Schematic of the fabrication of Janus graphene/Kevlar textile from Kevlar. Reproduced with permission from Wang et al., ACS Nano 2020, 14, 3, 3219–3226. Copyright 2020 ACS. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b08638 . • Personal protective clothing plays a vital role in medicine, fire fighting, and clean manufacturing. • Laser writing can create graphene directly on Kevlar for the fabrication of electronic devices. • Zn-air batteries, electrodes to record electrocardiogram signals, and NO 2 gas sensors have been fabricated. • Direct writing of graphene on commercial textiles has potential for cost-effective, custom-designed intelligent textiles.