There’s nothing wrong with a thong made out of a keyboard
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Summary
A number of fashion designers are incorporating nostalgic technology into their products, taking advantage of the yearning some people feel for the pre-Facebook days of the early noughties.
Items featured in their collections include digicams transformed into necklaces, circuit boards and microchips turned into earrings, and old floppy disks made into purses.
The items are often one-of-a-kind and more focused on changing people’s perceptions of waste and sustainable design than having any practical use.
Designer Nicole McLaughlin explained that the audience for the items is “not trying to take it too serious”, with items instead being “lighthearted” and a “fun challenge”.
The streetwear brand Drought, for example, features pendant necklaces inspired by Napster and Limewire and handbags shaped like the iPod Nano.
The retro-tech trend channels the “tactile and charming” nature of early noughties technology, according to fine jewellery designer Gab Bois, as well as the sense of optimism that characterised the early days of the digital revolution.