There are some articles of clothing, wetsuits for example, that must be snug to work properly. Unfortunately, this tends to make them difficult to put on. I'd like a fabric woven out of a combination of any normal fibers, and some threads of nitinol or some similar substance. After donning a loose garment, a slight electrical charge can be passed through the wires, contracting them and making the suit fit properly.
-- Madcat, Feb 24 2004

I suppose I should suggest adding that this isn't a good idea for scarves...

(Boa anyone?)
-- Madcat, Feb 24 2004


"slight electric charge" doesn't bode well.
-- k_sra, Feb 24 2004


Baked. I'm pretty sure all of my clothes are made of this. No electrical charge is apparently required.
-- Worldgineer, Feb 24 2004


I wish I had not lied about my weight loss!
-- po, Feb 24 2004


World mine seem to go randomly in either direction, too big, too small, never right
-- engineer1, Feb 25 2004


Hmm, I'm not sure how practical this is, but I can't see why it deserves all the - votes.
-- RobertKidney, Feb 25 2004


Would also have a big market in the fetishist community.
-- kropotkin, Feb 25 2004


//Hmm, I'm not sure how practical this is, but I can't see why it deserves all the - votes.\\

Yeah!
-- Madcat, Feb 25 2004


Spandex ?
-- skinflaps, Feb 25 2004


Spandex expands. This contracts, which means it's easier to put on.
-- Madcat, Feb 25 2004


Wasn't this what you were supposed to do with jeans? (Wear them in the bath to get them to shrink tight.)
-- DrCurry, Feb 25 2004


[picturing DrCurry bathing in jeans]
-- normzone, Feb 25 2004



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