ISWC 2005 Fashion Show

The 9th International Symposium on Wearable Computing (ISWC 2005) included a "wearable technology" fashion show as part of the program, sponsored by the KANSAI IT Synergistic Society. This was the third ISWC to include such a show, the first being Beauty and the Bits hosted by the MIT Media Lab at the first ISWC, and the second hosted by Komposite at ISWC 2002 in Seattle.

There were a few practical application garments being shown at this show, but most leaned towards the fashion end, with dance, music and LEDs playing prominent roles. My apologies for the quality of some of the pictures — my little hand-held camera doesn't work well in low lighting.


Thermal Clothes That Can Actively Control Sensory Temperature (Sayaka Tsuruda, Shoji Sano, Naoki Saiwaki, Masahiko Tsukamoto) 		Old and new versions of life-logging system (camera moved from helmet to bag)
Old and new versions of NAIST's I'm Here! system (camera moved from helmet to bag). Tatsuyuki Kawamura, NAIST 		New version
New version

LEDs were big this show
LEDs were big this show 		My favorite shot (unfortunately the umbrella glow is from a spotlight, not self-illuminated)
My favorite shot (unfortunately the umbrella glow is from a spotlight, not self-illuminated)
Umbrella twirl
Umbrella twirl 		LEDs everywhere
LEDs everywhere 		Dress that responds to midi from the Japanese Koto (harp)
Dress that responds to midi from the Japanese Koto (harp). Yasue Kishino, Masakazu Miyamae, Masahiko Tsukamoto, Mizuko Oe, Shojiro Nishio (Osaka University, Japan, Kobe University, Japan, Ueda College of Fashion, Japan)
Each line blinks when its corresponding string is plucked
Each line blinks when its corresponding string is plucked 		In many designs, the technology was just an accessory
In many designs, the technology was just an accessory 		The purse is a commercial laptop case
The purse is a laptop case (now commercially available)
Also comes in red
Also comes in red 		The tank-top on the left is a (working?) screen
The tank-top on the left is a (working?) screen 		Jumper made from records & CDs
Jumper made from records & CDs
Mini-display in vest
Mini-display in vest
Again, the purse is a laptop case
Again, the purse is a laptop case
In better light
In better light 		This doesn't even have a display, it's just a PC-bag as a purse
This doesn't even have a display, it's just a PC-bag as a purse. Pretty dress though.
A few dresses had beautiful Japanese painting-on-silk (very little technology though)
A few dresses had beautiful Japanese painting-on-silk (very little technology though) 		Better shot of the silk
Better shot of the silk

A bold statement
A bold statement 		In motion
In motion
Here in better light
Here in better light 		Many dresses had attached (playable?) piano keyboards
Many dresses had attached (playable?) piano keyboards (designed by Yoshinari Takegawa, Masahiko Tsukamoto, Mizuko Oe, Shojiro Nishio)



The LED-finger rings are for dancing...
The LED-finger rings are for dancing... 		...to create this sort of effect in the dark
...to create this sort of effect in the dark 		LEDs in the earrings, otherwise all low-tech
LEDs in the earrings, otherwise all low-tech
More LED touches
More LED touches 		The ensemble
The ensemble






The paparazzi
The paparazzi