Essentially Rubber: Smart fashion

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials contribute to all aspects of life and lifestyle in the 21st century:

US 3D-printing company Chromatic 3D Materials has teamed up with fashion designer Anouk Wipprecht to produce a futuristic dress that responds to its environment through LEDs. The dress features ChromaFlow 70, a pliable, heat-resistant material that can drape and stretch more than four times its length without breaking.  The motion-activated design is said to be among the first garments in the world to directly embed electronics within 3D-printed elastomers. The Dutch designer used 3D printing to adhere nearly 75 flexible, 3D-printed LED domes to the fabric of the dress without adhesive or stitching. That capability, noted Chromatic, could be used to create innovative running apparel, bags, footwear and other products including automotive and aerospace interiors, outdoor recreational equipment and personal protective equipment.