Anyone taking a casual
stroll around the average wedding fair could be forgiven for thinking
that here is a ceremony whose technology has not been updated since the
days of Jane Austen.
When you consider that the industry is worth more than £10bn a
year in the UK alone, you would think the tech giants would be eager to
give it a makeover.
Instead it is smaller-scale pioneers who are making the in-roads into a sector where tradition still reigns supreme.
Bride-to-be Ella Williamson was asked to discover how hi-tech a wedding can become.
Image is everything
Over the past year, fashion and technology have fused like never before.
We've seen the model Dita von Teese step out in the world's first
3D-printed dress and singer Nicole Sherzinger perform in an outfit
showing tweets via LED lights threaded into its fabric.
So, is it possible to purchase a bridal gown that displays well wishes from loved ones?
CuteCircuit, the company behind the Twitter Dress, confirms
it would take on such a commission. But its chief creative director
suggests a more subtle concoction.
"We have made wedding outfits using conductive silver fabric
that create a connection when the marrying couple kiss, triggering a
private message on the linings of their garments," says Francesca
Rosella.
The time-honoured ritual of wearing a hat to a wedding has undergone a technological revamp too.
