dear designboom reader,

using technology in fashion helps clothing become more than just stylish wearables.

it allows researchers to find new ways of using materials, such as weaving nanodiamonds into textiles to cool down the body’s heat. it can also prompt the use of other tools, such as a robot arm from the automotive industry, to tailor a custom dress made of heat-activated yarns.

combining technology and fashion opens a new creative playground. designers might end up creating a color-shifting jacket like vollebak’s firefly, where it glows orange by day and yellow-green at night, or making polymer liquid crystal petals move for an interactive dress like adobe’s.

thanks for reading!

matthew burgos | editor