Viral Style: Safe Sex-Inspired Jackets and Smart Wigs

A weekly roundup of what's happening at the intersection of tech and fashion.

We've spoken before about our ongoing thing for designer Asher Levine's futuristic fashion pieces, so get ready for his latest work: the 25-year-old has crafted a sheer wet-look coat made out of condoms. Well, air-dried, medical-grade silicone anyway - enough to create no fewer than 400 rubbers. We're all for playing it safe, and for a mere $1,200 you'll be (fully) covered no matter what kind of nasty hook-up you get with this weekend.

S/O to all you Maison Martin Margiela fans out there - the label have just partnered up with SHOWStudio on a brand new fashion exhibition, published online in an interactive format ensuring you can get up close and personal with each piece URL. An installation and series of drawings are arranged in display cases, each representing an individual memory triggered by one of Margiela's fragrances - featured artists include Conrad Roset, Kukula and Josie Hall. If you're able to get down to see the event for real, you can also experience the on-site perfume bar too.

Whether you're psyched or horribly, horribly depressed by the news that 'selfie' has recently been named as Word of the Year 2013, check out what has to be the coolest self-snapped pic ever taken. Designer Lorna Barnshaw has recreated a series of her selfies in sculpture form using 3D scanners and printers, aiming to root her "digital existence" in the physical world. If you fancy replicating your own real-life visage (you vain thing you), look to creating 3D data files on applications like Cubify Capture and 123D Catch, before printing out the finished piece.

We're all about those forward-thinking fashion shoots, but how about a contemporary one inspired by a throwback vision of the future…? (Geddit?) Basically, Fucking Young! have created a sci-fi-vibed editorial/fashion film themed around the 1927 film Metropolis, shot by Alek Pierre and filmed by Giorgia Benazzo. Model Paul Boche gets his urban dystopia slick on with designs by labels like Givenchy, Kris Van Assche and Jil Sander, photographed in black and white against mechanical backdrops and alongside the film's iconic robot.

Losing your hair sucks man, we feel your pain - but hey, if it has to happen, why not do it in style? Sony have just filed a patent for a SmartWig 'wearable computing device' design, which in addition to covering bald spots would also keep the reader informed about their health, as well as providing directions or even changing shape. Sony aim to craft the accessory with sensors and specially crafted fibres, which could vibrate and alter the wig's form, in addition to controlling hooked-up mobile devices like a smartphone or computer via a built-in circuitboard. Weird as the idea might seem, the concept is all about keeping the SmartWig looking as natural as possible, so controls can be activated through normal behaviour like touching sideburns. If you ever needed a Christmas present idea for your dad…

We all know that being an internationally successful pop star has its perks. Free stuff, stacks of cash… but a robot built in your image, now that's a new one. This week, Robyn got to meet her very own tribute cyborg, built by students at the Swedish tech university KTH. The singer (who has demonstrated her love for technology with songs like 'The Girl and the Robot' and 'Robotboy' in the past) inspired a unique robot, and while the two might not look that alike (or at all), the device's Randomized Dancing format means it can detect music and dance along to tunes using a selection of pre-programmed moves. Cool and all, but we're just dying to see what those students could do with a Kanye bot…

William Edwin Wright and Charlotte McManus are creative director and editor at LOGO, respectively. LOGO is a London-based collective of stylists, photographers, designers, and directors specialising in making creative fashion content for the internet and beyond.

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