Dress lit up with 24,000 LEDs, perfect for your next formal rave

In general, we've found the whole LED dress craze to be kind of a snoozer -- after all, the results are usually pretty tacky, in our opinions. It seems, however, that all that has just changed -- with the introduction of Cute Circuit's Galaxy Dress, which is made of silk and has 24,000 LEDs measuring just 2 by 2-millimeters each embroidered onto its surface. As you can see from the photograph, the dress is also quite classic and beautiful -- not your usual raver's delight. To make the dress lighter and more flexible than your average light-enhanced couture, the designers used layers of organza crinoline and silk chiffon, and they power the dress with many small iPod batteries, which are light and easily hidden in the dress. The Galaxy Dress is currently on exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago -- but you can check it out for yourself in the video after the break.

[Via Wired]

[John Doe Posted Nov 13th 2009 5:39PM]

Wow imagine that thing pulsing to the beat of a rave. Every epileptic would fall on the ground in convulsions.

[cra1gll0yd Posted Nov 13th 2009 5:49PM]

This is old news -- at least for me. I saw it a few months ago.

[Xenon Posted Nov 13th 2009 5:54PM]

Hey everyone,

Glad you liked my fashion forward dress. Be sure to watch for it on the next season of Project Runway. Nina Garcia literally threw her legs up when she saw it.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2009 9:52PM]

Can you play Pac Man on it?

[magallanes Posted Nov 13th 2009 6:44PM]

The perfect suit for a "attention whore".

[va jj Posted Nov 13th 2009 7:12PM]

let's see thing do this to a THONG.

[aopolis Posted Nov 13th 2009 7:19PM]

I'd tap that.

[spotblind Posted Nov 13th 2009 7:44PM]

One Halloween I safety pinned about 600 incandescent xmas lights to a jumpsuit and powered it with a car battery and a power inverter worn in a back pack. It looked good for about two hours and it killed my back. Couldn't they have gotten someone to walk or dance around in this thing for at least two minutes?

[Zhuzhu Posted Nov 13th 2009 8:58PM]

As my unsophisticated three-year-old might say: "Bright light! Beautiful!"

[pulgathagreat Posted Nov 14th 2009 2:18AM]

i think jason voorhees in the background wants this dress more than anyone
jason: happy birthday momma i love u
jason's mom: my special, special boy

[jbrennan Posted Nov 14th 2009 2:54AM]

What to display? Tie it in to your personal electronics. Get a text? It shows up on your phone and your dress. Tweeting? Ditto. Reading the news? Let others read what you are reading. This is not a gown for a ball. It's a gown for the subway.

[W31RD0 Posted Nov 14th 2009 3:26AM]

When you see it, you'll shit bricks.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2009 1:12AM]

They should make it shorter, it probably gets hot, so to shorten it would allow some air flow to cool it a bit.
What to wear when your trying to attract the attentions of search & rescue parties.

[vCjoeyramone Posted Nov 17th 2009 4:55AM]

That dress would give the best light shows ever! They really should bring it to a rave!