LFW: Nokia Smart Skirt

Designers Fyodor Golan teamed up with technology giant Nokia during London Fashion Week to design the world’s first interactive skirt made up of Nokia Lumia 1520 smartphones.

The innovative skirt was designed by the Fashion Fringe winners and created by Kin and uses static pictures captured by the phone, or live feeds on the 80 screens that adorn it – allowing it to change around the wearer and their day.

Images on the screens change colour as the skirt moves, to create a shimmer effect, which simulates the realistic tactile character of actual fabric. The skirt works by using a purpose built app that utilises global positioning, to ensure the “shimmer” happens in line with the models movement, and Nokia believes that this is the first time a skirt of this kind has been created.

Annie Kearney, Nokia Brand Lab said: “This unique project is about exploring the possibilities of smart technology and fashion coming together, as well as supporting new talent to create something special using the beautifully designed Nokia Lumia 1520.”

On working with Nokia, Fyodor said: “This A/W 14 season we toyed with tradition against technology. We believe that you can create almost anything that isn’t influenced by gravity. The colour changes as the skirt moves and the idea of making the screens react to the word around it via photographs and video is something that we do not think has been done before.”