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Kate | AI + entrepreneurship's avatar

Love this take on longevity fashion. We were it everyday.. we might as well make it functional. ;)

Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD's avatar

Fashion needs innovation 🤖❤️🧑‍🔬

Alexey Strygin's avatar

I'd consider spaceship uniform-like look (think Star Trek). The future should look like the future (c)

Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD's avatar

They won't let you get into business formal events in that case

Albionic American's avatar

The futurist/cryonicist F.M. Esfandiary, who later changed his name to FM-2030 and went into cryo at Alcor in 2000, anticipated these ideas back in his 1973 book , "Up-Wingers." Scroll down to p. 73: https://slowlorisblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/esfandiary-up-wingers-a-futurist-manifesto.pdf

"Life Support Suit. (LSS) A skin-tight one-piece unisex year-round garment. Built-in heating and air-conditioning to insure comfortable body temperature at all times. Fire-resistant and tear-proof. Instant inflatability to protect the wearer from drowning or, in case of a crash or collision, protect from injuries and death. A light transparent headgear with two-way telecom. The LSS also includes a body-monitoring system connected to telemedical centers for constant surveillance of body functions. In case of an imminent organ malfunction or other disorder the wearer is automatically advised to take the necessary precautions. In case of sudden death the temperature in the Life Support Suit is instantly dropped to the coldest level to protect the body and particularly the brain from damage while awaiting cryonic suspension."

Walter Crompton's avatar

Brilliant! There are ample reasons to dislike shallow, wasteful, exclusive "fashion" as we usually see it, but this essay blows most complaints out of the water, and replaces them with positive alternatives, many of which seem to be original syntheses.

Missing are mention of the irrational but brutally enforced customs of covering what has only unhealthful cultural bases for being covered; the benefits of limited skin exposure to cool sunlight; and potential issues with micro-plastic dust, biodegradation, and manufacturing waste.

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Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD's avatar

Thank you, would love to learn more about the compression experiments. On adoption - there are several ways to make this popular. One is celebrity marketing, if we see George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and other famous aged but active actors adopt the longevity couture principles and even compete on this - that's it.

Another approach is to make it part of Apple, Google or Meta ecosystems - extension of the device and service universe.