The Wearable Christ

Fashion advice from Paul tells us exactly what to wear each day.

You may have noticed that things we wear are getting smarter.

Not in the sense that our clothes know how to match our socks and shirt — we’re still on our own there — but smarter in the technological sense. Watches track our heart rates. Rings and wristbands monitor our health and sleep patterns. Glasses can display directions or translate languages. You might even wear devices that measure blood sugar or remind you to stand up and move around. It won’t be long before things we wear know more about us than our doctors do. Your watch will tell you how well you slept, how many steps you took, and how stressed you were during the church board meeting.

Our clothes may not talk to us (yet), but things we wear are increasingly connected, responsive and full of information.

In other words, what we wear is doing more than telling the time or helping us pass an eye test when we renew our driver’s license. These accessories tell stories about who we are.

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