Only in Japan – The LED-Illuminated Upskirt Skirt

Hi there! It's Saturday so cyberspace should be chock-a-block, eh! But you seem to have navigated your way through it all and spiralled down safely to the CWB cafe. Glad you're here. Coffee's awaiting' and so are the VTs so help yourself! Here's a story for all fashionistas... and anyone else who appreciates the female form (ahem!).

Japanese designer Kiyoyuki Amano has combined fashion and technology to create futuristic short skirts that illuminate the wearer’s thighs. Aptly named ‘Hikaru Skirt’, which means ‘Shining Skirt’, the garment comes equipped with LED lights and the miniature gyro sensors on the inside. So the skirt lights up, and the color and pattern of the light changes every time the wearer moves.

Amano said that he first placed light bulbs inside a skirt on a whim, and that’s when he noticed that it created a pleasant illumination of the thighs. So he worked on the design some more and soon created a whole line of LED-illuminated minis. The Hikaru skirts, he said, are meant to bridge the gap between everyday fashion and cosplay.

You never know what these crazy Japanese designers will come up with next, do you? Keep on lighting up our lives, guys!

See ya, eh!

Bob