In collaboration with architectural sportswear label Chromat, Intel demonstrated responsive garments in Chromat's Spring/Summer 2016 collection runway show at MADE Fashion Week. The garments provide movement and change shape based on the wearer's body temperature, adrenaline or stress levels. The intelligence behind the movement of the dress and sportswear are powered by the Intel Curie Module, a tiny hardware product that provides designers and makers the ability to add functions and capabilities to a wide range of wearable products such as rings, handbags, clothing and fitness trackers.
Intel partnered with Becca McCharen, CEO of architectural sportswear label Chromat, to showcase an architecture-inspired sports bra built with Intel technology.
This sports bra opens vents when it senses heat and sweat to cool down the body.
The sports bra's intuitive response to perspiration and temperature is enabled by Intel Curie.
A technology-enabled dress that expands and collapses its form based on when the garment senses stress or adrenaline from the wearer. The Chromat Adrenaline Dress powered by Intel is composed of 3-D printed panels and an interlinked, expandable carbon fiber framework. When the wearer senses adrenaline, the dress’s framework expands a carbon fiber framework into a stylized hourglass shape.
The MemoryMirror by Memomi, featured at New York Fashion Week 2015, is an Intel-powered smart mirror that allows consumers to virtually try on clothes. Through gestures, customers can get a 360-degree view and see previous selections. The digital mirror integrates Intel RealSense technology and Intel Core i7 processors, and is currently in select Neiman Marcus retail stores.
The two garments powered by Intel technology illustrate the potential of future integrations of fashion and technology by bringing innovative concepts and aspirations to life.
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