Abstract
We demonstrate a new technology–a combination of side glowing (or side emitting) plastic optical fibers with seamless felting technology–that addresses the challenges of smart textiles related to cutting and stitching together with the ability to be washed. The technology was explored for the development of a collection of dresses called “Deep Sea Life” that exhibit versatile designs and styles and so can advance modern fashion design.
Highlights
The concept of illuminative fabrics emerged in 1970 as a result of progress in the development of polymeric optical fibers (POFs) in the 1960s [1]
Integration of POFs in textiles enabled the merger of design and functionality towards so-called “smart textiles” in the form of the light distribution systems, flexible flat panel displays, and optical fiber fabric displays which targeted applications covering industrial sectors ranging from medical, healthcare, earthworks, construction, to civil engineering and transport [2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16]
Smart clothing fabricated from smart textile has broad applications including phototherapy and three-dimensionally fitted low-level light therapy [8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15], wearable sensors [5,6,8,10,11,16] as well as in fashion design [6,8,9,16,17,18,19,20]
Summary
The concept of illuminative fabrics emerged in 1970 as a result of progress in the development of polymeric optical fibers (POFs) in the 1960s [1]. The fiber can be integrated with woven structures through handloom, narrow fabric weaving and Jacquard technology to produce plastic optical fiber (POF) woven fabrics as a flexible alternative to lighting elements [8,9,17,18,19,20] and special purpose clothing [17,18,19,20]. We present here another textile technology- felting - which gives good results in combination with POF.
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