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Fashion meets technology at new Berlin exhibition

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Reuters
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Jun 30, 2016

German curators are encouraging the fashion and technology industries to merge by setting up "Fashion Fusion", a new exhibition offering innovative young designers cash prizes for the best high-tech apparel.


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The team with the best design from across Europe will be awarded 20,000 euros ($22,000) by judges and invited to present a prototype at Berlin Fashion Week in January.

Some of the items on display at the Berlin exhibition included a yoga outfit that neutralises body odour and a dress with a string of lights and light-reflecting jewellery.

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