Weird, weird, weird… Italian design company Acquacalda has recently put forward one crazy product: Pic Nic Pants. It takes the advantage of people’s cross-legged position and therefore creates a simple table for outdoor use. But the only problem is that the “table” may be too soft and not stable enough, which means you need to get fast with your meals…
Available from BlackMilk, the stylish shirt comes with a 3D skeletal print, which resembles the skeleton of human’s. Along with the shirt, there’s even a set of requisite glasses, with which you’ll find the shirt in front of you become more vivid, as a result.
Undoubtedly everyone loves coffee – while most of us are used to enjoying a cup of coffee every day, the American company Virus is intended to produce comfortable base layer fabric that traps heat close to the skin, using recycled coffee grounds. The new fabric is announced capable of increasing skin surface temperature by 10 degrees Fahrenheit, and it features anti-UV and anti-odor properties as well.
Fashionable, durable, except for those existing ones, we now have another new reason to explain why we all love jeans: because they smell pretty good, good like raspberries! That’s rightly the unique feature of these Weird Guy Scratch n’ Sniff Raspberry Scented jeans from Naked & Famous. They’re made with denim that is coated with millions of tiny micro-scent capsules, thus whenever you on the surface of the jeans, you will smell yummy raspberry fragrance around. As an additional bonus, these jeans can still release fragrance even after four to five (or even more) times of washes. Isn’t that amazing?! I mean, when you though your jeans are bit of smelly, you can just scratch to make them smell good again.
Certainly we’re all different: some people simply enjoyed the rock music, while some others were converting the music into electricity with their “Sound Charge” T shirts. T- Shirts?! Completely right, and the high-tech tee each can generate about 6 watt-hours of electricity to power two mobile phones or one smartphone, with a modified piezoelectric film that acts as an oversized mic by absorbing sound waves and some interlaced quartz crystals that converts the acoustic signals into electricity.
Scientists from China have recently brought good news for people who seldom want to clean their clothes: the self-cleaning clothes. The new material was created by coating titanium dioxide and nitrogen on cotton fibers, and those two elements will break down dirt and kill microbes once exposed to the sunlight. Additional nanoparticles using silver and iodine are also adopted to accelerate the discoloration process. Of course the self-cleaning clothes can be washed with water too, as the special coat is claimed to be robust enough to withstand washing and drying.
Milk can build your clothes? German biochemist/fashion designer Anke Domaske says “yes”. The young lady recently received an innovation award from the German Textile Research Association, due to her creation of the hypoallergenic fabric made from sour milk. Quite surprisingly, the fabric is not cheap to make, costing even more than the money spent in producing organic cotton fabric. On the other hand, Domaske’s fabric actually needs only 2 liters of water for 1 kilogram of fabric, compared to more than 10,000 liters of water required to make the same amount of cotton. So what do you think, the money or the water is more important?
A common T-shirt? Well, you must be kidding, guys, coz you should know that everything demonstrated on I New Idea must feature something special… And this T-shirt is actually built with microfiber cloth to wipe your glasses or cell phone screens. Won’t that be amazing? You never need to take wiping cloth around if you’ve gotten these fabulous shirts!
Crazy, the designer now hires some human skeletons to serve us! The Halloween is already gone, but seemingly the frenzied atmosphere the festival brought to us is still here… Anyway, the Skeleton Hanger is actually a good combination of aesthetics and functionality. Its shoulder can hold shirts or coats, its ribs can hold belts and other accessories and the loop at its base is especially designed for pant storage.
It is everybody’s duty to keep away from a drunken driving so we may need some special gadgets to accomplish that task. Men should have a try with this Breathalyzer Jacket. It is embedded with an alcohol sensor located in the collar and a simple LED display on the cuff. Thus when you blow into the alcohol sensor, the LEDs will then light up to indicate your blood alcohol levels: the more alcohol you have, the more lights turn on. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Why do we love T-shirts? Because they’re simple in design, comfortable to wear and low in prices? Well, probably also because they’re usually “written” or “drawn” with interesting ideas. Ideas that make us to smile. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Zapparel Augmented Reality Clothes, which was launched at the International Fashion Expo, Magic in Las Vegas on August 22-24, is an amazing design that allows people to interact with it based on Augmented Reality technology. The following video shows how people can play games with the T-shirt: a space man with robot arms will appear and shoot UFOs soon after one person takes photos of the T-shirt, and then the users can touch the UFOs to play the game. There are 20 different T-shirts in the series, and we really couldn’t wait to see how surprising other 19 ones would be. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Always eco-friendly. Being nice and kind to our earth is not merely the duty of everybody living there but also an important theme of modern designs. This Ready-to-Wear-Away Dress is made of kraft paper while feels soft and comfortable. Moreover, each dress comes with its secret. Due to your body heat and natural wear, the out skin of the dress will disintegrate to reveal a layer with hand-written quotes on it. So cool. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Thanks that your lovely hands keep my waist warm and luckily my Jersey Sweater will make your hands warm. Entresuelo1a’s Jersey Sweater, is designed for all girls and boys in love to get closer in cold winter when keeping your hands’ warm. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Those who have been wading through stacks of bikini for their most-satisfying one would soon finish that boring work with the world’s first 3D bikini printer. Created by Continuum Fashion, this revolutionary device can print out ready-to-wear bikini with a material called Nylon 12, which is soft and endurable. Also, it’s comfortable to wear, easy to clean and feels to be quite refreshed when wet through. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Good news for girls who wants to adjust their pants and skirts from time to time is that they can now own these reusable adhesive gadgets. The Style Snaps can attach to any fabric, easily heming your pants without sewing and more importantly allowing you to conveniently change your pants’ lengths. [Read the rest of this entry...]
With more than 700 hours spent on about one ton of paper, Jum Nakao finally finishes with these delicate paper dresses and showcases them all through the internet. [Read the rest of this entry...]
You know how important the sunlight is? It not only keeps trees alive but also makes your T-shirts vivid. Based on photosynthesis UV-sensitive technology, these shirts will showcase growing trees when in sunlight while shows nothing if there’s little or no sunlight. [Read the rest of this entry...]
So we’re always living in a world full of animals… After the animal hand paintings, animal lip arts, animal wine stoppers, animal stone paintings and now these animal T-shirts have come to us. Really unbelievable, as the elephants, tigers seem just ready to jump out of your clothes! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Babies always need special care. Even though they cannot say any words, we can still feel their anger about buttons or zippers- they cried when buttons make them uncomfortable. So what do they want? It may be this “Magnificent Baby”. As a clever alternative to clothes specially designed for babies, these new ones each comes with a magnetic closure system and therefore has your babies conveniently dressed in seconds. Soft and simple, the magnetic closure system is also safe to use. [Read the rest of this entry...]
“See any advertisements for Superette? Nope? Well, you need to feel them!” To give their consumers and competitors a unique and deep impression, fashion chain Superette found great idea with DDB New Zealand and recently launched this wonderful advertisement. The new ads were placed on benches all around the city, and when people sit down on them, a short message will be printed onto their thighs. So brilliant! [Read the rest of this entry...]
The Otoko Kaoru Shirt is a brilliant idea. It comes with an integrated scent capsule, which will release scent when it rubs against your skin and therefore to everybody a good smell all day long. The scent capsule can last for about 10 washes and the shirt costs $35. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Put on the Contra Sweater and start your game! Cool! [Read the rest of this entry...]
In the future everybody can devote more to bettering our environment simply by wearing an innovative dress that announced to have the ability to absorb pollutants in air. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Invisible Clothes, a jacket that comes with an attractive appearance, not for women, but only for men! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Solar panels are used almost everywhere and this time they appear on these Urban Cargo Pants especially made for busy workers. Soft and easy wash, the stylish pant can also offer electricity energy with independently functioning power supply built in two side pockets. Thus whenever you need to recharge a cellphone, you would find help from the pants, isn’t amazing? But to spend $920 on one pant? It must be kidding! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Jackets and bags seemingly irrelevant to each other, but they do have some relations when Rotem Lewinsohn puts forward a new design that easily shifts between a jacket and a handbag. So you wear it to a shopping mall but come out with a bag full of snacks, isn’t that interesting? [Read the rest of this entry...]
The love for beauty is a nature not only of all human beings but also of some lamps. With delicate dresses and coats on, these floor lamps seem really cool on the paper and we bet they’ll certainly give your rooms a refreshing look. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Kamkam was seen someday with many fasten buttons and leather buckles lying on the tables, however they were not made for clothes but for a series of furniture themed of “Dressed-up Furniture”. Look, the stools, wardrobes and benches now all have a new look and they seem really perfect for kids and girls. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Michael Scofield’s tattoo in Prison Break has impressed many people all around the world, and most of them dreamed to have a similar one. Maybe have known such strong needs, Century Japan recently announced that it will launch transparent tattoo t-shirt. Wow, that’s truly the most convenient way to become Michael Scofield. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Obviously Charlie Bucket is a designer full of imagination and innovation because he has brought us a unique dress that is made from 600 feet of knitted tubes with liquid running through. By shooting different colored materials through the tubes, the dress also changes its color to make it more attractive. So it seems really nice on paper but we may feel a little weird to imagine that we’ll need to wear a pump as a backpack when we’d like to showcase the Fluid Dress. [Read the rest of this entry...]
At the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, Lady GaGa surprised the whole world with her weird dress made from beef, but actually she was not the first one to wear a food dress. Ted Sabarese shot a series of images called “Hunger Pains” last year, showing us various clothing finished with vegetables, fruits, bread, etc. And in the pictures these food dress look much better than the one for Lady GaGa. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Enough cabbage and beef in your refrigerators? The focus here is such “food” created for your wardrobes. Dubbed “Here! Sod”, each of these t-shirts from Prompt Design can be packaged into bread, beef or other items you can find in a supermarket. Maybe next time you’re in a shopping mall, you should pay more attention to the items on shelves, right? [Read the rest of this entry...]
With such interesting leaf shirts on, can we humans become Adam and Eve again and then live in a new Garden of Eden? But that’s just what I thought as I saw these shirts. And designer Dave Rittinger actually aimed to embrace ecological consciousness with these “zero footprint shirts”. So do you have in mind? Share them with us. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Well, well, although the Tank Top Safe is believed “a clever design to protect your cash and jewelry from thieves”, I really doubt its practicality, because thieves may take away your clothes if they find nothing of value! But to return, it’s still creative to make a safe that resembles a woman’s tank top. [Read the rest of this entry...]
You should feel sorry to Spanish designer Dr Manel Torres and I New Idea, if you thought that the technology here is simply about spraying a T-shirt on your skin! Actually, what is prayed onto human skin is an innovative fabric, which will dry and form a washable and reusable garment on your skin. And with the spray-on fabric, you can also create a dress, trousers and even hats. So you’d like a try? Good new is that the spray-on dresses will be shown at London Fashion Week and hopefully we’ll see you there.
Hit the jump for two video demonstrations for more information. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Chetan Sorab would like to share some playful thought with you adults who still want to enjoy the same fun of the kids. Or even more fun. The new designs are colorful cloth hangers that have the same shape of the early World War aircrafts, and therefore each of them features an ergonomic handle for the users to hang ties or scarves. Also, those handles enable the users to reach for and carry the hangers more easily. Smart, colorful, lightweight and durable, this cloth hanger is surely a playful alternative to store your clothes. [Read the rest of this entry...]
3D technology is an important emerging technique developed quickly during the past few years and it has been widely applied in the fields of advertising, furniture and electronics. And recently, three designers have even collaborated with a new 3D printer that can spit out fabric structures for clothing. When three-dimensional body data is fed into the computer, certain software will then start to work and have the printer produce fabric structures, just as what you can see from the video below. On the other hand, the new technology will also result in great changes, such as much better efficiency, less needed labor and various customized fabric structures. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Needless to say, advertisement sells the products. But sometimes, advertising also helps the companies to spread their outstanding production and management theories, just as it does in the case of the “Hang Anywhere” created for Levi’s to raise public awareness of saving the electricity and other resources. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Guess what, the cool jacket is made from vegetable leather that is grown from a vat of green tea! That’s really incredible, but that’s just what the fashion designer Suzanna Lee has created in the “BioCouture” research project based at Central Saint Martin’s College.
Continue reading for a further explanation offered by Suzanna after the jump. [Read the rest of this entry...]
