in Los Angeles an interactive dress can change color and pattern as you wish

This dress was unveiled as part of the annual high mass of the American company Adobe, better known for its photo editing and video editing software than for its fashion shows. But it is precisely a cutting-edge technological innovation that was presented: a dress capable of changing colors and patterns, or even coming to life.

A plain dress, whose texture resembles scales, comes to life, with pink and silver crisscrosses, which appear, disappear and end up making waves when the designer who wears it moves. It’s like seeing four dresses in one minute!

This garment was born from a research project launched by the company Project Primrose, with one objective: to create intelligent, connected materials. We already had a glimpse of it last year with a handbag that changed color. There, the textile is made up of small flexible modules, made of liquid crystals capable of diffusing and reflecting light in different ways, so they need very little energy. Everything is equipped with sensors that react to movements.

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A technology that is still expensive

The applications can be multiple. We obviously first think of fashion shows, in the middle of show business. During the presentation of this dress, the host also explained that the red carpets were going to change dimension. It can be a solution for singers, until now forced to change clothes at full speed between two choreographies during a concert.

Adobe is not alone in this market. Star Beyoncé impressed during her last tour with a dress with color-changing patterns, designed by the Japanese company Anrealage. We can also cite Chromorphous or PH5. There are competing technologies, reactive to UV, or based on LEDs. Even if there are entry-level t-shirts around 140 euros, all this is still reserved for a fairly wealthy clientele.