Corsets are usually very uncomfortable and probably not good for your health, but the InflataCorset is quite the opposite of that. The InflataCorset helps to regulate your health by expanding accordingly to your heartbeat.
According to Fashioning Technology, "The design is based on research to augment Sensory Processing Disorder — hypersensitivity which ranges from ADHD to Autism." When your heart rate reaches a certain level, the InflataCorset expands and calms your nervous system.
The InflataCorset makes looking healthy totally chic.
Implications - With so many new responsibilities emerging each day in modern society, consumers are looking for products that will make completing tasks more efficient. Items that combine function with form are more appealing than those which are only practical. In order to increase its number of shoppers, a company could develop more multitasking items.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Sensory Processing Disorder Clothing
- Developing clothing that helps regulate the nervous system for people with sensory processing disorders has the potential for disruption in the fashion industry.
- Functional Fashion
- The popularity and practicality of the InflataCorset demonstrates a trend towards consumers seeking functional fashion items that combine both style and functionality.
- Health-monitoring Clothing
- There is an opportunity for disruption in the clothing and wearable technology industry by developing health-monitoring clothing that adapts to bodily changes such as heart rate, just like the InflataCorset.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Fashion
- The InflataCorset disrupts the fashion industry by combining style and functionality with the added bonus of sensory regulation.
- Wearable Technology
- The development of health-monitoring clothing such as the InflataCorset shows potential for disruption in the wearable technology industry.
- Medical Apparel
- The InflataCorset could inspire the development of medical apparel for patients with sensory processing disorders to regulate their nervous system in a non-invasive and stylish way.
