Friday, September 29, 2006

High-Tech Fabric Lights Up the Catwalk

ZDNet News, 27 Sep 2006 It's one thing to light up the catwalk with innovative design, but what about producing designs that actually light up the catwalk? Philips, the Dutch electronics giant, and German fashion designer Anke Loh aim to try. Loh this week launched a new collection, "Dressing Light," in which each garment incorporates Philips' new photonic fabric -- which has arrays of light-emitting diodes that can display text, graphics and animation. Read more