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We love our green fashion ^[5] here at Inhabitat, but ‘green gadget couture’ ^[6] is something for us to really get charged up about! This white (hot) tiled frock (think Paco Rabanne ^[7] circa mid-1960’s) is the quintessential Day-For-Night eco-fashion number, as it passively soaks up the sun’s rays during the daytime so that you can be a flashy fashion power pack at night. Showcased at Siggraph ^[8] some time ago, we thought that we would resuscitate this eco-chic modular dress for another groovy go around on the sustainable style ^[5] circuit.

The Day-For-Night Solar Dress, designed by Despina Papadopoulos ^[9] at Studio 5050 ^[10], is custom-tailored with 448 white circuit board tiles that ‘accommodate solar cells, RGB LEDs, or photocells and jumper connections in the form of 0 Ohm resistors ^[11]’. The black tiles are solar cells that are used to charge batteries to power the device. Metal rings hold the tiles together creating a sexy chain mail effect that one can hardly ‘resist’ in wearable technology. Power is transmitted via a control board that communicates with the tiles and also links to a computer via radio frequency (RF). A bit tedious perhaps for the average user, but we think that the Day-For-Night Dress is an energy-generating stunner, and obviously a total conversation piece and innovative shift. The length of the dress obviously determines its power-packin’ punch, but with hemlines always fluctuating, we say interact at your own risk!

+ Day For Night Dress ^[10]
+ Studio 5050 ^[10]