When it comes to wearable tech, you won’t find many fashion designers more schooled in space than Amy Winters, whose Rainbow Winters line ranges from more traditional dresses in digitally-printed fabrics to high-impact performer-friendly pieces capable of responding to light, sound and sun. Fresh from London’s fabulously geeky Kinetica Artfair held earlier this year and [...]
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High-tech underwear? Apparently, yes, technology may soon be going undercover and, well, getting involved with your undergarments. I’ll admit, I did think this was a joke when this guy told me about Thinx, women’s underwear made of a high-tech textile that controls moisture, stops leaks and happens to be anti-microbial to boot. Part of it [...]
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NFC technology has yet to his the mainstream (though some research points to this year being an important one in its move towards wider adoption), but it’s at the center of many a geeky dream. Here’s one with a solidly stylish twist: Cherry on the Bag, a collection of leather bags and tech accessories imbedded [...]
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A friend of mine refers to traveling with children as “luggage with luggage.” Well here’s an accessory with an accessory: see that little rectangular dongle on the handbag above? It’s the Trellie, and its purpose is not for mere show. It’s a Bluetooth-enabled device with LED lights that illuminate when your phone is ringing. When [...]
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These light-up dresses are not the product of Vera Wang, as rapid email-scanning at first led me to believe when this news popped up on my radar (a.k.a. gmail inbox), but instead the work of Chinese designer Vega Wang for the Intel- and Vice-backed Creators Project. The collection, dubbed Alpha Lyrae, includes eight dresses with [...]
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High-tech fashion doesn’t just mean style delivered on the screen. It’s also about advanced fabrics that do special things like keep us warm and dry, so much the better if they happen to look like something you’d actually wear outside the woods. A prime example: Uniqlo’s uber-popular Heattech Collection, now available for purchase online thanks [...]
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