The E-Textiles: future of fashion

Have you ever listen about the e-textiles? In the blog of this week we present you the future of the fashion industry.

¿What is an e-textile?

An E- textile is also known as an Electronic Textile, known as smart garments, smart clothing, smart textiles, or smart fabrics, are fabrics that enable digital components such as a battery and a light (including small computers), and electronics to be embedded in them. Smart textiles are fabrics that have been developed with new technologies that provide added value to the wearer.

These textiles have numerous potential applications, such as the ability to communicate with other devices, conduct energy, transform into other materials and protect the wearer from environmental hazards.

The history:

The original function of textiles was to shield man from cold and rain. Later on in history aesthetic aspects also came to play a role in clothing. Much more recently a new generation of textiles has arisen; smart and interactive textiles.

One could think of smart clothing that makes us feel comfortable at all times, during any activity and in any environmental conditions, a suit that protects and monitors, that warns in case of danger and even helps to treat diseases and injuries.

The examples:

Christine Mayer

Christine Mayer has her showroom in Berlin-Mitte. Her label represents the fusion of fashion, social commitment and the transformation of recycled materials. She’s had an absolute hit with her algae shirts, which are not only look great with any outfit but also nurture the skin.

Wearable Solar

Pauline van Dongen researches the body in a technologically textured space, and started her own womenswear label in 2010. Working closely with companies from the field of science and innovation, Pauline aims to merge fashion and technology giving life to scientific creations. Her start-up Wearable Solar is using technology to make lightweight wired garments that enable the wearer to charge a smartphone up to 50 percent if worn in the sun for a full hour.