The Ugly Sweaters of Our Dystopian Future
On the fashion that breaks facial recognition systems — out now in The New York Sun
“… there’s also a growing range of people and brands drawing awareness to the issue and fighting back.
One notable example is Cap _able, an Italian fashion start-up founded in 2018 by Federica Busani and Rachele Didero, whose “Manifesto” collection is the first line to market that renders you functionally invisible to facial recognition.
They’re superbly made, and the price reflects that — between $300 and $500 a piece — and have a, um, “confrontational” style, but they work, and the boldness is the point. As Ms. Diderot tells me: “This collection is trying to say ‘I'm invisible to AI, but I'm so visible to other people, and I want them to know and to understand these values that I'm trying to express.”
Out now in The New York Sun: on Cap_able Design, and clothes that break facial recognition systems. Give it a read!