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Vega – a new light on the fashion horizon
Vega, the brightest star in the constellation Lyra and the fifth brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere gave the inspiration for Canadian clothing designer Angella Mackey who resides...
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Sound Illuminating Dress
Still in my catch up mode to hunt down interesting material for talk2myShirt I literally stumbled upon a beautiful textile dress made by Chung-Hay Luk and presented at the eTextile and Wearable...
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Take That – video jacket by Moritz Waldemeyer
Besides having cool songs what do have Take That, Will.I.AM, Rhianna, Bono and OK-Go in common? Their light fashion designer Moritz Waldemeyer. Moritz Waldemeyer started to electrify and illuminate...
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The ‘wow’ factor of Textile Illumination
Integrating light elements into clothing never ever fails to attract astonishment and the ‘wow’ effect when unsuspecting people come for the first time in contact with illuminated clothing. I...
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VEGA 2012 collection – the bright side of fashion
Almost exactly a year ago I had the pleasure to introduce you to the Vega One collection from Canadian clothing designer Angella Mackey. Angella acquired a diverse background such as new media art,...
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Project Runway – the dark light of fashion
Last week’s episode of Project Runway was about ‘electrification’ of fashion indicating that wearable technology awareness slowly enters the world of fashion design. First I was exited to see such...
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Star light fashion
Jenny, ‘a super newbie to the world of making clothing and work with electronics‘ according to her own assessment, made a super fantastic, star-light animated shirt called Alioth named after a bright...
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TeKila Dress
Shipping Toohey, currently working as Design Tutor at the Victoria University of Wellington, designed a light animated dress inspired by alcohol – really, no kidding. While studying different alcohols...
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Cycling in style – Sporty Supaheroe jacket
Light animated cycling apparel are on course to become the latest trend in technology enhanced clothing. The advantage of active-light elements for cycling apparel is a greater visibility at night and...
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The world’s longest illuminated skirt
CuteCircuit established itself firmly in the illuminated fashion domain pushing constantly the technological boundaries far out into the future. Founded by Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz, CuteCircuit...
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