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How fashion tech could be the coolest weapon against climate change

The image of high fashion has long been tied to aesthetic indulgence rather than environmental necessity. Yet as temperatures rise globally, what we wear is no longer only a question of style, but of survival. About 3.6 billion people live in areas highly vulnerable to climate change, and from 2000 to 2019 an estimated 480,000 people died...

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Loewe and Jacob & Co. elevate wearable tech to High Fashion

The merger of fashion and technology has been a bumpy ride. The fashion industry has often approached it with the question: “What can tech do for us?” The answers have not always been inspiring. Jackets with built-in heating panels, compression wear with biometric sensors, or LED-lit outerwear may be useful in theory, but have rarely translated...

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Report: Smart textile materials market to grow by a cool 2 billion US dollars by 2030

The market for smart textile materials is poised for growth - estimated to be worth 3.59 billion US dollars (about 3.11 billion euros) in 2023, it is expected to grow by 56 percent to 5.59 billion US dollars (about 4.11 billion euros) by 2030, expecting an annual growth rate of 6.4 percent. This is what a new report by market research company...

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Can wearable tech be fashionable? Meet Facebook x Ray-Ban's new smart glasses

The Augmented Reality market has seen unprecedented growth since 2019, but AR glasses, often aesthetically bulky and ugly, were yet to experience a leap to adoption by the fashion industry. Google’s glasses are in case in point: in public nobody wants to wear a visible tech gadget on their face. Facebook earlier this year came up with an AR...