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Fashion Forward
By Julie Schlosser

(FORTUNE Magazine) – Since the fashion world is between shows, FORTUNE thought it was a good time to look toward the future. So we asked hot designers Sean Combs and Nicole Miller what the fusion of technology and fashion will look like. (Silicon Valley, meet Milan.) The designs give new meaning to pret-a-porter: Both can be altered while being worn.

[Sean Combs]

Reconfigurable coat Download a new style from Sean John's Website, and tiny machines ("drones") embedded in the jacket will reconstruct it.

Grown shirt Drones custom-fit each shirt around the wearer. Eat too many Ho Hos, and they'll even let out the gut.

Genome-fit leather pants Call it Gattaca fashion: The pants are grown in large vats from lab-harvested hides. (No animals are harmed!)

Pull-on boots The soles of these boots, molded in high-density rubber, are built to fit using a 3-D foot scan.

[Nicole Miller]

Zipper pull A chip in the back zipper beams up to a satellite and downloads one of 780 custom-designed channels. (You still can't get MTV2, though.)

Molded body shape A heat-sealed seam creates a smooth fit and prevents static.

Remote-control bracelet Tired of one look? Use the bracelet to change the channel. Careful; rapid clicking could nauseate onlookers.

Smart fabric This super-conductive fabric broadcasts downloaded TV images. (Downside: being covered by Lou Dobbs.)