New York-based fashion designer Angel Chang is continuing her interactive fashion exploration by adding more technology inspired styles to her autumn/winter 2008-2009 collection. After graduation, Angel Chang started working as a design assistant at Donna Karan Collection and collaborated in the design studios of Viktor & Rolf and Marc Jacobs before she launched her own design label, Angel Chang, with her Spring 2007 collection, her first exploration into the interactive fashion world.

Her latest collection includes several models using different technologies as interactive style elements, such as the Helsinki Duchess Satin Jacket with Glow-in-the-Dark fabric, which has audio speakers integrated into the hood and style elements that glow up in the dark, transforming the appearance of the printed design on the jacket.

 

But that's not all, as heated clothing also makes it to the runway with the London & Helsinki Herring Bone Cashmere Vest, a stylish battery-powered heated vest with anti-microbial silver nylon lining. Another design that catches your attention is the London & Helsinki Herring-Bone ski pants with MP3 remote controls discretely incorporated into the design.

 

Other models in her collection use temperature sensitive ink printing. The world map on the Sleeved Top changes the color in the area where a finger touches it to indicate a place. The warmth of the finger initiates the color change in that area leaving a mark (until the temperature equals out again to the surroundings).

 

Angel Chang is one of the very few fashion designers pioneering the future of textile technology and fashion design. Her openness to include ‘not so traditional’ elements and technologies in an otherwise very traditional business as fashion may serve as inspiration and motivation for a new generation of interactive fashion designers. Unfortunately for some, these designs are available in stores only in the US and Japan.

 

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