New York City-based Xuedi Chen and Pedro Oliveira have created a 3D-printed dress, or rather a "top thing," that reveals its interstices when the wearer posts stuff on the social web. Reactive displays are activated the more the user reveals about themselves. If, for example, the location is passed on or a current photo is sent, an area of the top thing is activated accordingly and appears transparent - although it is actually not at all. Digital freedom of movement leads to physical-real freedom of movement. The "x.pose" project is more of digital social art and admonition than a real fashion trend, but who knows how we'll all be walking around in 20 years. More information about the project is available Behance...
In the physical realm we can consciously control which portions our bodies are exposed to the world by covering it with clothing. In the digital realm, we have much less control of what personal aspects we share with the services that connect us. In the digital realm we are naked and vulnerable.