Sunday, August 11, 2013

Electrofur Is The Newest And Brightest Fabric In The Fashion World

By Nita McKinney


Real fur coats became less fashionable as many people boycotted the wearing of animal skins because they wanted to protect the animals. Then came faux fur. Everything that was originally made of real fur could now be made of realistic looking faux fur. Now, lighting up the fashion scene is something entirely new in fur. Now we have electro fur.

Electrofur was discovered when a white faux fur coat was accidentally dropped on top of a lighting system. One man realized that the glowing fur was an amazing sight. He was a fashion designer. He manufactured a fake fur coat that was outfitted with AA batteries enabling the coat to light up and glow in the dark. The look is similar to the popular glow sticks that children love to play with.

The public immediately took a liking to the garments made of this shimmering fabric. Coats, hats and other garments were soon made using it. They were made in prints and a wide array of bright colors. There are some with changing colors that alternate the colors much like neon signs do. These garments looked like wearable, sparkling jewelry.

The protestors for animal rights welcomed the new fabric. No animals were used to make electrofur. Those who manufactured the new fabric were kept extra busy producing enough to fill all the new orders pouring in. The response was all favorable and no one was opposed to the new fashion.

It took four long years of work to perfect the illuminated fur concept. It brought to the public a new fun garment to wear. The lighting effect was accomplished by weaving filaments right into the fake fur fabric. Now it has become so popular that it is sold all over the world.

It is growing in popularity on a world wide basis. One example is the fashion trend in Japan to wear the glowing fur hats. All over Tokyo these hats are seen, mostly made of the print fabric. This glimmering fabric the hats are made of is even being marked as liked on Facebook.

The sparkling vests and boas put an end to the need for flashlights. They provide enough light to find car keys and cards in a purse, read a street sign and find your way home in the dark. It is always fun to discover a new fashion. It is even better if that fashion serves a practical purpose too.

There is an annual event called Burning Man. It is held in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. More than ten thousand extremely creative people attend. The whole point of the gathering is to set up a temporary city for a one week period. When it is over, everyone leaves the desert as clean as it was when they arrived.

Everyone can publicize their own innovations and view those that others have made. The first illuminated fake fur coat was displayed at Burning Man. People gave it such a warm reception that plans were started to take it to the public. That is how electrofur came to be a fabric used to make garments for commercial sales.




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