Creative Design: Undergraduate

Spire to Wear

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Abstract

The challenges brought up by COVID-19 lifestyle restrictions highlighted the importance of specificity to addressing the user needs when designing functional apparel for wearable technologies. The aim of this project was to create a look that is fashionable, visually cohesive, multifunctional, comfortable, and incorporates a wearable biometric device. Spire Health Tag technology was studied in detail by one of the team members, and she had specific user experience with this new health and fitness tracking device. An improved device integration system was created using a tailored to the device’s shape and size pocket and a detachable toggle strap, and a 3-piece ensemble was made and tested by each member of the team. This design proposal elevates the core function of clothing as protection and expressive fashion, into a beneficial and accessible tool for well-being technologies too.

Keywords: wearables, wearable, athleisure, functional clothing, functional clothingathleisure

How to Cite:

Bello, F., Ventura, R. & Gorea, A., (2020) “Spire to Wear”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 77(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.11982