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Fashion is evolving, perhaps at a rate much faster than any of us could ever anticipate before. We always go back in the past for inspiration to create something for the future. We have seen trends like Mary Quant’s hot pants and mini-skirts or Madonna’s iconic boy-toy look revival on runways or space influenced designs by designers like Paco Rabanne, Iris Van Herpen but have you ever wondered what are we going to shop for the next decade or post that?

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

We are all familiar with Fitbit and iWatch and the convenience it provides on our fingertips. We have Google glass too but not that popular. Definitely these products are not chic and sometimes not so feminine like Samsung Smartwatch. But the brands have started to address these issues and brought them mainstream by giving it a fashionable edge.

· Fitbit has already launched its Luxe collection in which the watch itself can be converted to a bangle or a pendant. How does that sound?

· iWatch, we have already seen it in vivid color range, has become a part of everyone’s wardrobe essential.

COLOR CHANGING CLOTHES

Remember the Hypercolor clothing line of the 80s where the t-shirts use to change its color with heat. Although it was a one-hit-wonder, what if with better technology it is easier to change the color of a white dress to black if something is spilled over at a party? Well, it doesn’t seem a distant dream anymore.

· Lacoste came up with a short fantastic film called “Polo of the future” in December 2012 celebrating its 80th anniversary giving a glimpse of how intelligent threads can work and how the surface can be so dynamic.

· Google Project Jacquard is already working on touch-sensitive and interactive clothing and maybe with just one touch you can have multiple colors in the same style.

DEFINITELY SPENDING MORE ON LESS

The entire fashion fraternity is now increasingly becoming aware of the harmful effects of fast-fashion and the advancement of sustainable fashion. The Consumerist market has shown a sharp decline in the past couple of years and people are willing to spend extra on designs that have a longer shelf value and multiple uses. Quality will be preferred over quantity.

CUSTOMIZED CLOTHING

Personalisation is no more restricted to couture pieces. Somany companies these days allows you to create your own ready-to-wear designs online according to your body shape and sizes. You can get a shirt, trousers, jumpsuit, dress, etc. customized according to your size, height and choice.

ELECTRICAL CLOTHING

Keeping your phone in the jacket can charge its battery. Sounds invalid? It’s already been done. Phone charging jackets and accessories have been out in the markets for a while.

· Tommy Hilfiger along with the solar manufacturer Pvilion has launched a pair of jackets that can charge your phone 4 times once fully charged

Too much has already happened right! And this I am talking about December, 2014.

SHAPESHIFTERS

As dramatic this word sounds, more dramatic is going to be its explanation. Imagine an A-line dress converting into a body con dress and maybe a crop top with a band. It would definitely have some fairly complicated science and maybe not in the near future but definitely, in the later years, this is going to happen. One design serving multiple occasions is already a demand noted.

· Designer BehnazFarahi’s 3-D printed vest that can say “back off” without ever uttering a word thanks to eye-tracking controlled movement.

Nothing seems impossible anymore. A single design can measure your heart rate, control your mobile phone, charge your gadgets, change color or silhouette and still be eco-friendly. In the future, we will be surprised just how little once clothes did for us.