Let's imagine next-generation clothing closures!

[toadspittle]

For thousands of years, all we had were knots (on sarongs and other single-piece cloths), ties, and then buttons. Then came metal hooks and eyes, zippers, snaps, and velcro.

What does the future hold for clothes-fastening systems? IIRC, Asimov’s stories featured clothes that were held shut with an electrostatic charge. I can envision, in the far future, a nanotech “zipper” that seamlessly knits the fabric shut behind it as you pull (or splits and serges it in the reverse direction). Anyone else?

[Revenant_Threshold]

Gum and spit.

[Wintermute]

@Revenant Threshold

Gum and spit.

That’s what I use now. That, and duct tape. Lots and lots of duct tape.

[Podkayne]

Imagine fabric that, like Saran Wrap, and only clings to itself. You could just wrap it firmly around yourself and go!

CAUTION: Do not try this with actual Saran Wrap. Or if you do, stay in your own apartment.

[Daithi_Lacha]

I’ve seen shirts with imbedded magnets instead of buttons. The shirts themselves were homlier’n a mud picket fence, but it’s a cool idea.

[Daithi_Lacha]

@Podkayne

Imagine fabric that, like Saran Wrap, and only clings to itself. You could just wrap it firmly around yourself and go!

CAUTION: Do not try this with actual Saran Wrap. Or if you do, stay in your own apartment.

So a guy dressed entirely in plastic wrap walks into a psychiatrist’s office, and say, “Doc, I think I have a mental problem!”
The shrink says, “I can see you’re (your) nuts!”

[Ethilrist]

“What are these ‘clothings’ of which you speak? In the 25th and a halfth century, we have perfect climate control and have evolved beyond the need to butcher plants to hide our shame about our bodies.”

[toadspittle]

@Podkayne

Imagine fabric that, like Saran Wrap, and only clings to itself. You could just wrap it firmly around yourself and go!

CAUTION: Do not try this with actual Saran Wrap. Or if you do, stay in your own apartment.

You know, I just picked up a roll of sports tape (I currently have a hand injury, which is causing me trouble with clothing closures … hence the thread), which does exactly this–it has an interlocking weave that clings only to itself.

[Anaamika]

@Ethilrist

“What are these ‘clothings’ of which you speak? In the 25th and a halfth century, we have perfect climate control and have evolved beyond the need to butcher plants to hide our shame about our bodies.”

Says you. Why don’t you start?

[Push_You_Down]

@Daithi Lacha

So a guy dressed entirely in plastic wrap walks into a psychiatrist’s office, and say, “Doc, I think I have a mental problem!”
The shrink says, “I can see you’re (your) nuts!”

I prefer this phrasing-

The shrink says "Well clearly, I can see your nuts.

[Lumpy]

How about clothes that expand/shrink so you can slip into them and then snug them up?

[Ethilrist]

@Anaamika

Says you. Why don’t you start?

Hey, a lot can happen in 450 years. In 1550, they hadn’t even invented the powdered wig yet.

[FlyingRamenMonster]

@Podkayne

Imagine fabric that, like Saran Wrap, and only clings to itself.

… and everyone else’s clothes :eek: