Functional Aesthetics: How LEGO Technic Shapes the Future of Technowear

 

If you are a fashionista with an eye for things futuristic and cool then you have probably been lucky enough to witness the rise of Technowear.

Now if you also happen to be a fan of LEGO Technic you might have detected a whiff – a hint of LEGO Technic on technowear. No, you’re not crazy. Some designers are getting some inspiration from Lego Technic and they are taking what makes it aesthetically pleasing, and creating clothing that invokes the same feel. Let's take a walk down this runway shall we?

The Allure of LEGO Technic to Technowear

So if you love yourself a good old LEGO Technic set then you know this is not just a childish whim or a game. It is an exercise that gets you all excited and it allows you to build something that is a treat for the eyes. Something futuristic, with tantalizing lines and incredible form.

Both the structure and mechanisms of the LEGO Technic sets are rather complex, making the models quite challenging for their builders. Now say you could wear the bits that you love about your LEGO Technic but in clothing form. And not just that you have clothing that even captures the spirit of LEGO Technic by being innovative, modular, and easily versatile.

Embracing Modular Design

The philosophical basis for both LEGO Technic and techno wear is, of course, modularity. LEGO pieces can be taken out and others put in their place to create something entirely different. Guess what?

Technowear is taking this and applying it to clothes – think of clothes with parts that can be replaced or otherwise modified, that right there is the genius of technowear. Take for example jackets whose sleeves can be removed, turning them into vests, and trousers whose legs can be zippered off and thereby turned into shorts.

Besides being practical, all this flexibility adds a thrilling, almost playful veneer to fashion. One can almost imagine the way that people who love fashion will play with their wardrobe much as a child would constructively play in building a LEGO creation all their own continuing self-expression and creativity.

Sustainability and Resourcefulness

The idea of long-lasting, adaptive pieces –a quintessential LEGO Technic concept– which could be changed or repaired fits right in the more sustainable vision in fashion.

LEGO in and of itself has created, recreated, and innovated. Take that now and turn it into technowear, infusing it with a little LEGO-inspired design whereby brands create a product to put consumers into the mindset of not buying bucketloads of clothes but fewer clothes that will feel like bucketloads of clothes due to how you can change them.

Functionality Meets Fashion

With technowear – functionality is essentially married with fashion and produces a beautiful futuristic baby called technowear. Where LEGO Technic pieces serve a purpose – be it one of mobility, stability, or aesthetics.

Be it the availability of pockets or adjustable straps, or probably the introduction of LED lights on this apparel. It all serves increasingly fulfilling and more add-on functionalities without sacrificing style.

The Future of Wearable Technology

Guided by the genius of LEGO Technic, wearable technology – which is exactly what technoware is – fashion has gone beyond just what you use to cover up. Imagine clothes which could recharge your devices or fabrics that could monitor your health condition.

And no, this is not another way to shoehorn in some random gizmo to spend your money on. It is about making life easier and better. A mantra that fits into this world as we know it. Technoware as inspired by LEGO Technic is making sure fashion changes with technology to offer style and utility to consumers.

Final Thoughts on LEGO Technic

LEGO Technic is something more than a time passer in childhood; it's an inspiration for the future in technowear. Inspiring designers who see far into the future and are adopting modularity, sustainability, and functionality into a garment.