Miley Cyrus Creates 'Dirty Hippie' Collection For New York Fashion Week And Gets VERY Dirty Describing It!

What the what?? Miley Cyrus is now a sculptor!
The pop songstress turned artist teamed up with designer and current creative director of Moschino, Jeremy Scott, for a new collection titled 'Dirty Hippie', which will premiere at Jeremy's show during New York Fashion Week on Wednesday, September 10th.
Wow. It's a lot to take in, though Miley's been preparing us for her debut ever so slowly on Instagram. After all, she did tease the collection's glow up, five foot bong on social media!!
A party hat, face mask, and well a few other pieces made of plastic toys, glitter, and alphabet beads make up the rest of their collab, with Jeremy even revealing in the recent issue of V Magazine:

"We're on the same wavelength—it's like a psychedelic jungle. All of these stream of consciousness, colorful, playful, whimsical things mixed up together. I love that there's a DIY feel to the sculptures, which is a part of the look of the show. I want it to be less about a model army and more about a group of cool, individualized people hanging out together."

And just like some of her fashions, the sculptures give off a raunchy vibe, as well! Miley shared:

"When Jeremy [Scott] came here for a July 4th party, I had all these leis around, and I wanted to see how I could incorporate them into his show. I'm having the guy who made the bear I came out of at the VMAs last year come over tonight to help me fix all this shit because it's kind of a mess. [Pointing out art pieces individually] This one's a vibrator, which I got from a fan. They threw it on stage. And that's a joint [attached to it], so that's the vibe. I've gotten more and more about piling things on, but I try to put thought into everything. Even though it's so stupid, I did the pineapple because you know what they say about pineapple, right"

Read the rest of her interview's HIGHlights …AFTER THE JUMP!!!

Not sure…
MC: Yummy cum? If you drink a lot of pineapple juice you're going to have yummy cum. So that's why I put it on the dick with a bunch of babies, and it says, "Fuck." I try to think about everything so it has a story to me.
This one's a party hat?
MC Yeah, this is the first one I did and it's still not quite 100% done. It has an iPod player. You can play music. You put your auxiliary right there. It's like the ultimate party hat. During that 4th of July party, I saw this party hat and I thought it might be fun to glue some shit onto it. I just made it for myself to wear. And then someone was like, Oh this is great, you should keep going… [Pointing] There are drugs in that, and then there's a blunt… This one says, "In your dreams you can buy expensive cars," which is really weird because when Jeremy was doing his collection, there's some stuff that says, "Expensive." There's one thing that says, "Cars" on it. There are some key words that we had no idea we were both using.
Tell me about this camera.
MC I made Jeremy this because he loves to shoot, too. It's a real camera. There are like, five pictures left, and there are pictures of me from tour on here. It's a disposable, but when you take the picture it makes it look like you have a unicorn head, so when it prints out—it's cool. They actually make boots that kind of look like this for the collection, too. So that was weird. I sent him this and then he sent me a picture of the new boots.
This mask with the little white bears is really different from the rest.
MC This is my favorite piece, but it's the one that's taking the most time. I'm figuring out the strap now because I've done it so many different ways, and it keeps being too heavy and stabbing people. When I go through them all, I'm going to fix them and patch up some of these holes, because I started pinning them all on and then it got harder and harder to pin them. So some of them are kind of sewn on here… Whatever. [Pointing] At first this was just this, and then I had this in my hair one day and was like, Fuck it, I think it needs it. It kind of makes it tribal.
Sure, I can see that, you're taking a bunch of consumer detritus and making symbolic, ceremonial objects out of it.
MC Yeah. This seems so fucking lame to say but I feel like my art became kind of a metaphor—an example of my life. Because a bunch of shitty things kept happening. I've always been so fucking lucky. Everything has always just been easy for me. And at the beginning of this year, I hated 2014 because everything that could go wrong kept going wrong. Being in the hospital, my dog dying…Everything just kept shitting on me and shitting on me. So then I started taking all of those shit things and making them good, and being like, I'm using it. My brother and my friends all said that's what they felt I was doing. So, that's how I started making art. I had a bunch of fucking junk and shit, and so instead of letting it be junk and shit, I turned it into something that made me happy.
It's exciting you're going to be sharing it with the world now.
MC Jeremy brought a lot of peace and self worth to me because even though to some people, it was just me gluing some things together, to me, it made me not a fucking pop star dumbass. And that's my goal in my life: to not die a pop pop dumb dumb. I can't. I will freak out. I just wanted to give myself something I can work at, and even now, if I had more time and I wasn't on tour, I know I could outdo any of this because I've grown while doing it.

Chloe Grace Moretz Has A Bunch Of Plastic Six-Pack Rings Stuck To Her Toronto Film Festival Dress

 

The six-pack plastic ring dress strikes again!
This time it was worn by Chloe Grace Moretz to the premiere of The Equalizer during the Toronto Film Festival last night.
Her version of the Christian Dior dress was even more like a beer can holder than Emma Watson's! That cut-out panel better not come off her dress and fly away into the ocean, because some poor sea creature will have to pay dearly for it.
We don't know about you, but it frustrates us to look at an expensive dress and only be able to think of plastic and landfills. Maybe Raf Simons never drinks beer from a can so he had no idea that his latest design idea was going to remind people of six-pack rings.
Besides basically having a bunch of those rings attached to the side of her otherwise pretty dress, Chloe still posed like a pro and worked it as much as she could!

Cara Delevingne Goes From Tomboy To Glam Goddess To Rocker Chick All In One Crazy Weekend!

 

Cara Delevingne had a crazy busy weekend!
And she looked good every single time! That takes skill!
The model decided NOT to glue herself to NYFW and instead made her first stop at the Variety Studio event in a blue suit worn with sneakers and a sheer lace top, looking perfectly androgynous and cool in her John Lennon sunglasses.
Afterwards, she arrived to the premiere of The Face of an Angel at the Toronto Film Festival in ultra glam mode, wearing a striped green gown with a gold belt styled with gorgeous glossy waves and perfect red lips. 
Fifty shades of green, y'all!
Once she finished walking the red carpet, however, she changed into a more party-friendly outfit of black mini dress and leather jacket. 
She slayed all three totally different looks like it was no big deal! Nicely done!

Rosneft may get $40bn ‘get out of debt free’ check from Kremlin

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Rosneft Rosneft Igor Sechin (RIA Novosti/Sergey Guneev)

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said the state-owned oil giant Rosneft could receive more than $40 billion in financial aid from the Russian government.
The country’s largest crude producer may receive up to $40.6 billion (1.5 trillion rubles) in assistance from Russia’s National Welfare Fund.
“This figure only looks imposing, but everything doesn’t have to be done in one year,” Medvedev said in an interview with Vedomosti published Monday.
The National Welfare Fund has reserves of $83 billion, and is mostly financed from oil taxes. Up to 60 percent of the fund can be allocated to domestic investment.
Earlier, Russia’s Economy Minister Aleksey Ulyukaev said Rosneft will receive an injection of state cash, but not specifically the $40 billion requested.
Rosneft’s CEO Igor Sechin asked the National Wealth Fund for financial aid in August after his company was put on the US sanction list, blocking it from long-term borrowing on the debt markets. The EU is expected to impose similar borrowing limits on the company.
“The company needs to keep up production, since Rosneft is a major contributor to the budget. In this regard, we have to help it by maintaining the investment level,” Medvedev explained, adding that the government is considering specific ways of aiding Rosneft.
The US sanctions have blocked a number of other Russian oil and gas companies, as well as banking institutions, from Western funding.
The oil company - the largest listed worldwide - accounts for 40 percent of Russian oil output, and about 5 percent of global oil production. Oil and gas revenues account for more than 50 percent of Russia’s national budget.
“Rosneft is a major source of tax revenue. As such, we should help it maintain its level of investment. We are now considering specific variables and types of support,” Medvedev added.
In March 2013 Rosneft acquired BP-TNK in a $55 billion deal, most of which was financed with new debt, leaving little liquidity for new projects.
“I have no doubts about the company’s performance in the medium to long-term. The investment will certainly pay off,” Medvedev said.
Prepayment from China for future oil supplies will also be a source of capital for the company. In 2013, the company signed a $270 billion deal to supply China National Petroleum Group with crude over the next 25 years.

Germany should spend more on eurozone recovery – IMF chief

 

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde (Reuters/Gary Cameron)

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Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Germany to increase spending to spur the eurozone's flagging economic recovery, and said that a number of structural reforms are needed to revive the bloc’s growth.
"We think that public or private investment (in Germany) to finance infrastructure would be welcome," Lagarde told French daily Les Echos in an interview on Monday, stressing this did not mean making the German economy less competitive.
The suggestion follows Thursday’s proposal by the European Central Bank for a series of measures to stimulate growth, with President Mario Draghi urging the governments to support the process with an increase in spending.
In a second interview to Radio Classique, Lagarde said that Germany “can go a bit further, that it can do a bit more, in Germany's interest."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that investment would take priority if Germany had money available. Germany's 2015 budget projects no net new borrowing for the first time since 1969.
“I think structural reform is necessary in terms of labor market regulations, excessive regulations in some areas, of areas of economic activity that are too protected and which need to be opened up to competition,” the IMF head said. “This goes for everyone... it's true for France, it's true for Germany, and it’s true for Italy.”
In turn, she recommended France, where she was finance minister, should stick to its deficit-reduction plan.

If new EU sanctions hit energy sector, Russia may close airspace - Medvedev

 

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (RIA Novosti/Dmitry Astakhov)

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned Russia may shut its air corridors to Western airlines if the next round of European sanctions hit Russian energy companies.
"If there are sanctions related to the energy sector, or further restrictions on Russia's financial sector, we will have to respond asymmetrically,” Medvedev said in an interview with the Vedomosti newspaper, published on Monday.
EU ministers will gather on Monday to discuss new sanctions against Russia and are rumored to be introduced on Tuesday. The prime minister promised a strong retaliation if the West slaps Russia with more sanctions.
“We could impose transport restrictions,” Medvedev said, adding, "We believe we have friendly relations with our partners, and foreign airlines of friendly countries are permitted to fly over Russia. However, we’ll have to respond to any restrictions imposed on us," the prime minister said.
After sanctions hit Aeroflot’s low-cost subsidiary Dobrolet in late July, Medvedev discussed with ministers the possibility of limiting, of even completely blocking, European flights to Asia that overfly Russia.
“If Western carriers have to bypass our airspace, this could drive many struggling airlines into bankruptcy. This is not the way to go. We just hope our partners realize this at some point,” he told Vedomosti.

Sanctioned Dobrolet Airline's Boeing plane 737-800 (RIA Novosti/Andrey Iglov)

Flying over Russian airspace saves Western airlines headed to Asia at least 4 hours of flight time, which adds up to about $30,000 per flight.
Lufthansa said it could potentially lose more than €1 billion in three months if it does not use Russian airspace. Lufthansa, along with British Airways and Air France, are the largest EU airlines. US airlines currently don't operate over Siberian airspace.
Many low-cost airlines have decided not to launch new routes to Russia, with the threat of sanctions possibly a factor. Last week Ryanair ditched plans to establish a Dublin-St. Petersburg route, and easyJet, another European-based airline, dropped its plans to develop a London-St. Petersburg service.
Medvedev didn’t specify whether the blocked airspace would also apply to cargo and delivery companies, such as UPS and FedEx.

Oil at stake

EU sanctions, which will reportedly be introduced on Tuesday, will ban Russia’s three main oil companies- Rosneft, Gazprom Neft, and Transneft - from raising long-term (longer than 30 days) debt on European capital markets, according to the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times.

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Rosneft - Russia’s largest oil producer - was added to the US sanctions list on July 16 and was put on the EU list on July 29. Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, Novatek, also was added to the blacklist in July, along with a ban on the export of hi-tech oil equipment needed in Arctic, deep sea, and shale extraction projects to Russia.
Gazprom Neft is the oil subsidiary of Russian gas giant Gazprom.
Transneft is Russia's state-owned oil pipeline company that exports all of Rosneft’s crude oil, and 56 percent of Russia’s crude exports.
Sanctions likely won’t apply to privately-owned Russian oil groups such as Lukoil and Surgutneftegaz.
The EU will also reportedly follow America’s lead on banning goods that can have dual military and civilian use from Russian companies that also supply the Russian military, the WSJ reported Sunday. On July 16, the US blacklisted several defense sector companies include Almaz-Antey Corporation, the Kalashnikov Concern and Instrument Design Bureau, as well as companies such as Izhmash, Basalt, and Uralvagonzavod.
“Sanctions are always a double-edged sword. Ultimately they end up backfiring and end up hurting those who are first to impose restrictions,” Medvedev said.
The EU has agreed on the new sanctions but said they could be delayed or even cancelled if Russia shows willingness to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
On Friday Kiev introduced a ceasefire to calm fighting between the Ukrainian army and anti-government forces, but fighting and shelling continued in the country’s east.

Uber banned in Germany by Frankfurt court

 

 

Car pick-up service Uber has been banned across Germany.

A court in Frankfurt ruled that the firm lacked the necessary legal permits to operate under German law.
It has emerged that the firm was told last week that its "low-cost" UberPop service could no longer take passengers and faced a fine if it continued.
But an Uber spokesman said it had decided not to suspend the service, adding that the ban was not enforceable while an appeal process was ongoing.
"Germany is one of the fastest growing markets for Uber in Europe," he said.
"We will continue to operate in Germany and will appeal the recent lawsuit filed by Taxi Deutschland in Frankfurt.
"You cannot put the brakes on progress. Uber will continue its operations and will offer UberPop ridesharing services via its app throughout Germany."
A check of the firm's software confirms that drivers continue to offer UberPop pick-ups in Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Dusseldorf.

UberPop vehicles include the Volkswagen Golf, Audi A4 and BMW 3ER

UberPop was launched earlier this year and involves drivers - who are not directly employed by the company - over the age of 21 using their own cars to transport passengers.
Taxi Deutschland suggested that Uber could face up to a 250,000 euro ($327,840; £198,342) fine per trip if the American firm loses the case.
The body described its rival as a "form of locust share-economy" indulging in "anarchy capitalism" that could leave passengers exposed in the case of an accident.
"In Germany there's insurance that applies to private drivers," explained spokeswoman Anja Floetenmeyer.
"But if your insurer learns that you are driving for an app and you want to make money on that, they say this is a multiple risk and refuse to [pay] insurance on that.
"Uber doesn't care because security costs money. We don't believe it has the interests of [German] drivers and citizens at heart."
But Uber's spokesman in Germany, Fabien Nestmann, has previously blogged that safety is one of his firm's key concerns, adding that "all the rides - and thus all travellers - are insured by Uber".
European protests The summary judgment follows a decision by London's transport authorities not to pursue a case against Uber in June this year.
The San Francisco-based firm allows passengers to summon cars using an app on their smartphones and calculates the fare en route. It is often significantly cheaper than rival taxi companies.

Taxi driver in Berlin held a protest against ride-sharing apps in June

But taxi drivers argue that Uber has fewer regulatory burdens placed upon it than they do, and poses unfair competition.
The company - which is backed by Google and the bank Goldman Sachs, among others - has been the subject of protests by taxi drivers in many European cities, including Berlin, Paris and London.
Only last week, Uber said it was planning to rapidly expand its German operation.

Ukraine conflict: UN says million people have fled

 

Many of those leaving Ukraine have crossed the border into Russia 

More than a million people have left their homes because of the escalating conflict in eastern Ukraine, a UN official says.

In the past three weeks alone, the number of people displaced inside Ukraine itself has doubled to at least 260,000, according to the UN's Vincent Cochetel in Geneva.
Another 814,000 people have crossed the border into Russia this year, he says.
Pro-Russian rebels have been fighting Ukrainian forces since April.
Separatists in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine.
Since the violence erupted, some 2,600 people have been killed and thousands more wounded.
The city of Luhansk has been under siege by government forces for the past month and is without proper supplies of food and water.
But the Ukrainian army has been forced to retreat as pro-Russian rebels gain ground, and said they had withdrawn from the city's airport after coming under attack from "Russian tanks".
Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said sappers had blown up the airport's runway so that it could not be used by rebel forces.
Rebels have also advanced in Donetsk region, around the city of Donetsk and further south near the port of Mariupol.

Ukraine's million displaced - by Imogen Foulkes, Geneva
Many of those who have fled the violence have not registered with the Ukrainian authorities: doing so does not guarantee they will receive any aid, and some young men apparently fear they will be recruited into the Ukrainian army if they declare themselves.
At the same time more than 800,000 Ukrainians, mainly ethnic Russians, have crossed the border into Russia. Others are fleeing to Poland, Belarus, or the Baltic states.
The UN has figures from one Baltic country, though it will not say which one, indicating that at least 20,000 Ukrainians have recently arrived.

Russia says some 814,000 people have used its visa-free regime since January

Crisis talks between Ukraine officials, rebels and Russian envoys ended without agreement on Monday but will resume on Friday.
In other developments:

• Russia's EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov told Russian media the Kremlin would release recordings of a controversial conversation between President Vladimir Putin and European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso - if Mr Barroso did not object - in which Mr Putin said he could capture Kiev within two weeks. Russian officials say the remarks have been taken out of context
• Russia is to alter its military structure as a result of the Ukrainian crisis and Nato's presence in Eastern Europe, Kremlin adviser Mikhail Popov has said
• Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas called for Nato to bolster its military resources to make it unthinkable for Russia to act beyond its current involvement in Ukraine, in a interview with Reuters news agency
• In its first detailed assessment since granting Ukraine a $17bn bailout in March, the International Monetary Fund said Ukraine would need billions of dollars of additional support if the fighting in the east continued through next year

Pro-Russian rebels are gaining in confidence after recent advances

Government forces are hard pressed after losing ground in several areas

Residents shelter from artillery fire in a basement on the outskirts of Donetsk

Corridor problems In early August, the UN refugee agency said 117,000 people were displaced in Ukraine but it now says that number has climbed dramatically, and could be even higher as many of those affected are unregistered and staying with family and friends.
The UN also says that there has been a decline in the use of humanitarian corridors set up by the Ukrainian authorities because of a series of fatal attacks on civilians.
In the past few days, an estimated 10,000 people have fled the southern port city of Mariupol since pro-Russian rebels captured areas close to the Russian border.
Russia denies Ukrainian and Western accusations that it is providing troops and equipment to the rebels.
It says 814,000 people have arrived from Ukraine this year under a visa-free regime.
Of these, 121,000 have applied for temporary asylum or refugee status. The UN says most Ukrainians in Russia are staying with relatives and friends or finding private accommodation.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has warned that if the crisis is not stopped quickly "it will have not only devastating humanitarian consequences but it also has the potential to destabilise the whole region".

War in eastern Ukraine: The human cost

• At least 2,593 people killed since mid-April (not including 298 passengers and crew of Malaysian Airlines MH17, shot down in the area) - UN report on 29 August
• 951 civilians killed in Donetsk region alone, official regional authorities said on 20 August
• In some particularly dangerous places, such as Luhansk region, victims are said to have been buried informally, making accurate counts difficult
• Rebels (and some military sources) accuse the government of concealing true numbers
• 260,000 people have fled elsewhere in Ukraine while at least 814,000 have gone to Russia.

Labor Day Might Mark The End Of Summer, But The Kardashian-Jenners Made The Most Of It! See ALL The Snaps!

 

What a summer it has been! For many, when Labor Day hits, the next day is usually filled with mixed emotions. Whether it be a cuhrazy bbq hangover or the first day of school, it's a doozy!
Now that the warm break is slowly winding down, it also means the end to all of those relaxing Kim Kardashian vacation photos!
So sad!
In case you wanted to revisit those Kardashian-Jenner summer memories and daydream about the day you'll go to those beautiful locations for the summer, we did you a favor by gathering it all together for ya!

Sofia Vergara & Joe Manganiello Share A Hand Sandwich While Leaving Their Mexican Vacation! These Two Are Caliente!

Adios, paradise!!
Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello were spotted catching a flight out of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on Monday after enjoying a romantic Labor Day getaway together!
The two actors soaked up the blazing sun, and Sofia even made sure to capture seXXXy memories from their beach trip on Instagram!  

 

Guardians of the Galaxy becomes top US film of 2014 to date

Chris Pratt is the male star of the comic-based space caper 

Sci-fi blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy has stamped its authority on the US box office, becoming the biggest film of the year so far.

The Marvel release extended its run at the top of the movie chart, taking $16.3m (£9.8m) across the country's Labor Day holiday weekend.
It has now taken a total of $275m (£165m) so far.
Captain America is the second biggest film of 2014 to date, followed by the Lego Movie.
Transformers is at number four on the annual list.
Over the bank holiday weekend, Guardians kept Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in second spot, with If I Stay remaining at three with takings of $9.3m (£5.5m).
Pierce Brosnan action flick The November Man entered at six.
The release took a modest $7.7m (£4.6m) and was outperformed by thriller As Above, So Below, which made its debut at number four.
Comedy Let's Be Cops was fifth.
Guardians of the Galaxy entered the chart at number one at the beginning of August, before temporarily losing its crown to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The space adventure stars Zoe Saldana and Chris Pratt, and also features the voices of Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel.
A sequel to the Marvel Comics adaptation is expected to be released in 2017.
Despite the film's success, the summer box office in North America is down on last year.
Paul Dergarabedian, box office analyst at Rentrak, said: "This summer was placed in the unfortunate position of being the follow-up to the biggest revenue generating summer of all time."
He went on to call last year the "perfect storm", featuring very strong performers including Iron Man and Star Trek.
"One or two movies can make all the difference," added Mr Dergarabedian.

Wearable technology: Clothing designed to save your life

  By Fiona Graham Technology of business reporter, BBC News

Sweet dreams: The Wemu t-shirt and cap is designed to monitor the wearer for epileptic seizures

The ancient Greeks called it "the sacred disease".

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Epilepsy affects about 50 million people around the world and is the most common serious brain disorder, according to the World Health Organization.

Diagnosis isn't easy.
A seizure has to be recorded while a patient is hooked up to an electroencephalography (EEG) machine.
"Epileptic symptoms vary widely and... many different types of epileptic disorders exist that react differently to various medical treatments," says Dr Vincent Navarro, a neurologist at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris.

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Epilepsy is not simply a one-off diagnosis. It can severely disable people in terms of their capacity to live meaningful, independent lives”

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"Moreover, seizures happen at an irregular rate. It is therefore rare to record a seizure while doing a standard EEG recording of 20 minutes to one hour.

"Finally, non-epileptic events are in nearly 20% of cases wrongly considered to be linked with epilepsy when they could be of a completely different origin, for instance loss of consciousness that can be cardiac or psychiatric."
The hospital is working with a start-up on something it hopes will make diagnosis easier and faster.
Instead of being hooked up to a machine via an array of cabling, patients wear a t-shirt and optional cap at home, and biometric sensors feed information to a smartphone app.
"Instead of using desktop computers that force patients to remain in bed, we can use smartphones and use a wireless connection," says Pierre Fournier, the chief executive of Bioserenity, which makes the Wemu system.

Try to relax: A patient is connected up to an EEG machine to be monitored

"You need to record the brain's electronic activity, an electroencephalogram. That signal is actually very, very hard to catch - it's a signal that's a microvolt, as opposed to an electrocardiogram which is a millivolt, so it's a thousand times smaller."
"The smartphone will do the first level of intelligence, and the internet connection will send that information to a cloud system [to be analysed]."
A firm diagnosis can be reached in a matter of days or weeks instead of potentially years - giving access to appropriate treatment.
"Epilepsy is not simply a one-off diagnosis. It can severely disable people in terms of their capacity to live meaningful, independent lives," says Carol Ireland of Epilepsy Action Australia, who are backing the project.

Pierre Fournier says in western Europe the cost of a day of hospitalisation is between 500 and 900 euros

Developing technology like this means navigating complex regulatory frameworks.
Working with clothing also brings particular challenges. "The limitation would be on the sensors, how durable they are," says Paul Sonnier, publisher of the Digital Health Post.
"When you integrate electronics into clothing, you've got to think about the use case, is it alright washing? And how do you have it in the clothing so you can use it all the time?"
Complex technology also takes time.
A bra to detect breast cancer has been debated in various quarters over the past 20 years.

The bra measures changes in circadian cellular temperature over time; the aim is to detect tumours earlier

Then a company called First Warning Systems announced a prototype in 2012 that claims to use thermal dynamic measurement - which records differences in body temperature that are then analysed using a predictive algorithm - to find tumours.
Despite some initial scepticism from some in the field, the company remains confident the technology is sound, and has continued to develop the bra further. This includes using a removable insert for the version intended for use in healthcare institutions rather than embedded sensors, and further refinements of the algorithm that reads the data.

Paul Sonnier says consumers need to educate themselves about wearable devices

"Our technology [during clinical trials] was able to detect cancers in cases where mammography missed the diagnosis in tumours which were smaller than mammography would normally detect, or in those cases where the patient was listed as 'technically difficult to image', or those patients with dense tissue," says company president Rob Royea.
A fourth round of clinical trials is planned for October, and the company is in the process of applying for a CE mark (product approval) in the EU, and for FDA clearance for the current iteration of the product in the US.
Another problem can be persuading the medical profession of the merits of this type of technology, according to Paul Sonnier.
"The big challenge is doctors didn't want to look at that stuff in the past because... they didn't trust the data."

OMsignal's clothing is designed to be washed regularly without damaging sensors embedded in the fabric

OMsignal manufactures a range of smart exercise clothing with biometric sensors that measure performance and gives you an electrocardiogram (ECG) reading.
The data is collected by a separate device, which communicates with an app on a smartphone, which then connects with the cloud where it can be analysed by a series of complex algorithms.
The company has carefully placed sensors with patented technology in the fabric. It claims that as the sensors will read vital signs when both wet and dry, it is more accurate than a wristband, for example.
"We need to wear clothes and so we figured that that's the best place to put these sort of sensors," says Dr Jesse Slade Shantz, OMsignal's chief medical officer.

Dr Jesse Slade Shantz tests the shirts himself

"It is right in the clothes that you wear on a day to day basis."
Dr Slade Shantz was originally tasked with exploring whether the technology could replace the Holter monitor - a wearable heart tracker.
"The idea was that there's such a huge market there for us. It's something you would think that's like a golden goose right?" he says.
"But I know what doctors are like because I am one. And to get a doctor to accept that sort of technology, to replace something they're already using that fits into their daily routine is very difficult.
"Not to mention the fact that, particularly in the US, which is one of the major markets for these technologies, the physicians actually make money putting Holter monitors on people. They won't make money unless we somehow cut them in.
"So we had to be realistic and figure out what would make a sustainable business and then bridge into that."

Hollywood actor Danny Glover has epilepsy, as did the late Rik Mayall, author Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the poet and illustrator Edward Lear

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The final step is to get it to a point where it can predict when a seizure is likely to happen”

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Shipments of smart wearables according to CCS Insight.

As we get better at embedding technology into our clothing, and arguably become more comfortable with the idea that our knickers could know where we're going and what we're doing, smart clothing might just prove to be the most accessible and familiar way to sell wearable tech to the man in the street.
Wemu's Pierre Fournier is banking on it. Diagnosis is just the beginning - he wants the technology to tell the people around an epileptic what to do during a seizure.
"The final step is to get it to a point where it can predict when a seizure is likely to happen. This would revolutionise the life of patients and what those patients are allowed to do," he says.
Epilepsy Action Australia's Carol Ireland agrees.
"In many countries there is still misunderstanding and even stigma surrounding the condition," she says.
"Many people who have epilepsy are confronted by the dilemma of whether to 'go public' and risk the negative reaction of others in the community. Depression and even suicide is more common in those with a diagnosis of epilepsy than for the general public.
"Accurate diagnosis of epilepsy and seizure syndrome and effective management of the condition is core to patients achieving the best possible life quality and outcomes."