Thermochromic Fashion is Back From the 80's, and Better (For Your Health) Than Ever

Remember Hypercolor clothes that changed colors from heat? (Yay 80's babies!) Fast forward past heaps of teased hair and leg warmers to 2011: Two fashion forward and enviro- conscious N.Y.U. grad students have taken the concept of thermochromic clothing to a whole new degree. Nien Lam and Sue Ngo have created "Warning Signs," a line of POLLUTION DETECTING(!) t-shirts and sweatshirts that change colors when they are exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide. "Air pollution is kind of one of these things that's all around us," Lam told WNYC.. "You don't see it but it exists and it's invisible and we wanted to bring that to light." In a city full of exhaust fumes, gas stoves and second hand smoke, these clothes could literally save your life!

warning signs from Susan Ngo on Vimeo.