Fashion Tech

Statistically, women own 17 pairs of shoes, yet only wear 2-4 pairs on a regular basis because of comfort issues. This is mainly because every woman loves and hates her heels at the same time.

Check out these fantastic 6 fashion tech startups who are showing the space what is currently missing in the current field of traditional wearables.

• TINKER: The Interactive Massage Shoe
• ROTHY: The Sustainable Shoe
• SOLELY ORIGINAL: The Custom-Made Shoes
• RUNWAY HEELS: The Transforming Shoes
• TRUE GAULT: The 3D Measuring Smart Shoes
• THESIS COUTURE: The Structurally Engineered Shoe

Wearables battling sexual assault will set the stage for such debates, as well as raise awareness. And in the future, as wearables become more prevalent in all aspects of life, the growing ethics of this technology, and the new bodies created to govern and regulate it, will engage with the morals conundrums of such solutions. "We hope that one day," she says. "We don't have to make something like this."

With Fashion Week only a moment away, the collaboration between Rebecca Minkoff and Avery Dennison shows us how a product intelligence in the cloud can power fashion and technology and bridge the physical and digital worlds. Rebecca Minkoff's limited collection of bags brags smart tags that allow consumers to access exclusive content and experiences. 

Wearable Robots? It Goes Beyond Fashion 

The robots are now on your clothes. And these wearable robots on your clothes can change your style and enhance your looks. MIT’s Project Kino (kinetic wearables) has small robots that can move around the surface of your clothes. The fashion robots cling to the clothes using tiny magnets. The name signifies the ability of small robots to move around. 

Damart dévoile un nouveau tissu : le Thermolactyl est un tissu magique qui permet de gagner 25% de chaleur par rapport à d’autres textiles plus classiques pour un même poids. 

Au sein de la gamme Damart Sport, les équipes ont développé BodyGain, un vêtement pensé pour le running qui réduit les courbatures de 60%. En combinant des fibres chargées de micro-cristaux de céramique à un effet compressif, la circulation sanguine et l’oxygénation des muscles est améliorée.

On passe beaucoup de temps à dormir. Selon les chiffres, jusqu’à un tiers de sa vie, soit 25 ans ! La couette connectée, se fait petit à petit une place, découvrez une sélection pour bien choisir. 

• Smartduvet, la housse connectée qui fait votre lit automatiquement
• Luna, la housse de couette connectée super intelligente
• Happiness Blanket de British Airways

On était habitués à des wearables et des vêtements connectés qui nous aidaient à gérer notre activité physique. Mais un nouveau concept se met peu à peu en place : surveiller notre bien-être. Démonstration avec Vitali, un soutien-gorge de sport connecté qui vous aide à surveiller votre stress. Pour cela, il analyse votre posture, votre respiration et votre HRV, la variabilité de votre fréquence cardiaque.

It's fair to say that technologies such as medical imaging and x-ray scanning have revolutionised the healthcare world, but there's still more to come. Wearables, in particular, are garnering massive interest from health professionals, researchers and institutions.

Aujourd’hui, plusieurs entreprises, Google, Sony et Samsung en tête travaillent à la fabrication de lentilles connectées.

Les nouvelles technologies c'est aussi dans la piscine ! 

Découvrez le maillot de bain, la montre, les lunettes de natation et le bonnet connecté ! Tous ces gadgets vous permettrons d'améliorer vos compétences en natation ! 

We've seen running watches help runners set their pace, now a new wearable that clips onto your shoe could use music to help walking become less of a chore. 

Ruawalk helps you select music to set your walking pace and reach specific personal goals, with a virtual coach on hand to pick you up if your cadence falls too slow or elevates too high.

Many fashion companies are increasingly looking to the advances in technology to elevate their brands as well as their business strategies.

For exemple, developers at Google and H&M have created a personalized “Coded Couture” dress based on a person’s smartphone app data. Yes, that’s correct, your smartphone can soon design a unique dress for you.

Fashion Tech is improving every day and changing the world of fashion. 

The UV tracking uses the sensor to detect rays, but it also uses weather information to get a read on the UV index to improve accuracy. Based on the skin-based information you gave it during the setup process, the Opter Pose can issue recommendations on how long you should stay out in the sun - and even tell you when you've had enough.

Levi’s has teamed up with tech company Mode.ai to launch a chatbot on Facebook Messenger focused on helping customers find the perfect pair of jeans.

The Levi’s Virtual Stylist, as it’s called, assists shoppers with fit, rise and stretch for its denim line, all the while aiming to reduce returns by also providing sizing recommendations.

True Gault averts shoppers from an endless search for sizes and from settling for pinching, scraping, squeezing, limping and sacrificing style for comfort.

Founded by Self-proclaimed ‘geek in high heels, Sandra Gault, True Gault has created its own proprietary patent pending fit formula by pioneering 3D measuring that captures the biomechanics and measurements of each person’s individual foot.

Relying on a patented fit formula that uses key measurements to guarantee the perfect fit, True Gault works by downloading their iPhone app, which is currently available on iPhone 5 and up. The app allows you to 3D scan your feet from the comfort of your own home. The process takes less than 15 minutes and once they have your measurements, they’re stored in their database for you to shop and order at any time.

Selection de 5 objets mêlant élégance et technologie pour homme : 

• Jacquard, la veste connectée de Google, 
• Summit, la montre connectée de MontBlanc
• Les lunettes de soleil Oakley Radar Pace
• 10eleven9, le t-shirt qui mêle élégance et santé
• Michael Kors Access Crosby, le bracelet connecté

Lancé le 21 juin sur Kickstarter, le projet de cils à LED lumineux f.lashes a largement crevé le plafond de l'objectif financier qu'il s'était fixé. Signe que la Fashion Tech est bien un marché prometteur, et que certains sont prêts à payer cher pour les gadgets les plus originaux, près d'un sixième des donateurs de f.lashes n'ont pas hésité à verser 80 dollars pour s'assurer que leur paire de cils lumineux leur soit livrée en janvier 2018.

Après une arrivée timide sur le marché des nouvelles technologies, les objets connectés font maintenant partie intégrante de notre quotidien. Mais il existe un autre domaine qui se connecte, qui innove sans cesse et nous concerne tous : la santé connectée.

Découvrez les dernières innovations : 

* Un coeur artificiel 

* Des nanoparticules qui permettent de connaitre avec précision l’emplacement d’une tumeur, et rendent la destruction par rayon X beaucoup plus efficace

* Mais aussi des innovations pour se protéger de dangers invisibles

Watch out for these 5 companies to have on your radar this year. We predict that if they are not already, they are set to make an impact on the fashion industry in 2017.

• THESIS COUTURE
• PYRATES
• EVRYTHNG AND AVERY DENNISON
• ADIDAS
• UNMADE

What are the 13 fashion tech milestones since 1998 ? In 2017, Graphene textile technology is the new material disrupting the smart textile world.

The smart shoe has been designed using structural engineering and advanced material technology.The LIFT decreases weight and pressure on the balls of the feet, and improves balance while reducing fatigue. Thesis stilettos brag handmade-in-Italy 4 inch heels, but when you put them on they feel like you are walking in 3 inch wedges. 

It's been two years since Google and Levi's first announced a partnership to bring us smart clothing, and now it's finally happening. The first piece to come out of Project Jacquard is the Commuter Trucker jacket, and you will have to pay $350 for the garment. The key to the Commuter is the fabric of the jacket’s left sleeve. While technically powered by a rechargeable tag that’s found on the inside of the sleeve, the very material of the jacket is smart. You can just touch your clothing as you would a touchscreen in order to activate certain functionalities, like playing music.

Smart tattoos will be able soon to replace our activity trackers or will be used to make mobile payments. 

Researchers from Waseda University in Japan have taken ‘electronic tattoos’ a step further. They have designed tattoos that sit on your skin and monitor your vital signs. Created to be flexible, the nanosheet in comfortable enough that it can be used directly on the skin.