Catalytic Clothing, a collaboration between the London College of Fashion, University of Sheffield, and the University of Ulster, has recently presented the first prototype of a dress that can purportedly absorb airborne pollutants. A thin layer of space-age, pollution-absorbing concrete mixture is sprayed onto the “Herself” dress. Wearing the dress automatically means that you are helping to save the environment, simply by walking around and being fashionable!

However, the “Herself” dress is highly experimental and is only inteded to illustrate – in artistic form – the idea that textiles can help eliminate certain pollutants from the air. Unfortunately, it is doubtful that an actual, wearable version of the dress will be made.

Check out the dress here!

Korean artist Sung Yeonju’s new project Wearable Foods is a photoshoot of dresses made out of food such as tomatoes, mushrooms, eggs and bubble gum.

Sources: PSFK, Yeonju Sung

For his project Intimacy, Dutch artists Daan Roosegaarde created a dress made of flexible e-foils which can be either opaque or transparent depending on the currents flowing through them. Intimacy was developed by Studio Roosegaarde, V2_Lab and fashion designer Maartje Dijkstra

The Intimacy dress takes our notion personal space to a next level: the closer someone approaches, the more transparent the dress becomes. As such, the garment becomes a sort of second skin that allows the body to become an ‘interface’.

If you want to learn more, check out the interview with Daan Roosegaarde

Source: NextNature, V2, Fashioning Technology

The Uniform Project is  a year-long fundraising project for the Akanksha Foundation, a grassroots movement that is revolutionizing education in India. At the end of the year, all contributions will go toward Akanksha’s School Project to fund uniforms and other educational expenses for slum children in India.

Sheena Matheiken wears a single dress – designed by Eliza Starbuck – every day for the next year. Each day, the dress is customized by several accessories.