Polish fashion designer Iga W?gli?ska has made two tops that change colour or flash with lights to help the wearer identify when they are feeling stressed or anxious.
The Emotional Clothing collection, which formed W?gli?ska's doctoral dissertation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, is designed to "broaden the experience of clothing".
W?gli?ska has created a collection that responds to stress levels
"Emotional Clothing is made of polysensory garments intended to expand the limits of experiencing clothing through experiences based on sensory substitution," W?gli?ska told Dezeen.
Sensory substitution is when the brain takes information from one sense, such as touch, and transforms it into the perception of another sense, such as sight. It is commonly used to help people who are vision-impaired use their sense of touch to read braille. The designs aim to make people focus more on their bodies
"The collection is designed to stimulate our sense of taking part and force us to focus more on our bodies, for example by calming our breath to reduce a stress level," the designer added.
W?gli?ska's garments react to the wearer's heart rate, temperature and Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) via sensors, which, in turn, trigger visual lighting changes. Stress usually causes a rise in temperature and a faster heartbeat.
One top changes from black to translucent
One of the long-sleeved tops is slim-fitting and comes with a sleek turtle neck. It responds to bod...