Straight from the laboratory and onto the runway, Spanish designer Manel Torres has developed spray-on clothing, with help with from the clothing company Fabrican and chemical engineers at Imperial College London. The fabric, made using a mixture of glue, polymers, and short fibers, can be sprayed on the body, leaving a thin film of wearable and removable clothing that can be washed and re-worn once died. The spray-on clothing will allow designers to create new and unique garments, and embodies the collaboration of fashion and science.
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Turkish makeup artist Feride Uslu has invented a simple and innovative way of applying makeup. Using an airbrush technology, airOpack allows people to flawlessly apply makeup in a uniform manner, giving women everywhere a more natural and beautiful look. The principle is based on the airbrush, which was first used in the 70′s by Hollywood makeup artists. airOpack turns makeup into a liquid form and spreads it on the face in a uniform manner, thanks to the light spray that offers great liberty of movement.
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London-based CuteCircuit, one of the leading companies in the wearable technology field, has unveiled their Galaxy Dress, the world’s largest wearable display. The Galaxy Dress is a fusion of fashion and technology, and features 24,000 full-color LEDs that work together to create a light show of hundreds of flowing colors. The extremely thin and flexible circuits are hand-embroidered on a layer of silk, giving the dress stretch and fluidity. The Galaxy Dress is powered with a couple of iPod batteries, which last for about 30 minutes to an hour.
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As part of their project SKIN, Philips Design has developed a collection of garments that are able to sense the emotions of the wearer and those near the garment and change color and pattern according to those senses. “Bubelle” is one of the outfits developed with this technology. It changes color and pattern depending on skin contact. It commences a trend shift from “intelligent” design to “sensitive” technologies.
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As pollution becomes an ever-increasing problem, people are finding new and creative ways of checking pollution levels and creating awareness of environmental problems. A collaboration of Diffus, Alexandra Institute, The Danish Design School, and Forster Rohner has produced the Climate Dress, which responds to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Powered by the LilyPad Arduino microprocessor and a carbon dioxide detector, the high-fashion dress emits light patterns depending on the concentration of CO2.
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iWallet Corporations has developed a wallet that prevents identity theft by making a wallet that can only be opened through a fingerprint scan. It can also be paired with your cell phone via Bluetooth technology to alert you when you forget your phone, or when your wallet is more than 10ft away from your phone. Available in carbon fiber, carbon fiber and Kevlar, and fiber glass.
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Every woman has probably at least once wished that there was a re-do button after applying makeup. What if there was a way to preview what one’s makeup will look like before going through the trouble of putting it on? ARM’s Magic Mirror was created with that idea in mind: using a microprocessor inside of a makeup kit, facial recognition technology allows people to see the final effect of makeup before applying it.
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Project Runway’s Tim Gunn talks about fashion and innovation: a convergence that never ceases to amaze people. Whether on the catwalk or in our closets, the today’s styles and fashions continue to change; what distinguishes the past from the present, and even the future, is the development of the materials and the ways of production, which are ever increasing in the fashion-forward society in which we live.
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In an interview on America’s TV program “Tomorrow Show”, hosted by journalist Mo Rocca, Tim Gunn states: “When I think about the future of fashion, I really don’t think about new silhouettes and new styles. I think about new materials.” In the future, neither the fashions nor the forms will change; instead it will be the materials that are used to make the clothes that will evolve. It will be the convergence of technology, science, and fashion that will change what we see in our closets. While no one really has a concrete idea of what that will look like, Tim Gunn has a few concepts of his own. In 1989, Gunn became the associate dean at Parsons in New York City, and held many conferences on design and fashion. In 2000, he became the department chair in the department of fashion design. Through his position at the school, he was able to encourage the department’s development by introducing the study of Commercial Fashion Business and Critical Thinking, as well as Fashion Luxury Design. These changes were monumental for the school, as it allowed Parsons to gain international notoriety.
These accomplishments are only a few examples of how Gunn’s critical vision of the future and his sensibility has shaped the world of fashion. Undoubtedly, however, his passion has allowed him to achieve so much. As a child, he faced speech problems that he attributes to one of the reasons why he gravitated towards the arts as another way of expressing himself. Fashion and design became his gateway to the creative world. Beyond his educational successes, Tim Gunn is also one of the hosts on the popular American design show “Project Runway”, and the chief creative officer at Liz Claiborne.
Gunn doesn’t deny that clothing in the future could well be more tech savvy. However, he maintains that while technology changes, beautiful will always be beautiful. What qualities people find beautiful will not change, but the way we manufacture our materials certainly will. Gunn stresses the importance of a greener and healthier way to manufacture materials, especially cotton. He hopes that more materials will be replaced by synthetic versions, much in the same way leather and fur have largely been replaced by their synthetic substitutes.
Although it may be possible to soon create machines that will help us pick out our daily outfits, or help make custom clothing design much easier, some things will never change. As Time Gunn points out, certain things will always be more pleasing to the eye. This does not mean, however, that the fashion world cannot keep up with the rest of society and find ways to make clothes that help people and the environment look their best.
There are already examples of this new fashion trend that incorporates technology in the world of fashion. New technologies have allowed clothing to become more interactive, such as materials that can emit light in different colors. Who would have ever believed that sub-nuclear physics could be used to make clothing more innovative and fashionable? Not only do the words of Tim Gunn seem completely feasible, they are also somewhat prophetic.
In both the United States and Russia, high-end clothing for children is becoming a new and expensive trend many call kiddie couture. Major fashion designers have created new clothing lines for children, and parents are spending thousands of dollars on clothing for their fashion-forward kids. Boutiques and salons that cater to children are springing up everywhere, and some parents are treating their young children as designer accessories. Is this phenomenon excessive, or just a sign of the times?
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Clothing made of paper is becoming the new frontier of fashion.
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Paper already has many uses, and now it even clothes. And in today’s video, you will be able to see how.
It is called “paper dressing”: Wearable clothing designed and manufactured completely out of recycled and recyclable paper. The versatility of this material guarantees dependable clothing, while demonstrating a new way of making a distinct and eco-friendly statement.
Future perspectives are interesting: think about when we will have personal clothing factories in our homes. A small machine, capable of printing, cutting, and coloring clothing that we design. Every day a different style, and a different outfit. And in the evening, instead of throwing our clothes in the washing machine, we will recycle our outfits in order to make tomorrow’s clothes.
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