Janet Hansen : Fashion Engineer – VBS.TV

About a month ago I edited this piece for VBS/Motherboard about Janet Hansen. An amazing person who combined her love for art, fashion, and technology all into one. She randomly fell into making lighted clothing, built a little empire out of it, and now makes clothes for super stars like Daft Punk, Kanye West, and MIA. She’s had a blessed yet bizarre life with some incredible twists and turns in her career path.

From Motherboard:

In this episode of Motherboard, Janet shows us her San Diego studio and explains her technique for coaxing the robot side out of some of the world’s biggest future-minded performers. After learning to sew at age 7, she began installing miniature lights in her own dollhouse, and as her costume-making hobby bloomed, she began to incorporate more electronics into her fashion. While developing her artistic skills — she’s also a multimedia painter and sculptor — Janet studied engineering, and picked up a PhD in biomechanics. Today, she is arguably the most prolific lighted clothing designer in the world.

Still, says Janet, lighted clothing won’t necessarily be the fashion statement of the future. It will, however, always be the best way to knock your socks off. Your plain, lame, non-LED-encrusted socks.

Learn more – and grab some of your own ready-to-wear or custom-made garments at Enlighted, and read a guide by Janet on how to make your own electroluminescent outfits at Instructables