The Emotional Clothing collection by Iga Węglińska responds to the wearer's changes in stress levels. The fashion designer made two tops that change color or flight with lights to identify the wearer's feelings of stress or anxiety. Moreover, Iga Węglińska's collection formed the designer's doctoral dissertation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.
Designed to broaden the experience of clothing. The pieces are made of polysensory garments to expand the limits of apparel based on sensory substitution. Sensory substation entails the brain's registration of information from one sense, like touch, and transforming it into the perception of another sense, like sight. The clothing collection is designed to stimulate the wearer's senses by reacting to detected heart rates, body temperature, and Galvanic Skin Response via sensors. In turn, the sensors trigger visual lighting changes.
Image Credit: Iga W?gli?ska
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Sensory Substitution Clothing
- Fashion designers can create clothing that expands the limits of apparel by using polysensory garments based on sensory substitution.
- Wearable Emotion Detection Technology
- There is a growing trend of wearable tech that can identify and respond to the wearer's emotional state, as demonstrated in Iga Węglińska's Emotional Clothing collection.
- Interactive Fashion
- Fashion designers can incorporate interactive elements, such as lighting, to create a more engaging and personalized experience for the wearer.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Fashion Industry
- Fashion designers can explore the use of innovative materials, sensors, and wearable tech to create clothing that can respond to the wearer's emotions and physical state.
- Wearable Technology Industry
- The development of wearable emotion detection technology presents opportunities for companies to create products that can help people manage their stress and anxiety levels.
- Health Tech Industry
- The integration of emotion detection technology into wearable devices can offer new opportunities to improve mental health and wellness by providing users with feedback on their emotional state.
