Make an amazing video or photos of yourself wearing a Twirkle T-Shirt (or Twirkle dress or Twirkle mini-dress) and submit it before the 5th of November. The best photo or video will win a CuteStore Gift Card and be showcased on the CuteCircuit website!

Imagine what sparkling videos and photos you can take with light up Twirkle clothing!

Submit your photos or videos to the following e-mail address with “Twirkle Competition” in the subject line:

cute@cutecircuit.com

The body of the e-mail must contain the following information:

1. Your name
2. Age
3. Title of the submission and location

Attach your file and you are all set!

Deadline: November 5th 2010.

Good luck! May the cutest win!

Guidelines:
1. This competition is open to all the residents of planet Earth.
2. You must be 18 years of age or older in order to be able to participate.
3. The video or images submitted cannot exceed 5Mb in size, video format .mov, image format .jpg
4. You can submit mutliple entries.
5. Only one prize can be given per household, no cash alternative.
6. The winner will receive a £100 GiftCard to redeem on the CuteStore, valid for one year.
7. By submitting your media you confirm that all the images or videos are created by you and that you own the copyright.
8. We’d love to be able to tell people who has won and may ask for you to let us use your name in our website, but would only do so with your consent.
9. By entering your wonderful photos and videos, you give permission to CuteCircuit to publish them on the website in perpetuity and use them in the future for promotional purposes in connection with this competition. We will give full credit to the author.
10. Be creative! Have fun! Rock it!

Hello everybody! The CuteStore is finally live!

Visit the store now: http://www.cutecircuit.com/cutestore/

Let us know how you like it!

If you are one of our subscribers you are going to receive a little surprise via e-mail in the next 24 hours!

CuteCircuit at The Queen’s Birthday Party in Rome!

The Queen’s Birthday Party took place at Villa Wolkonsky, the residence of British Ambassador Edward Chaplin, on June 9th 2010. Rome was hot and sunny!

The Queen’s Birthday Party is a traditional diplomatic event equivalent to a national day for the UK. This year’s event presented an exhibition focussed on the themes of innovation and sustainability in fashion to highlight Britain’s important contribution in this sector. CuteCircuit Creative Director Francesca Rosella was the kick off testimonial for the campaign See Britain through my eyes and she was interviewed on live radio by Filippo Solibello the host of Caterpillar, the most popular radio show in Italy. The evening also featured amazing music from Paloma Faith.

CuteCircuit catwalk show at Made in Future Event at the House of Lords.

The House of Lords was the backdrop for a catwalk show featuring the best of British fashion innovations, from smart materials for raincoats to CuteCircuit’s very own luminous collection of Twirkle tees. The show kicked off with opening remarks by Lord Simon Haskel. The event showcased UK excellence and talent in smart textiles and wearables and has been organised by the Materials KTN in conjunction with the British Embassy in Milan. The reception was attended by members of the Milan fashion community and press as well as a number of Members of Parliament.

CuteCircuit at La Rinascente in Rome !

If you are in Rome this summer here is your chance to check out some of CuteCircuit’s exclusive summer fashions at La Rinascente. Walking distance from fashionable Via Veneto of La Dolce Vita fame and the beautiful park of Villa Borghese, La Rinascente is located in Piazza Fiume. In the picture: the Eye Twirkle Shirt, the Disc Twirkle mini-dress, the Armour Purple dress and the Disc leggings. Let us know how you like them!

Tonight in Oslo: Safura, the rapidly rising star of the European music world, will take the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest wearing a mesmerising CuteCircuit video gown. The couture dress has been designed specifically for her Eurovision performance and interprets the emotion of her hit song Drip Drop.

The song contest will be carried Live on the BBC and other national channels around Europe. Or you can watch it live on the internet at the Eurovision website, starting at 9pm (GMT +1).

Vote for Safura, she will be the first performer on stage this evening!

Post Update: Images of her stunning performance added to the gallery below:

Update 2: See video of her performance below:

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Katy looked fabulous and glowing wearing a CuteCircuit gown as she entered the MET Costume Institute Gala last night in New York City. The Gala is the event of the year, often described as the Oscars of Fashion, bringing together celebrities and fashion in a spectacular display.

CuteCircuit created a couture gown for Katy with meters and meters of flowing silk chiffon and over 3000 LEDs creating a rainbow of colours shimmering around Katy as she entered the ball.

Grazia included Katy in the Best Dressed list for the event, and Life Magazine include her in their online feature The Fashion A-List. See even more pictures of Katy at the Met Gala in this feature from the the Daily Mail.

The New York Magazine said about the Met Gala, “The most exciting part of the evening, sartorially speaking, was Katy Perry’s light-up dress”!

More updates coming soon…

Update 1: A short video from the Today Show!

Update 2: Some great press coverage from around the world

• Life: The Fashion A-List
• People
• Vogue: Costume Institute Gala 2010
• Glamour: It’s Official: Katy Perry Really Knows How To Light Up A Room
• TeenVogue: The Met’s Costume Institute Gala
• InStyle: Katy Perry’s Light-Up Gown
• MTV: Katy Perry Lights Up The Met Costume Gala
• Billboard: Katy Perry Wears High Fashion to Met Gala
• Ecouterre: Katy Perry Wears Glowing Gown to Met Costume Gala
• Huffington Post: Katy Perry Met Costume Institute Gala
• The Evening Standard: Katy Perry’s Electric Gown
• And, we made the cover of WWD!

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The GalaxyDress by CuteCircuit currently on display in the FastForward gallery at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago receives worldwide press coverage this week. For a brief overview of the press coverage, check out the following links:
Visit the HuffingtonPost and vote in the GalaxyDress poll!

The GalaxyDress video was also one of the most watched videos on YouTube yesterday.

Also featured at FastCompany, Ecouterre, Wired, Engadget, Gizmodo and FashioningTech.

Stay tuned on CuteCircuit for more news!

The “Future Tech” episode of The Gadget Show aired two nights ago and featured wearable technology from CuteCircuit!
In the episode as Suzi and Jason are discussing the future of technology and the discussion turns to wearable technologies. Suzi models the Kinetic Dress from CuteCircuit saying,
“It’s Fabulous! And I absolutely love it!”

The Future Tech episode is now available on the web for viewing, so enjoy the show! And let us know what you think

MindTrek starts this week in Tampere, Finland. MindTrek is the leading Nordic digital media and business conference, focusing on social media & Web 2.0. At MindTrek you will see the newest trends, innovations, revolutionary business phenomena and hear insights from the most high-spirited visionaries.

This year at MindTrek, CuteCircuit is presenting innovations in the filed of Wearable Technology as part of “Visions of Future User Interfaces” at 11:20 on Friday, October 2nd.

http://www.mindtrek.org/2009/

MindTrek brings together entrepreneurs, researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines that are involved in the development of media in fields ranging from sociology and economy, to technology.

In recent years there have been speakers such as Marc Davis (Yahoo!), Chris DiBona (Google), Anssi Vanjoki (Nokia), Bob Sutor (IBM), Ashwin Navin (BitTorrent), Paula le Dieu (BBC, Creative Archive), Florence Nibart-Devouard (Wikimedia Foundation), Teemu Kurppa (Jaiku), Jim Zemlin (Linux Foundation), Monty Widenius (MySQL), etc.

MindTrek 2009 will be held in Tampere, Finland from Sep 30th – Oct 2nd.