Wearable Lab 3 : What’s new ?
De Rigueur Lab stand on the Wearable Lab space, February 12, 2019, in Villepinte
What happened on the third edition of the fashion tech space at Première Vision Paris? The answer in pictures here.
By Ludmilla Intravaia
"My daughter would be adorable in this little light up dress!", "This outfit is moving! Amazing!", "Would you carry this phone charger bag?"..., this third edition of Première Vision Paris Wearable Lab, which took place in Villepinte from February 12 to 14, lavished its share of innovative surprises to visitors fond of fashion technology. Le Boudoir Numérique has feverishly paced the space dedicated to fashion technological experiments, jumping from stands to exhibitions, probing connected jackets and leds ribbons, while assailing the exhibitors with questions, more questions, even more questions. While waiting for the publication of the interviews, here is the report of the event in pictures.
Organza dress, woven with plastic optical fiber, from the taiwanese company Unitex Material Corp.
The french company Satab offers designers of e-textile a range of connected ribbons.
Wearable Lab presented the exhibition Skills² featuring four smart dresses from fashion tech designers, on the theme of augmented human.
Interactive dress "Spectral Radiance" by dutch designer Maartje Dijkstra, created in 2019, in collaboration with Beorn Lebenstedt, known as DJ Newk. This unique piece, printed in 3D, incorporates eight elements that react to the music imagined by the musician. This dress illustrates how music influences human behavior.
"Power" dress of the japanese brand Anrealage, whose fluorescent ribbons light up, according to the movements of the body (spring collection 2018).
The fashion designer and professor at the University of Quebec in Montreal Ying Gao, presented for the first time at Wearable Lab, "Flowing Water, Standing Time", a moving dress questioning the relationship between the individual inner world and its physical appearance.
"Suspended Animation" dress by the dutch designer Maartje Dijkstra, created in 2019, in collaboration with DJ Newk. The outfit moves extremely slowly, before returning to its original position, to make people think about the hyper acceleration of our technological society.
The Skills² exhibition also featured a material library with a selection of prospective materials.
3D printed mail chain from the Skills² exhibition.
The virtual reality installation of BeAnotherLab collective allowed two participants to swap their vision.
The german company KC Textil gives to the clothing pockets heating, charging and communication capacities.
The german company Madeira GarnFabric offers high conductive threads for e-textile.
The french company De Rigueur Lab has collaborated with the accessories brand Jerome Dreyfuss to create a phone charger pouch, and also with Lancel to propose a wallet, on the same concept. For Lacoste, a fanny pack and a backpack, with solar panels, will be released in April 2019.
Light up jacket from Aitex, Textile Research Institue, in Spain.
The anti-counterfeiting service offered by the russian company Verisium makes it possible to verify the authenticity of a product, such as this jacket for example, via an application.
The 3rd edition of Wearable Lab took place during Première Vision Paris, from February 12 to 14, 2019, in Villepinte.