BACK TO THE FUTURE. At Christmas, everything must shine and sparkle! Not only trees and tinsel garlands. Celebrities’ dresses too, as Mariah Carey’s luminous angel outfit, during her last Parisian concert, in December or Shangela’s Santa Claus blinking costume for RuPaul's Drag Race christmas show. But come to think of it, fashion tech twinkle all year long, with LEDs and blings, on the stage costumes of celebrities around the world. Rihanna, Katy Perry, Nicole Scherzinger or Fergie, bejeweled by CuteCircuit, Studio XO and Moritz Waldemeyer..., let's go for a festive review with Le Boudoir Numérique.
By Ludmilla Intravaia
American singer Mariah Carey’s concert at the AccorHotels Arena, Paris, December 7, 2018. This light-up dress is signed by the group of artists engineers Smooth Technology.
American drag queen Shangela in RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular, Christmas show special, aired on VH1 channel on December 7, 2018.
American singer Katy Perry wears a white chiffon and organza dress from CuteCircuit, while playing her title Unconditionally, on the stage of The Voice of Germany, on December 13, 2013, in Berlin. CuteCircuit is an English fashion tech brand, created by designers Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz, specialized in wearable and interactive fashion.
American singer Nicole Scherzinger wears a CuteCircuit dress, composed of leds embedded in two layers of black tulle, on November 1, 2012, in the London historic building Battersea Power Station.
British fashion tech laboratory Studio XO has created the "Digital Mermaid Bra" for American singer Azealia Banks, here in London on October 2, 2012, in the Shepherd's Bush Empire concert hall.
Laura Pausini sings Invece no, during her world tour Inedito, in the Arena of Verona, on June 4, 2012. The Italian singer wears a CuteCircuit dress called Aqua Dress, composed of 5670 leds and Swarovski crystals on black tulle.
CuteCircuit created jackets with 5000 LEDs each for members of Irish band U2, during the 360 ° tour. Here is singer Bono, in his waxed cotton jacket, at the Invesco Field in Denver, April 21, 2012.
The three japanese singers of the J-Pop band Perfume wear light dresses in their Spring of Life music video, released April 11, 2012. Device design and development : Tomoaki Yanagisawa. Firmware programming : Motoi Ishibashi. Interaction design and software programming : Daito Manabe. Stylist : Shinichi Miter.
Laura Pausini sings Invece no, during her world tour Inedito, in Milan, on December 22, 2011. The Italian singer wears a CuteCircuit skirt of 45 meters of chiffon incorporating thousands of leds and Swarovski crystals.
In 2011, designers Nancy Tilbury and Benjamin Males founded Studio XO in London. This fashion tech laboratory has designed interactive clothing for american group The Black Eyed Peas, here in June 22, 2011, at the Stade de France in Paris, for the premiere of The Beginning Massive Stadium Tour. From left to right, singers Fergie, Taboo and apl.de.ap, in the background.
American singer Katy Perry performs E.T. on April 21, 2011, on the stage of American Idol show. She wears a catsuit from english brand CuteCircuit, whose interactive LEDs chatter on Swarovski crystals.
Rihanna performing Russian Rouletteon her Last Girl On Earth tour live at Trent FM Arena, Nottingham, England, 14th May, 2010. The dress is signed by french couturier Alexandre Vauthier. The anglo-german designer Moritz Waldemeyer has developed the LEDs system for this stage costume. Moritz Waldemeyer also lent his talent to light jackets for the British group Take That and Will.i.am, one of the singers of the Black Eyed Peas.