This Earth Day Fashion Find is a Dress That Stores Solar Energy
Rahul Kalvapalle — April 7, 2014 — Eco
References: paulinevandongen.nl & dutchtoday.org
Dutch designer Pauline Van Dongen's 'Wearable Solar' project has resulted in the creation of a dress and coat that make for fashionable and eco-friendly Earth Day fashion. Van Dongen's creations, a dress and a coat, are embedded with solar cells and were recently unveiled at SXSW.
The solar cells can be revealed when it's sunny or folded away and worn invisibly when there's no sunlight to take advantage of. The coat incorporates 48 solar cells while the dress contains 72. Each piece of clothing can store enough energy to charge a smartphone to 50% with just an hour of exposure to the sun.
Solar cells are specially constructed cells built to capture solar light and convert it to electricity. Van Dongen believes that a dress augmented with solar cells is a great way to harness electrical energy that can be used to power up different devices. This combination of fashion and eco-friendliness is a perfect example of Earth Day fashion.
The solar cells can be revealed when it's sunny or folded away and worn invisibly when there's no sunlight to take advantage of. The coat incorporates 48 solar cells while the dress contains 72. Each piece of clothing can store enough energy to charge a smartphone to 50% with just an hour of exposure to the sun.
Solar cells are specially constructed cells built to capture solar light and convert it to electricity. Van Dongen believes that a dress augmented with solar cells is a great way to harness electrical energy that can be used to power up different devices. This combination of fashion and eco-friendliness is a perfect example of Earth Day fashion.
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