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Stealth Wear by Adam Harvey 

Fashion exhibition of wearable anti-thermal imaging clothing to protect detection from airborne surveillance technology:

Building off previous work with CV Dazzle, camouflage from face detection, Privacy Mode continues to explore the aesthetics of privacy and the potential for fashion to challenge authoritarian surveillance. Presented by PRIMITIVE at TANK MAGAZINE HQ will be a suite of new designs, made in collaboration with NYC fashion designer Johanna Bloomfield, that tackle some of the most pressing and sophisticated forms of surveillance today. Including:

The anti-drone hoodie and anti-drone scarf: garments designed to thwart thermal imaging, a technology used widely by UAVs.

The XX-shirt: a x-ray shielding print in the shape of a heart, that protects your heart from x-ray radiation

And the Off Pocket: an anti-phone accessory that allows you to instantly zero out your phone’s signal

Accompanying each project will be videos and tests revealing the process behind each technology and counter technology.

More Here and Here

Glow Threads 

Interactive UV light responsive t-shirts which are commercially available:

Glow Thread shirts are the first interactive glow in the dark t-shirts. You are able to to draw and create custom designs using our UV keychain light and UV Laser. Our UV keychain light is included with every purchase which allows you to draw on our shirts by touching the UV light to the shirt and write whatever you want. Using the UV laser you can draw on the shirt from up to 40ft away. Unlike other Glow Thread “imitators” where you are limited to a silk screened rectangle to draw on, our Glow Thread shirts are fully customizable and you are able to draw on every piece of the t-shirt. This means there is NO silk screened area and you are able to draw on the front, back, sides and even the sleeves.

You can find out more and order one from Glow Threads here

Glitch Embroidery 

Project found at 割かとナイスコミュニケート which (appears) to create clothing with embroidered logos, whose sewing machine files were corrupted to output glitched stitching.

”Glitch Embroidery” incorporates ‘Glitched’ (Binary Hacked) embroidery data for a sewing machine.

You can see more examples (and GIFs) here

CLO 3D 

South Korean 3D CAD software developed specifically for professionals designing clothing:

CLO 3D is Easy-to-Use 3D Apparel CAD, enables you to design, to view 3D samples in real-time and to communicate easily with partners. It is possible to create a virtual sample photo-realistically within 1 hour using your 2D pattern. You can send 3D clothing data in network to colleagues, and it’ll enable you to communicate effectively with your team members across the globe. You can view in real-time the impromptu changes in patterns, designs, colors, fabric design with others. 

Here is a link to a gallery of pieces created with the software.

The same interface is also used for the company’s sister product for designing virtual clothing called Marvelous Designer.

You can find out more about CLO 3D here

(PS - You may need to click on some of the images above to see the animated version … Also, it’s weird that the female avatar / virtual mannequin always wears heels … )

Fashion Photography by Jin Chong Yu 

Double-exposure photography combines clothing and transparency. Via neochaEDGE:

Check out the works Jin Chongyu styled for “not magazine” and “leap magazine” shooting. He’s studied and traveled in Paris, and now living in shanghai, he established the brand “Lesjin” with book designer Sun Junliang also.

More at neochaEDGE here

속이 보이지 않는 투명한 진실 by Shim Kyung Bo (심경보)

Installation piece featuring transparent clothing.

UPDATE: According to oniontaker, the title translates as:

“The transparent truth, through which its true nature cannot be seen”

Pop-Up Shop with Infinite Illuminated Grid via My Modern Met

A tiny store in Warsaw received a radical makeover by Polish architects Super Super and Inside/Outside.

The temporary pavilion inside the mobile office container houses the clothing retailer Zuo Corp. Once you step inside, you are greeted by a mesmerizing mirrored room! Mirrors line not just the walls of the shop, but the ceiling, and the edges are fitted with LED lighting to appear as an infinite illuminated grid, much like the movie Tron. Ironically, there are no mirrors in the dressing rooms.

More photos and info here

3D Printed Clothing (via PSFK)

Recycling old clothes into quilts (via hellointheknow)

Ping - A social networking garment by electricfoxy

Ping is a garment that connects to your Facebook account wirelessly and from anywhere. It allows you to stay connected to your friends and groups of friends simply by performing natural gestures that are built into the mechanics of the garments we wear. Lift up a hood, tie a bow, zip, button, and simply move, bend and swing to ping your friends naturally and automatically. No phone, no laptop, no hardware. Simply go about your day, look good and stay connected.

http://www.electricfoxy.com/ping/