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bioLogic Fabric [Image: Futurism]

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Tech Advancements in Fashion We’re Here For: Part I

by Natalie Kimani|08 February 201924 September 2019|Design, Tech

Fashion is always looking for the next big thing, so a relationship with technology isn’t so farfetched. On the contrary, innovation is welcomed and embraced in many facets of the industry. As creatures of comfort, we crave products, processes and...

[Image: SolePower]

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[Image: SolePower]

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Innovation Fridays: SolePower Smart Boots Putting the Force at your Feet

by Natalie Kimani|06 October 201730 November 2017|Business, Tech

https://youtu.be/LYZeUXYlPic These aren’t your typical light-up shoes. Hahna Alexander is on a mission to create ‘unplugged tech that never dies’. It just so happens to be housed in a pair of shoes. SolePower, which she originally founded in 2012 with...

Combining the tools of technology and textile worlds. [Photo by Benoit Florençon]

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Combining the tools of technology and textile worlds. [Photo by Benoit Florençon]

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Unmask: Fashion’s alternative to smog couture

by Natalie Kimani|14 November 201614 November 2016|Fashion, Tech

Who knew we’d get to a place where wearing a respiratory mask would become the norm? As we learnt from Friday’s post, we’ve done quite a bit of damage to our air, causing life-altering consequences on a global scale. We...

Yin Peng’s collection at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Beijing 2014.

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Yin Peng’s collection at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Beijing 2014.

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Smog Couture

by Natalie Kimani|11 November 201614 November 2016|Fashion, Tech

Let’s take you back to 2014, Beijing. Mercedes Benz Fashion Week was happening as usual but with a twist. The models adorned face masks and designer Yin Peng went a step further and coordinated their face masks with his sportswear...

[Image: Kiara Gounder]

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[Image: Kiara Gounder]

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It’s a Wrap: Final thoughts on Fashion Tech

by Natalie Kimani|31 October 201602 November 2016|Design, Tech

Be inspired. I was recently at a café that has a nook library right beside the kitchen. A swap library, they called it. The idea is to take a book, any book. In fact, take a book you probably wouldn’t...

Ben Moir [Image: xpand.com]

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Ben Moir [Image: xpand.com]

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Fashion Film: Touching tech - wearable technology | Ben Moir

by Natalie Kimani|28 October 201602 November 2016|Design, Tech

Who doesn’t like a good TED Talk? It’s a platform that provides bite size presentations which offer different perspectives that we may have never thought about before. Fashion Film Friday is brought to us by Wearable Experiments (We:eX) founding member,...

River Omo Collection [Image: Barbara Minishi / Kooroo]

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River Omo Collection [Image: Barbara Minishi / Kooroo]

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CUTTING EDGE: LASER CUTTING TECH FOR FASHION AND DESIGN

by Natalie Kimani|26 October 201602 November 2016|Design, Tech

If you have ever watched an episode of Project Runway, one of the most stressful moments is when time is running out for the contestants before the runway show. Often a hot glue gun, pins, staplers and haphazard cutting pops...

[Image: Courtesy of Modern Meadow]

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[Image: Courtesy of Modern Meadow]

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Leather re-imagined: Your next handbag could be grown in a lab

by Natalie Kimani|25 October 201602 November 2016|Design, Tech

What is the fashion world without leather? And no one feels this more intrinsically than most Kenyan designers. It has the versatility to create bags, shoes, furniture, jewellery, dresses and so on. If you have an idea, there is possibly...

[Image: Lorenzo Rosi]

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Fashion Film: Liquid Fabric in a Can!

by Natalie Kimani|24 October 201602 November 2016|Design, Tech

[bctt tweet="With where fashion wants to go and what it wants to achieve, interdisciplinary research is the key to success. " username="FashionKE"] It’s the fun spirit of silly string with the sophistication of a spider web-weaving silk. Liquid fabric came...

[Image: Shuttershock / Translatemedia]

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[Image: Shuttershock / Translatemedia]

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Can Tech put an End to Counterfeits?

by Natalie Kimani|19 October 201602 November 2016|Business, Tech

It seems to be an unwritten rule. If you truly appreciate fashion you’d never purchase a fake. All your efforts would go to ensure the creative is compensated for their hard work. However, the ease of social media and the...

#techstyle Exhibition – Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

by Natalie Kimani|17 October 201602 November 2016|Fashion, Tech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHTR4uKfNzU Synergy. That seemed to be the underlying theme of the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) #techstyle exhibition earlier this year. The kind of synergy between designers and tech designers or scientists to push the boundaries on how we create...

Screenshot from the Siemens Fashion Series

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Screenshot from the Siemens Fashion Series

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Fashion Film: Siemens Fabric Series

by Natalie Kimani|14 October 201602 November 2016|Design, Fashion Film, Tech

Disclaimer, these videos were created by Siemens to indirectly push a particular product. Great thing is, this series does addresses issues that are being posed to the modern fashion world. It being a Friday in what I can only assume...

[Image: courtesy of wtin.com]

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[Image: courtesy of wtin.com]

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Designers, Welcome to the wonderful world of Digital fabric printing

by Natalie Kimani|12 October 201602 November 2016|Fashion, Tech

“That’s the last bit of fabric.” How many times have you seen a dress that you just had to have but the designer regretfully informed you that the fabric was over? They had just enough in that design to make...

Ezra + Tuba took on Tech and gave Fashion Butterflies

by Natalie Kimani|10 October 201602 November 2016|Fashion, Tech

“The future of clothing as we know it is about to change. To be a part of this change we need technology.” ~ Tuba Çetin Sisters Tuba and Ezra Cetin of Fashion design label Ezra+Tuba [Image: Baran Akkoyunlu] The butterfly...

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