’s fashion show Pitti Uomo in Florence / Italy, Zegna showed the Solar JKT, an outdoor jacket with [...]
NuMetrex Racer Tank for the action girl
You asked for it and now it’s here! This is the tag line on NuMetrex™ Website announcing the availability of the women version in their Heart rate sensing apparel collection.
The NuMetrex™ Heart Sensing Racer Tank features a shelf bra with special sensing fibers knit directly into the fabric to pick up your heart rate.
A tiny [...]
Eleksen is in control of Wearable Electronic
Our first follow-up review of the great things around Wearable Electronic on stage last week during Avantex is about the newly introduced control modules from Eleksen.
There are 5 ‘ready to sell’ functions like: Volume Control (for any audio device with a 3.5mm headphone socket), the Sony Ericsson Controller, the iPod Controller, the iPod+Bluetooth Controller and [...]
Angel Chang - Queen of Wearable Electronic Fashion
Angel Chang is a innovative Fashion Designer who blends technology and fashion in the most advanced and beautiful way we have seen so far.
The way she thinks about fashion and technology is remarkable, head over to the write up we have posted back in January or to her site.
Hussein Cahalayan is doing a great job [...]