A system for operation in an integrated wireless environment, comprising: a first external antenna tuned to communicate with a first antenna of a wearable article according to a first wireless communication modality while the wearable article is being worn; a second external antenna tuned to communicate with a second antenna of the wearable article according to a second wireless communication modality different than the first communication modality; a computing device; and a plurality of transceivers coupled to the computing device, wherein a first one of the plurality of transceivers is coupled to the first external antenna and is configured to communicate with the first antenna according to the first wireless modality based on the first antenna coming into wireless communication contact with the first external antenna, and wherein a second one of the plurality of transceivers is coupled to the second external antenna and is configured to communicate with the second antenna according to the second wireless modality based on the second antenna coming into wireless communication contact with the second external antenna, wherein the first external antenna is configured to provide wireless coverage substantially throughout the integrated wireless environment and wherein the second external antenna is configured to provide local wireless coverage at a discrete location in the integrated wireless environment, wherein the first external antenna is configured to obtain, from the wearable article, a unique identifier of the wearable article, and wherein the computing device is configured to receive the unique identifier and is configured to cause a user interface to provide a message based on the unique identifier and based on one of the first antenna and the second antenna coming into wireless communication contact with the corresponding one of the first and second external antennas, wherein the computing device is further configured to determine if the message should be private based on the wireless modality of the antenna that has connected with the wearable article. a first external antenna tuned to communicate with a first antenna of a wearable article according to a first wireless communication modality while the wearable article is being worn; a second external antenna tuned to communicate with a second antenna of the wearable article according to a second wireless communication modality different than the first communication modality; a computing device; and a plurality of transceivers coupled to the computing device, wherein a first one of the plurality of transceivers is coupled to the first external antenna and is configured to communicate with the first antenna according to the first wireless modality based on the first antenna coming into wireless communication contact with the first external antenna, and wherein a second one of the plurality of transceivers is coupled to the second external antenna and is configured to communicate with the second antenna according to the second wireless modality based on the second antenna coming into wireless communication contact with the second external antenna, wherein the first external antenna is configured to provide wireless coverage substantially throughout the integrated wireless environment and wherein the second external antenna is configured to provide local wireless coverage at a discrete location in the integrated wireless environment, wherein the first external antenna is configured to obtain, from the wearable article, a unique identifier of the wearable article, and wherein the computing device is configured to receive the unique identifier and is configured to cause a user interface to provide a message based on the unique identifier and based on one of the first antenna and the second antenna coming into wireless communication contact with the corresponding one of the first and second external antennas, wherein the computing device is further configured to determine if the message should be private based on the wireless modality of the antenna that has connected with the wearable article.