The Catwalk Lights Up: Using Light Emitting Diodes In Fashion Design
Outfits are often designed to be practical. Clothes are also designed to be fashionable and fun to wear. Some clothes manage to be parctical, fashionable and fun to wear. With the introduction of cyber wear, the use of computers in clothing, an innovative aspect of clothing design is emerging. Some designers are turning to visual drama created using LED lights. A LED light bulb can be integrated into clothing to create some astonishing wardrobes as well as serve for practical applications. Fashion Designers and scientists are coming together to bring new light to old clothes.
A few of the expected uses of illuminated clothing are for safety reasons. A jogging outfit that flashes at night draws attention before a headlight beam from a car gets close. Flashing lights on a jogger is far safer than a driver barreling down the road unable to see anyone until his or her lights flash across them. A Self lit clothes are much more likely to get noticed. There are other uses for illuminating clothing besides safety concerns. Gloves that light up would be useful for campers. Headlamps are sometimes used by rock climbers and campers. They throw light in the direction someone is looking. Sometimes that is right into the eyes of the person they are talking with, making it difficult for the other person to see. Gloves with LED illumination can cast light on work areas and wherever the person reaches.
Clothes can contain LED Light displays that can flash text or display art. A jacket can promote a company logo or message. Outfits can also display scrolling text or flashing images. The displays can be programmed to pulse to audio input, or react to body temperature and pulse, making the rapidly beating heart a visual display announcing attraction. Lights can be used with many accessories. A purse could light up when opened, so the checkbook and breath freshener can be easily retrieved. An umbrella could display constellations, lighting the path and keeping the rain off. And then there is intimate wear.
Clothing designers can play with a whole new element. Clothes design takes on an entire new dimension with the addition of lights and colors. There are lights so tiny the can be worked seamlessly into the clothes. Hats with directional lighting can literally put a person in the best possible light. Imagine Saturday night outfits that can turn green or red taking flirting to a whole new level. LED clothes create new age of nonverbal communication. LEDs are changing the way we light homes, buildings, cars, planes and boats. LEDs have been used in hundreds of ways. Now, with the advancement of fabrics that can be used to create computerized clothes, LEDs are entering the world of fashion. There are still a few stumbling blocks to resolve, such as how to safely clean the fabric power grid and how to handle the rare light burn out, before these items can be mass marketed. In a few years the streets will be shimmering with innovative fashion designs.
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