City chic Lifestyle

Friday, 5 December 2014

Thursday, 4 December 2014

Science and fashion

I found this innovative website which led me to think about women in science and their attiti=ude towards fashion:

http://www.fashiondescience.com/#!shop/c20i5

It’s a quirky website, featuring designs inspired by science – like conveying complexity of neural networks in a dress! However, what about fashion inspiring women of science? Generally, as a rule, I get this impression that most people think if you are a scientist you are not likely to be fashionable. I don’t think agree with this, especially among Arab women, and I know my colleagues from the Middle East will concur with me.

In fact, many women of science are very stylish and indeed have contributed their scientific knowledge towards fashion items –

The Newtonian Physics of Manolo Blahniks by the physicist Debbie Berebichez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIIo0SlagD8

On that note, Arab women of science – please send your photos to me is stylish outfits so we can claim that women scientists are every bit as stylish as any fashioista and on that note, here is a little outfit for future congresses: