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Nowadays designers are incorporating technology in to their clothing more and more often. An example of this new technology is the M-Dress this dress doubles a a telephone and when it rings you raise your hand to answer the phone. This dress works with any standered SIM card and was produced by UK firm CuteCircuit. Jane McCann who is the director of Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology at the University of Wales predicts that in the near future clothing could have functions such as helping you find your way somewhere, telling you how fit you are, telling you where someone is, or telling you whats on at a museum or club. She also says that while the fitness industry has made alot in the way of wearable tachnology the fashion industry is lagging behind. McCann also predicts that custmization will become popular. Thefashion industry typically uses technology for looks not function. All in all, in the next ten years clothing could be for alot more than just wearing.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/24/future.fashion/index.html