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Royole Showcases High-Definition Wearables at Prestigious Paris Fashion Week

Flexible display and sensor technologies are part of designer Heaven Gaia display.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Royole Corporation made its international fashion-industry debut at the Paris Fashion Week 2018 show. The company spent Sept. 28 alongside global fashion designer Heaven Gaia, showcasing its Flexible Shirt and Flexible Top Hat, the world’s first apparel pieces to feature high-definition flexible display and sensor technologies. Royole also presented flexible display demos, videos, and its latest consumer products.
 
“Our Flexible+ Wearables – featuring our ground-breaking, ultra-thin, fully flexible displays embedded into them – are a unique, innovative way for companies or individuals to visually express their personalities and creativity,” said Dr. Bill Liu, Royole’s founder and CEO. “Individuals or businesses can use them as the ultimate mobile billboard, showing existing video content or streaming in real-time from their mobile phones. Royole wearable expressions are guaranteed to attract attention, just as they did in Paris.”
 
Royole envisions fashion as a unique and powerful platform for flexible technology integration, allowing consumers virtually infinite opportunities of personal expression and customization. It’s Flexible+ Wearables are easy to assemble, extremely comfortable to wear, and are powered by a portable external lithium battery. They support 3GP/MP4 videos and JPEG/GIF images. The large, fully flexible AMOLED displays can be easily removed from and reinserted into both items, allowing for convenient washing and dry cleaning.
 
Royole is accepting pre-orders for its Flexible+ Wearables products on the company’s website. Orders will be fulfilled beginning in November 2018. All items are limited edition and will be made to order.
 
Products are available three ways: Flexible Shirt only ($899.99 each USD), Flexible Top Hat only ($899.99 each USD), or Flexible Wearables Combo of one Flexible Shirt and one Flexible Top Hat ($1,399.99 per combo USD).

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