Photo: Konaka
Technology writers pay too little attention to high-tech clothing, which has really improved our lives in a lot of ways. Science has made fabrics that are lighter, stronger and more resistant to stains, water and just about everything else. It has made warmer clothes for cold weather and cooler clothes for warm weather (or exercise).
Now, a company in Japan (of course) has made a suit that you can wash in the shower. According to an AP story:
Konaka is targeting job-hunting college students who go through a period of job interviews as well as young businessmen living alone, company official Shigeyuki Tsuchiya said.
“They often don’t have time to take their suit to a dry cleaner and it’s difficult for them to iron a wool suit,” he said. “Our suit can return to the original shape easily after a shower.”
The suits, available for both men and women, will be priced between $260 and $492, according to the company, which has some 320 stores nationwide.
I’m not sure I’d want to clean my suits in the shower, but I’m certainly glad that enterprising fabric makers keep making cloth ever more resistant to wrinkles and stains.
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