EMO CLOTHING

INTERACTIVE FASHION PRODUCT FALL 2022 [AUG.20 - OCT.18]

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As we grow more integrated into numerous technological networks in the information era, our bodies become less important for real social expression. The internet both unites and separates us, allowing us to hide our true colours and develop more flawless identities in virtual socialising, where everyone wears an exaggerated mask and ignores their genuine selves. My acquaintance suffers from social anxiety and is scared to express her emotions for fear of saying the incorrect thing. However, there are no such issues in online. People can express themselves instantaneously there by purchasing’skins’ and other nonverbal ways of communication.

Clothing is the first layer of social safety an individual has in the actual world, but mainstream clothing follows modesty or taste guidelines that inhibit honest emotional expression. As a result, wanted to design clothes that reflects emotion, as many skins do on the internet. was inspired by the puffer fish’s self-protection system, which changes size depending on emotional fluctuations. I designed a transparent garment structure that changes shape and colour in response to blood oxygen levels, expressing the emotions of the wearer. Different colours signify different emotions; highly saturated aggressive colours represent agitation and restlessness, whereas modestly saturated, conservative colours represent calmness and stability. Mood swings are identified by changes in blood oxygen levels (ratios) caused by mood, which control the temperature and colour of the substance (through colour changes). This shift is detected by the blood oxygen sensor, which directs the hot and cold airflow of the hairdryer while blowing in the temperature-changing colour powder.

My design will foster a new sort of social connection that emphasises the ease of passively and reciprocally transmitting emotions, mirroring the type of nonverbal communication that already occurs in virtual environments. I wanted to draw attention to this fashion technology project, which might be realised in a connected primitive universe by changing the colour and size of our garments to match our shifting moods, allowing us to speak more directly and with less falsehoods and misunderstandings when socialising. Breaking down current social barriers and living more directly and openly.

With the EMO Clothing, we can directly facing the challenges and change of emotions.

If we all face up to our own emotions and those of others, and treat people with equal respect, we can break down the social barriers and the crisis of trust caused by the epidemic