FirstVIEW. The fabric of our lives. The second of a series on technical innovation looks at how connectivity is being woven into the very clothes we wear ©Catwalking Catwalk tech: S/S 2013 Issey Miyake, Gareth Pugh, Diane von Furstenberg, Prada Solar-reactive iPod-charging jogging suits, posture-enhancing Bluetooth yoga-wear, ski goggles with GPS and email, even bras that promise to detect cancer tissue in its early stages – the latest innovations in high-tech clothing and accessories border on science fiction.
According to Nancy Tilbury, co-founder of Studio XO, a London-based fashion technology company which specialises in creating interactive light-up stage costumes for performers such as the Black Eyed Peas and Azealia Banks: “Generation Digital are constantly connected and live their lives digitally. Clothes are the next logical step.” Wearable tech – clothing that incorporates technology and digital functions – is something of a buzz phrase. ElectricFoxy’s yoga outfit with integral motion sensors Designer quotes. Textile scholar advocates sustainable fashion.
Yoshiko Wada, textile artist and scholar, believes the word “sustainable” in foods and fashion shares the same philosophical taste.
“Both are a holistic approach, about health, environment, and the community that supports it. We must recapture and rethink how we are going to sustain our Earth and society, our community and our cultural heritage,” she says. “Without biodiversity, we cannot keep the health of the Earth, and the same thing goes for people. Without cultural diversity, we cannot harmoniously live, unless each person feels pride in who they are. We cannot harmoniously sustain humankind without cultural diversity.” Wada constructed these beliefs directly from a lifetime dedicated to art and traditional textiles, supported by what she calls her “tripod” of culture — Japan, America and India. Born in Kobe in the final year of World War II, Wada says she always considered herself an artist. Both of her grandmothers provided strong role models for Wada. ESTILO PARA LER E APRENDER - cultura - versaoimpressa. Moda para ler, para aprender, para entender o passado, para pensar o futuro, para compreender as tendências, para fazer dinheiro, para desfilar...
Provando que este universo é mais que consumo, uma nova leva de livros sobre o mundo fashion chegou às livrarias neste ano e já se tornou referência para quem, muito mais que comprar, quer pensar moda. E certamente há um livro para cada uma das vertentes deste tema. De dicionários de materiais a guias de estilo, passando por estudos sobre economia e sustentabilidade, as opções são muitas. Para quem quer começar estudando os fatos que marcaram a história fashion dos últimos dois séculos, Cronologia da Moda - De Maria Antonieta a Alexander McQueen é uma das mais completas opções. Escrito pela fotógrafa de moda britânica NJ Stevenson, com tradução de Maria Luiza X. de A. De Antonieta, passamos à mulher do século 19, cujo ícone é Josefine Bonaparte. United Colors of Benetton.
La moda llega a Madrid: MBFWM. Desde este jueves y hasta el 4 de septiembre, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid acoge sobre sus pasarelas, los desfiles de 41 diseñadores españoles.
Gran expectación ante el debut esta tarde de Delpozo, de la mano de Josep Font. Inditex se incorpora por vez primera como patrocinador oficial. La novedad en la estructura del calendario son los 5 desfiles dobles de Ego que se reparten entre le lunes y el martes por la mañana, en lugar de celebrarse en una sola jornada. Así, los diseñadores pertenecientes a ACME (Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España) coparán los desfiles de los primeros días. El viernes Roberto Verino abrirá los desfiles en Ifema seguido de Victorio & Lucchino que presentará su primera colección de íntimo, Montesinos, Devota&Lomba, Hannibal Laguna, Shlesser y Agatha Ruiz de la Prada. Quinta trends: negocio de la moda. Costume. La hora de la ética en el mundo de la moda.
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