Taiwanese electronic-paper technology has moved from digital displays to the fashion runway, as E Ink teamed up with Japanese fashion label Anrealage to create color-changing dresses showcased during Paris Fashion Week.
The collaboration featured six dresses incorporating E Ink’s Prism technology, turning electronic-paper elements into part of the garments. According to E Ink, designer Kunihiko Morinaga used between 1,000 and 2,000 Prism elements on each dress, allowing the pieces to display programmable colors and patterns.
Rather than functioning like conventional screens, the electronic-paper components reflect surrounding light. Different arrangements and programmed patterns allow the dresses to change their visual appearance as the models move along the runway.
From Electronic Paper to Wearable Fashion
E Ink’s Prism technology is designed to display programmable colors and patterns across electronic-paper surfaces in different shapes and sizes.
The technology has applications beyond clothing, including color-changing vehicles, automotive interiors and fashion accessories. Its use in the Paris collection demonstrates how electronic-paper technology can be adapted to surfaces far beyond conventional displays.
One notable characteristic is the way electronic paper uses electricity.
Unlike conventional displays that need continuous power to maintain an image, E Ink’s technology can retain a displayed color or pattern after it has been changed. Power is primarily required when the appearance is switched.
That feature gives the technology an unusual potential for wearable applications, where energy consumption and flexibility can be important considerations.
Fashion Meets Technology
For Anrealage, the project fits its broader experimentation with unconventional materials and the relationship between clothing, perception and visual change.
E Ink Japan General Manager Naoki Sumita said the collaboration reflects a shared interest in transforming traditionally static surfaces into more dynamic forms of expression.
The result places Taiwan’s electronic-paper technology in an unexpected setting: one of the world’s most closely watched fashion events.
Paris Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2027 is running from Sept. 28 through Oct. 6, with 68 runway shows and 33 presentations scheduled, according to the report. Major fashion houses including Hermes, Givenchy and Miu Miu are among those featured during the event.
The E Ink-Anrealage collaboration shows how technologies originally associated with digital signage and displays can increasingly cross into creative industries.
And as programmable materials become more flexible, the runway may be offering an early glimpse of a future where clothing does more than simply reflect a designer’s chosen color — it can change with the moment.
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