Tiffany Kelly
Of course, an astronaut walked on the runway.
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When Marty McFly traveled to 2015 in Back to the Future Part II, one of the most enviable aspects of a 1980s-envisioned future was the high-tech clothing. He slipped on a jacket that auto adjusted to his body and dried in seconds after being emerged in water. His shoelaces automatically tied.
It all seemed very novel and exciting. Who wants boring clothes made out of cotton when you can have clothing that talks to you and has a function besides covering your skin? Well, Back to the Future’s prediction of our current day fashion wasn’t too far off from reality—at least that’s reality in San Francisco.
Silicon Valley Fashion Week?, a three-day event held this week in the city’s Mission District, showcased some of the latest futuristic apparel. There was a fiber optic dress. There were 3D-printed jewelry and hats. There were turn signal gloves. There was a hydration pack “reimagined for desert dancing” (really).
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