BIO CIRCUIT, A WEARABLE SOUNDSCAPE
Using a heart rate monitor, a hacked MP3 player and a LilyPad Arduino, Dana Ramler and Holly Schmidt developed a wearable Bio Circuit. With each beat of the heart, Bio Circuit connects the wearer with the inner workings of their body. In this sense the garment functions like other biofeedback devices that use sensors to ..read more..
PARIS SHOPPING GUIDE
Part of my internship at it fits! and fullinsight was to create a shopping guide of Paris. I had the chance to rediscover the city where I am studying and I really enjoyed it. I made a personal choice of interesting shop addresses and I hope the pictures will inspire you to prepare your own ..read more..
PRADA REAL FANTASIES SPRING SUMMER 2012
Showing how fashion and fantasy can go hand in hand Prada releases the Real Fantasies Spring Summer 2012 lookbook featuring Phil Meechs photography transformed through a showstopping artwork. To create the long awaited lookbook Prada has once again teamed up with AMO/OMA, the whole story is created with a sequence of 100% handmade collages.
TESCO’S VIRTUAL 3D FITTING ROOM
Tesco has launched a virtual fitting room for its F&F clothing range that enables customers to create 3D digital versions of themselves and then try on different outfits. Tesco is the first retailer to use this technology, which is found on its Facebook page. The F&F virtual fitting room will allow customers to try various new ..read more..
FLORIAN DÉNICOURT: UNIQUE BAGS FROM PARIS
At the moment I am working on a Paris shopping guide for my internship at it fits! in Amsterdam and I recently discovered the bags of Florian Dénicourt. His store situated in 24, rue Charlot in the third district, a very nice shopping area. He is devoted to exquisite accessories: shoes, purses, wallets and especially ..read more..
PROENZA SHOULER FALL 2012
Besides Proenza Schouler their cult hit PS1 bags, the brand is also known for their youthful take on luxury clothes. Their fabrication every season is customized and so intricate, that fast fashion couldn’t possibly emulate it. They have an original point of view and they do what they do the best and in the fashion industry that’s half the battle. ..read more..
HOTEL THE EXCHANGE, AMSTERDAM
After major fashion houses opening their own hotels and major designers commissioned to splash a little of their creativity over existing hotels now students from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute were invited to ‘dress’ individual rooms, with very individual ideas, and the results make for one of the planet’s most searingly creative lodgings. From the monstrously ..read more..
MATTIJS VAN BERGEN AT LONDON FASHION WEEK
Acclaimed Dutch designer Mattijs Van Bergen presented his Autumn/Winter collection in London this past weekend. Certainly there was a hefty dose of beautifully crafted avant-garde pieces, but what really set Mattijs apart from other emerging designers was the wearability factor. Who would have thought a navy jumper could so easily be transformed into a must-have ..read more..
