MIT Fashion Show Online

djperception writes "'Seamless: Computational Couture,' a runway fashion event curated by MIT Media Lab graduate students, presented its second annual collection of technologically experimental clothing at the Boston Museum of Science on Feb. 1. Seamless is a fashion event featuring innovative and experimental works in computational apparel design, interactive clothing, and technology-based fashion. Each project [re]interprets the conceptual goal of a seamless relationship between technology and fashion. A full webcast of the event is now available."

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Fun With Fashion

[mfh]

Meet last year's winner of the tech fashion contest. Layered Tech is going to explode with these high rez images of the clothing to be used at the MIT event, although I am pretty sure that MIT can handle the bandwidth used by the streaming video. (More Tron Guy Pix HA! HA!)

What the hell is this guy doing? Don't answer that . I'm going to get this one for those days when I want to look like Snuffaluffagus. Oh and whenever I update my blog, I'm going to wear this blogger hoodie. It's a blogger hoodie because...

Direct video link

[TubeSteak]

Direct linkage

rtsp://helix.media.mit.edu/insite/events/misc-2006 /seamless-2006-02-01.rm

unfortunately, it downloads at the same speed it streams( 30KBps)

The concetual goal is. . .

[kfg]

. . . a seamless relationship between technology and fashion.

In other words, you shouldn't be able to notice it.

KFG

I for one...

[garrett714]

...am waiting for TFT embedded clothes that could change the appearence and mood of your clothes on the fly. Heh, it would be awesome, but where would the batteries go?

photo's

[mtenhagen]

For those of you interested some photo's at http://www.klaproos.net/seamless

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Is there anything 'computational' in the show?

[javaxman]

Sorry. I want to listen to the audio descriptions of what the tiny image is supposed to be about, but there's an overbearing, painful-to-listen to abomination of electronica drowning out the announcer.

And here I thought I liked electronic music. I guess I like some electronic music... still, occasionally it's not as bad as the 'fashions'!

The first fashion in the show is just stupid... although I guess that's predictable.

The second thing could be um, interesting, but is really just good for a joke. I guess a lot of "fashion" is like that, though, huh?

uh. Nothing "computational" about any of this, yet, though. The third outfit is the only reasonable one yet... and it's just some ( not many ) movement-controlled LEDs on the front of an outfit.

And no, I don't care to know what you're listening on your iPod, thanks.

Good god, this is awful. Sorry. It's even worse than a normal fashion show. I wouldn't have predicted that.

I can't really stand to watch the whole thing, I'm afraid, even if the server wasn't starting to show some slashdot effect. If anyone does make it through and sees anything worthwhile, could you let us know what it is and about where to find it ? Thanks... I just can't do it... thanks to the user who posted the link of pictures. That's a much more positive group of images... and easier on the ears.

Still, is it really "computational" to stick some speakers in something and hook your iPod to it? Why do I expect better than this ?

Mirrors

[winkydink]

Article = http://www.networkmirror.com/2h4OwAe8z25zqr2F/seam less.sigtronica.org/index.html
Video = http://www.networkmirror.com/kroJ3CDTfxzs7ZqW/www. media.mit.edu/events/movies/video.php%3Fid%3Dseaml ess-2006-02-01.html

Re:Just what you'd expect from MIT Media Lab

[jbloggs]

Obviously you have no idea what the fuck you're talking about. First of all, at the media lab, you're funded so you don't need to worry about grant money. Second of all, this isn't the real world. That is what is good about this. Seamless is put on to showcase the works of designers and other people (mostly not MIT people) who are interested in fashion and technology. It is mainly a CONCEPTUAL event meant for inspiring others into the different possible domains of interaction with fashion and technology. None of these items were meant to be bought off the runway. The designers were not engineers...but artists....

Is it just me...

[britneys 9th husband]

or does having an MIT fashion show make about as much sense as having Blonde Supermodels Week on Jeopardy?