Cyber fashion textures can range from slippery suits of vinyl to shiny corsets of rubber or latex. Designers like Britain's Dane , Velda Lauder , and NY's Garo Sparo have already seen their styles strutted through clubs and in films. Their fashion visions have given rise to a unique species clad in spikes and PVC, glistening metal and chains that bind a body for battle or beauty. Futuristic fashion could mesh technology with cyber outfits. Corsets could be boned with computer cording, the bodice flashing data blips.
Wearable computers are already a reality, flashing silver with the life blood of electric and metal.
Recycled computer parts and other used materials are utilized in many designs. Perhaps we'll find a link to kinetic desires through the touch of wire and flesh, hot-wired connections letting us access new sensations, highways of interconnected veins pumping with feral energy. Called Sensation , it's a collection of work from contemporary British artists. If you can't get to Brooklyn, a portion of the exhibition is online through David Bowie's web site. Along with the art are insightful comments about select pieces, read by Bowie and available in Real Audio format.