I heard most girls say that the downside to Google Glass is the appearance. At first glance, it is an awkwardly shaped piece of eyewear that could be called anything but practical. To be honest, the overly futuristic look doesn’t appeal to me either. However, I do believe that the second Google Glass gains presence in the fashion or entertainment industries, it is going to turn into a trend and soon evolve into a normal part of our everyday outfits. Finding this article, I discovered that these futuristic glasses have already been seen on the runway at the Diane Von Furstenberg’s last show. So now it is only a matter of time before they hit the editorials and soon become an in-demand fashion accessory.

To veer away from the fashion side of Google Glass, this article talks a lot about wearable technology: body scan fittings, color-changing fabrics and a “hashtag generated scent”. Now this isn’t the cool transformer fashions previously presented by Hussein Chalayan; I find these fashionable innovations personally alarming. The article mentions, and I do agree, the issue of privacy connected to all the wearable tech. I don’t know if some people may find it cool, but I don’t want to wear a dress that is going to change colors to reflect my mood for the world to see and I don’t want to wear perfume that is going to be directly related to the hashtag I attached to my tweet this morning. I’m not sure how to feel about all this modernization: it may sound cool in theory, but practically I don’t see myself being a part of the movement. Of course, I did mention human nature to follow trends and if these innovations hit the market and start being promoted by celebrities, we are all going to accept, understand and buy. However, at the moment I don’t see high fashion here; I see extreme, almost unacceptable levels of eccentricity. What do you see?

Read the full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media-network/media-network-blog/2013/apr/03/wearable-technology-machine-to-machine