Fashion’s hi-tech future
While it is still very early days for the hi-tech apparel sector, the opportunity to integrate electronics and clothing offers immense long-term opportunities to the garment industry. The possibilities are not just restricted to fashion, sports and leisurewear applications - they extend into such fields as medical and healthcare, military, industrial and domestic as well. Here Geoff Fisher reports on some of the leading-edge applications shown at Avantex in Germany.