Similarly, Dockers have also launched a new range of golf pants where they say there is ultra violet protection, that it is wrinkle free, it has effects that make you feel cool when you are on a long day of golf and there is anti microbio technology.
So as these dynamics drive global business, it becomes imperative that we as suppliers to this global market place become more aligned and understand and also become intelligent and be able to manage these different dimensions that are important to global business.
Just looking at our own industry some of the new trends that are emerging, are functional and intelligent fabrics, self lean fabrics, stain and static resisted coating, impact resistance clothing, memory shaped foams that helps a particular body shape or accommodates a particular body shape which is sewed in that entire foam through the use of memory.
Intelligent fabrics which will resemble that the next time the user uses it and face change fabrics that can actually regulate body temperature in military applications for strategic communication purposes, embedding Global Positioning Systems in clothing that will help communicate certain advanced communication requirements to remote medical teams etc.
In the medical applications heart sensing sports bras that have come in to the market, electro cardiogram recording shirts and vitamin induced wearable fabrics that allow the body to absorb nutrition over a period are some of the aspects of innovation that is actually sweeping through the landscape of the global apparel industry.
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