Back in the 1980s, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Philips as well as consumer electronics vendors started to use clothing as a carrier for computing devices for military or medical purposes. This idea led to the development of smart clothing. After textile companies and apparel brands jumped on the bandwagon, functional clothes integrated with mobile devices such as iPod and clothes that glow or produce heat according to environmental conditions were introduced. Compared to smart glasses and smart watches, smart clothing is in direct contact with most body skin surface. Driven by mobile communications, smart home, and wearable technologies, smart clothing has become a popular research topic for technology and textile companies as well as startups, bringing unlimited potential to the future market.

List of Topics

• Overview of the worldwide smart clothing market, including shipment volume forecast from 2016 to 2020.
• Current development of vendors active on the smart clothing market, including apparel brands, textile companies, ICT companies, and startups, touching on their major product deployment
• Key issues addressing the worldwide smart clothing industry from the perspective of technology, intellectual property rights, industry standards, and market demand

Companies covered

Adidas, AIQ, Athos, Carre Technologies, Clothing+, Compal, Eclat Textile, Everest, FENC, FET, Firstbeat, Garmin, Google, Hexoskin, Indiegogo, Intel, Jabil, Levi’s, MAD Apparel, Makalot, Nike, OMSignal, Philips, Pixart Imaging, Quanta, Ralph Lauren, Salomon, Samsung, Sarvint, Sensoria, Suunto, Tex-Ray Industrial, Textronics, The North Face, Under Armour, Victoria’s, Secret, VIVOBAREFOOT