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# E-Paper Clothes
Lunar BLU Jacket Display

By lourdes sanchez bayas | Published 2008-04-26 | Unique
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/futuristic-clothes-made-of-e-paper-the-lunar-blu-jacket-shows-others-your-m
References: [dvice](http://dvice.com/archives/2008/04/lunar_design_bl.php) & [lunar](http://www.lunar.com/pdf/lunar_blu.pdf)

E-paper technology has been tantalizing our minds and imaginations with each new, fascinating development that crops up. Lunar Design created the Lunar BLU which is a concept jacket that uses [flexible organic E-paper](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hannspree-ecovision-paper-display) that can show other people your mood, subway maps (as the picture shows) and even [video ads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/e-ink-kaleido-3). They say that, "Based on the promise of electronic fabric, Lunar's BLU project generated several ideas, placing future technologies in the context of the street."

Its mind boggling. [Clothes that can reveal our moods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/inxects-vest) to others. Sounds like something out of The Matrix.

"Imagine a jacket that could display your mood throughout the day, offer maps on your sleeve for city navigation, or flash intriguing advertisements to passersby â€” a fashionable twist on the age-old human sandwich board," Device says.

Here are some more e-Paper innovations:

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 4.9/10
- Popularity: 65% | Activity: 74% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 10% men, 90% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: Europe, Asia

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### Why This Trend Is Growing

- **Flexible Organic E-paper:** Lunar BLU jacket demonstrates the potential of flexible organic E-paper for wearable technology and opens opportunities for customizable digital fashion.
- **Mood-revealing Clothing:** The concept of using E-paper technology in fashion allows for mood-changing and mood-revealing clothing, disrupting traditional garments and personal expression.
- **Interactive Advertising Apparel:** E-Paper clothing like the Lunar BLU jacket presents a new frontier for interactive advertising, transforming garments into dynamic advertising platforms.

### Industries Being Reshaped

- **Wearable Technology:** The development of flexible organic E-paper in garments opens new avenues in the wearable technology industry, paving the way for innovative applications and designs.
- **Fashion:** The integration of E-paper in fashion enables the fashion industry to explore new forms of expression, interactive designs, and customizable clothing.
- **Advertising:** E-paper clothing creates disruptive opportunities in the advertising industry, transforming traditional print ads into dynamic, attention-grabbing displays on wearable products.

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