In the series "They were doing fashion tech ahead of their time", Le Boudoir Numérique wonders about the ligh-up suit worn by Cloclo, in its 1968 title. If you have any info, don’t hesitate to contact us!

By Ludmilla Intravaia 

What becomes of Cloclo's last companion? Is Claude François's apartment cursed? How did the succession of the French singer go? ... For several days, the press has been remebering the disappearance of the artist, who was electrocuted in his bathroom on March 11, 1978, with questions and more or less inspired articles. In these questions, there are two that only Le Boudoir Numérique seems to ask, because of its fierce fashion tech DNA : Who signed Claude François' luminous outfit and how does it work?

Images of the singer performing the song Reste, from his 1968 album Eloïse, do exist, showing him in a black suit, with the most beautiful blinking effect, when the lights are dimmed. His dancers also wear the same device on their stage outfit. The call goes out to anyone with information about these luminous clothes, only preceded in the history of Old school fashion tech, by Louis de Funès' gabardine-gadget in Fantômas strikes back in 1965.

* Continue reading in this new section "Old school fashion tech" from Le Boudoir Numérique:

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- The gabardine-gadget of Louis de Funès in Fantômas

- Old school fashion tech : Catherine Deneuve’s colour of the weather dress in the movie Donkey Skin