The sweater changes color
Some
thermo-sensitive sweaters have been designed to change colors depending
on the weather condition as the owner wears them around.
Fall is here and so is the crisp sweater weather. This year,
however, tree leaves won’t be the only thing changing color as it gets
colder, thanks to this line of innovative thermo-sensitive sweaters from
Stone Island. Stone Island’s “Ice Knit” sweater made out of color
changing yarn.
Italian high-end men’s clothing brand Stone Island is known for
experimenting with unconventional fabric treatments and coming up with
all kinds of impressive innovations. For their Spring 2017 collection,
they introduced something called “hand corrosion technique” that allowed
garments to be faded by hand, using a special corrosion paste, and for
autumn, they recently unveiled a line of thermo-sensitive sweaters that
change color depending on the air temperature.
The Stone Island “Ice Knit” collection is based on a double-knit
design, where the outer face is made in an exclusive thermo-sensitive
yarn that changes color when exposed to cold, while the inner one is
made of pure wool. This thermochromic yarn is made by blending patented
color-changing pigments with normal textile pigments, so as the external
temperature changes, the thermochromic pigments become transparent,
while the regular ones retain their color.
The color change is not instantaneous, so the result is a sweater
that constantly changes between two different colors, creating an
impressive three-dimensional effect. There are currently three different
styles/color combinations to choose from; yellow to orange, emerald to
military green, and ivory to dark gray.
Thermo-sensitive clothes are not unheard of. During the 90’s, a
company called Hypercolor gained attention for creating t-shirts that
changed from colored to colorless as temperatures changed from cold to
warm, but they only reacted to the wearer’s body temperature, not that
of the environment. Unfortunately, Hypercolor couldn’t keep up with
demand and went bankrupt after just one year in business.
Stone Island’s Ice Knit sweaters are an updated and fashionable
version of the color-changing clothing made famous by Hypercolor. They
went on sale on September 11, and can be purchased from the company’s
online store. But before you take out your wallet, you’d better make
sure it’s full, because these ingenious garments are not cheap. The
three available sweaters are priced at €1,470 ($1,726) apiece, while
hoodies will set you back €2,068 ($2,427). Too rich for your blood?
Don’t worry, maybe you can afford a color-changing hoodie instead. They
“only” cost €220 ($260).
And if you really want to become a human chameleon, you may want to
pair Stone Island’s color-changing garments with this magic hair dye
that also changes color based on air temperature.
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Via Oddity Central
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