Bringing Fashion Technology to Mexico

By Chelsea Klukas, Founder — Lumen Couture

Our collection travelled to Guanajuato for a photoshoot with MakeFashion.

Our LED light up sequin dress is available for purchase and rental.

Our MakeFashion Co-Founder Maria Elena Hoover recently visited in Guanajuato Mexico, a beautiful colonial style world heritage city located in the center of Mexico. While there, Lumen Couture participated in a photoshoot outside El Teatro Juárez, and in the streets.

Our sequin dress is designed to look beautiful whether turned "on" or "off". The dress is controlled by a small remote that cycles through a variety of LED patterns and colours.

This was our first event in Mexico, and we hope to participate in more in future!

Fashion technology showcase Mexico, photo 2

Fashion technology showcase Mexico, photo 3

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Model: Emilia Ximena V. Hair & Make-up: Gabriela Villagomez

About the Author: Chelsea Klukas is an award-winning interdisciplinary technology artist and design leader. She has founded two companies exploring the intersection of fashion and technology (Lumen Couture and MakeFashion) and was recently granted her Doctorate of Fine Arts (h.c.) in 2019. Her Lumen Couture projector hat, a hat that includes real-time projection mapping and visual inputs to display video on a dress, has gained international attention as the first of its kind. She is an advocate for diversity and women in tech.

Lumen Couture is fashion that illuminates for unexpected elegance and drama. The designs are informed by the international fashiontech shows hosted by MakeFashion, an organization that introduces youth to STEM through hands-on fashion technology workshops.