Technology gets a stylish makeover at London Technology Week

June 22, 2016 By publisher

The world's first holographic intelligent mannequin has gone on display in the UK as part of a fashion exhibition taking place during London Technology Week. It is one of many inventions on show at the Fashion Tech Installation event to demonstrate the growing closeness of fashion and technology. Additional exhibits include a 3D printed wearable garment designed by Modeclix and a 'Bruise Suit' developed by London's Royal College of Art, which detects injuries for disabled athletes with loss of sensation by applying a recyclable pressure-sensitive film to indicate the severity of incidents.

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Fast fashion to ethical couture: Vietnam’s design evolution

April 8, 2016 By publisher

Long a bastion for cheap, fast-fashion manufacturing, a new crop of designers are trying to transform the Made in Vietnam label and save the country's rich ethnic heritage in the process. In the remote hills of Cao Bang, some 300 kilometres north of the capital Hanoi, Vietnamese designer Thao Vu is gleefully dropping swaths of hand-spun cotton into a large bucket of fermented indigo leaves. The 38-year-old designer has been tapping into this growing global trend by working with some of Vietnam's 54 ethnic minority groups, each of which have their own unique textiles and traditional clothing designs.

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North West’s $3,500 Coat  — And the Growing Business of ‘Kiddie Couture’

December 30, 2015 By creative

North West turned eyes when she stepped out in NYC’s chilly weather Wednesday wearing a fur coat that could be worth $3,500, according to Jody Wolfe and Marc Kaufman of Kaufman Furs.

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