Fashion in a Can

By Andrea Parisca

Fabrican Spray-on

A Spanish fashion designer has turned his dreams into reality, spray on clothing. Manuel Torres teamed up with scientests from the Imperial London Colllege to invent clothing that can be sprayed out of a can directly onto a person. This seamless fabric consists of small fibers mixed with polymers and solvent allowing it to be sprayed. Suprisingly enough, the texture of the sprayed fabric can vary depending on weather the solvent contains wool, linen, or acrylic fibers. The futuristic fabric is washable and reusable. 

At a demonstration in London the fashion designer sprayed his invention onto a male model. He took 15 minutes to complete a t-shirt. The fabric dries when it hits the skin but it is very cold limiting the use to only t-shirts. In the future Torres hopes to find other uses for the spray like bandadges and other similar things. Torres decided to team up with chemical enginer, Paul Luckham, to set up a company called Fabrican Ltd. This company is exploring other applications to the spray including bandages, hygiene wipes, and upholstery.

The fabric can be manipulated to vary in toughness. This allows the users to make a variety of useful fabric, from comfortable clothing to casts. The fabric can also be used as a transdermal drug because the can can carry medicine and can deliver the medicine when applied. Patients can choose a variety of colors to match their skin tone making hiding wounds easier. The fabric can also be used to help keep the house clean. By adding cleaning and disinfecting liquid to the spray, sponges and wipes can be made and used for cleaning.

The futuristic fabric can be changed so easily that it has unlimited uses. The uses not only include fashion, medicine, and hygiene but it also includes upkeep for cars and planes and design for furniture and buildings. The fabric is easy and quick to use making it a hit. The new company even has its own website which includes the many uses, pictures and videos. www.fabricanltd.com

Amazing fashion

By Carlota Pérez and Joana Roig

Why do we see teenage fashion as something so serious? Is there any reason? Are photos touched up very often? All these questions came to mind when we saw Diesel’s new advertising campaign.

The slogan for this new and enjoyable fashion campaign is "be stupid". When we saw this advertisement we thought this was a good and amazing idea! Finally there is a campaign without plastic and thin models, and this is good because readers will no longer have any complex about spontaneous photos. The adverts want to send a message to us: life is for living and we have to be spontaneous.

This Diesel campaign was made for last spring-summer and it was directed by Bruno Collins. Our favorite photo is this one. We like it a lot because it is very artistic, creative and different from other advertising campaigns by this big fashion company. This picture is very cheerful and positive.

The Privalia website

By Julia Bolao

Privalia is a web where people can buy expensive clothes at cheap prices.

You have only to register on its web page, that's all: you have at your disposal items from a lot of brands and they change every week.

You can buy online on this website. It is completely reliable and, furthermore, your purchase is delivered to your home, and if that is not possible, the product can be left in a warehouse nearby. Sometimes it arrives in a short time, at least five days, depending on where you live. And if there is any problem, you can change the product or return it: but only before the brand’s expiry date.

The question is: are the products original, of high quality and fairly priced?

Yes, they are, and the secret is simple: this website buys the products that brands leave in their warehouse, because they don't need them any more. The clothes are not exclusive but they are fashionable and cool. And the quality-price ratio is very fair.

Urban fashion
By Denice Arandia

Nowadays, teenagers have his own style. In this section of the blog, I will talk about the urban fashion street inspired on Hip-Hop style, an artistic culture which appeared in 1970's and has changed along the years.

Teenagers who use this style wear baggy trousers and original and colourful T-shirts to enhance their personality. They wear trainers too, concretely the Nike brand.

They also wear different shoelaces, although I think that's unoriginal, because you create your own personality if you aren't as similar as other people.
As complements, they wear big and brilliant accessories as diamond earings, big necklaces... although they are imitations.