Chic Words - unconventional storytelling about high-tech fashion and fashion life in Venice

www.chicwords.it The glamour of Internet of Things Nowadays, thanks to the widespread diffusion of Information and Communication technologies, we are experiencing a new dimension where real and virtual worlds overlap in every aspect of our daily lives. Objects and environments are becoming intelligent and they are going to be capable of talking to each other and exchanging information giving life to the Internet of Things. What about fashion? Fashion designers have already started enjoying high-tech textiles, sensors and the wonderland of computer science to make our dreams a reality. Let’s have a look inside the future of fashion and design and let’s start a discussion together looking at new designers’ creations,in order to understand when smart technologies gave rise to glamorous outfits, chic accessories and smart homes and when they did not. When wearing this kind of cloths is cool and when it is not a good idea. We will see together how high-tech technologies are used to create custom clothing, convertible, which can change color form, and function. Without forgetting, in this way, that if the dress becomes a technological object, it will have a different life: I can not think of throwing it after one season! Also because its recycling could become a big problem! The recycling of tissues is already a problem, but in the case of the high-tech fabrics, as well as for electronic devices, the issue is even more complicated. And I think it is time to start asking ourselves these questions. Certainly not to give up fashion – I could not live without, and you? – but to allow fashion to evolve into a new era, the most intriguing because it will be surrounded by an aura of awareness!