I caught up with Jono Watkins, He has been getting his new collection ready to show to the public. He states that “this is undoubtedly the best textile collection in the world” showcasing genetically engineered fabrics to the public for the first time in wellington city. He is calling for all fashion designers to enter his competition of “Wellingtons future fashion garment” his final handin for this is the 20th of June so get your ideas cracking and start thinking of ways to use his five great fabrics of the forties. He gave me a list of them and what they do...
StructraCol uses structural colour like that found on the wings of morpho butterflies. The Idea behind this fabric is that the structure of the cells are made in such a way that when ambient light hits the fabric it will reflect only one of the colours in the light spectrum and absorb the others. Therefore it will shine brighter on a sunny day and never fade.
HydrOuterwear uses the same principle as a Namib Desert beetle that collects due from the fog on its wings and filters it down to its mouth. These wings are a hydrophobic surface. In hydrOuterwear there will be Hydrophilic (water loving) cells amongst the hydrophobic surface to store the water. Later this stored water can be used for drinking if in extreme conditions and also used to create the chemical reaction with calcium chloride in our HeataChem Textile.
HeataChem uses the same principles as a hot cold heat pack, but we have incorporated it into a material which can be activated by water, once the material has dried out again it restores its state and is ready to be used as a heating textile again.
KineticHair can capture the winds energy in its genetically engineered hair follicles. Each hair is its own battery cell and can hold up to 0.005v and 0.001ma, when hair cells are linked together 500mm x 500mm square of KineticHair can charge a cell phone or other handheld device. At full charge.
StankStop is made from Active carbon; Active carbon is a naturally occurring substance which can soak up body smells and doesn’t need washing. It is antibacterial, antimicrobial and antifungal.
These textiles open a whole new window of opportunity to fashion designers. Jono left us with one last quote “to design Wellington fashion for the future you must embrace textiles”.
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‘THE TEXTILES WORK SEAMLESSLY TOGETHER BREATHING A NEW TECHNOLOGICAL ERA TO TEXTILES’
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