Swipe right on your sweater to phone home. Rub the fabric between your hands to reveal a hidden pattern in the knit.
Those were two possible applications of high-tech fabrics demoed on Tuesday at the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator. The accelerator, run by Pratt Institute and housed in the Pfizer Building, received $500,000 from Borough Hall to further the development of those high-tech fabrics, as well as its other programs. Borough President Eric Adams was on hand to present the check, sweepstakes-style, in a press event.
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