Indifferent of the field of activity every person performs into, it's obvious to everybody that clothes are not only clothing items anymore, but they, most of the time, double as high-end technology displayers, with functional and/or entertaining purposes. Interactivity is the keyword when it comes to technology encapsulated into fashion.



This goes even for the geeky animated T-shirts that have taken the market by storm. Finding T-Shirts with animated decals is not difficult nowadays; the use of wafer thin EL-foils allows nearly unobtrusive integration of an animated display element that can be treated (washed) like many other T-Shirts (hand washing).



Although some of the designs are very geeky and techno, one of the latest styles from Flashwear are very appealing, not as loud but still eye catching: the T-Cannabis Leaf T-Shirt as well as the T-60s T-Shirt.



The leaf shirt utilizes the advantage of EL-foil technology be going away with the strong geometric design of an circle, square of rectangle to make a more aesthetically appealing, organic shape.



This T-Shirt is a perfectly good example of how technology should be used when combining with clothing. Maybe less engineering and more fashion design input would help in creating body conform, natural, organic looking interactive garments.



If now the light sequence would be less erratic, more subtle and soft in the light sequence, people would probably rush to get their own. The same goes for the T-60s T-shirt, which is made on the same principle..



The T-Cannabis Leaf T-Shirt as well as many other, more aggressive animated T-Shirts cost $32.98 each, not too bad for a 100% cotton shirt that brightens up your day/chest.