TN-Games, the maker of the interactive gaming vest that let you feel the punch you get in a game has added a pink version to their range of otherwise masculine and military look of their 3rd Space Gaming Vest. The military look does not appeal to everyone, especially less likely to girls even when they [...]

One of the most ’sensible’ wearable electronic concepts I have seen is the Wearable Posture Monitoring vest from Lucy Dunne. Spending every day a lot of the time behind the desk and hammering around the keyboard like many others are doing nowadays, the body posture changes from energetic in the morning to almost melting in the [...]

KILLA will be one of the leading interactive fashion brands in 2009 by offering the most advanced e-textile solution integrated in a wide range of jackets and coats. The 2009 collection is based on QIO Systems eSystem interactive garment solution which offers a wide range of modules allowing the customer to select a mix of [...]

The Seven Mile Boots made by the trio Laura Beloff, Erich Berger and Martin Pichlmair in 2003 anticipated the always online culture we are living in today. I know quite some people spending almost all their awake time online chatting with their friends around the world. Their body resides in the physical world but their mind [...]

Wed’ze, a snowboarding and ski brand from Decathlon is joining the interactive apparel market with their upcoming Fall/Winter 08/09 range of RNJ (Ride and Jump) snowboarding jackets. Featuring Fibretronic’s five function joystick controllers in the sleeves of the men’s and women’s snowboarding jacket, these Freestyle jacket give full control over the iPod while racing down [...]

We have done a lot of coverage on heated apparels but how do we know how cold/warm is it inside our jacket? To find out the temperature inside a jacket we could use an ‘old fashion thermometer’ or we can follow this DIY instruction to build a cool Jacket Thermometer indicating the temperature via different colors [...]

Rossignol, French manufacturer of alpine and snowboard equipment as well as related outerwear, joined the growing market of heated apparel by launching for the 08/09 winter season the Hit Jacket. Skiers know that after the adrenaline rush of a downhill race one has to line up at the ski-lift to go up again. Especially when the [...]

Kathy Schicker, textiles designer, artist and teacher adds a new dimension to illuminated textiles by weaving with light. How does it work? Her light reactive textiles using new and smart yarns that emit, reflect or react to light, including reflective, phosflurescent and photochromic yarns. These were woven using both traditional techniques and advanced technology – often [...]

In fashion design the challenge is to design clothing whose volume remains fluid , textiles that flow softly around and down the body. Inflexible fabric structures as seen in traditional designs create static even uniform style garments. Montreal based designer Ying Gao adds to her designs soft movements with the help of  hidden air pumps making inflatable [...]

Beijing based Huasun Optoelectronic Science Co. selling a ‘made to order’ Flexible Led Curtain which looks and acts like a textile display. Hanging on a wall or dividing a room this Flexible Led Curtain gives the amazing effect of a soft, drapable curtain which doubles as high resolution display. This display can be folded, curved, pend and [...]