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SAG innovates to create a retro reflective accessories magazine

Released March 3, 2016, the UP Shoes issue of the magazine cover uses ink and unique printing process that allow France to emulate reflective stripes shoes.

 

Japell Hanser SAG, based in Essonne, like sheep with five legs. So when the agency Agency requested the printing group for a magazine cover with an ink retro reflective the image of a model of Converse shoes released recently, he did not hesitate.

 

Inspired by the posters of a magic festival, the text appears only the light of the flash (more on  a magic festival creates great magical posters ), the Paris-based agency was looking for Shoes UP,  quarterly on urban culture, a printer capable of creating a cover that reflect light to promote Converse shoes.

 

This effect, used in the fashion world, is obtained with beads retro reflective lenses microphones. Christophe, Executive Officer at SAG specializes in screen printing, said: “This is done on the reflective fabric for T-shirts and shoes, among others, but never had it done in France on paper”. Several tests were needed to develop this ink special because “this is not a product that is easy to handle.”

 

He explains: “We have filed microphones beads retro reflective of some particular way because the agency wanted the contrary magic posters they see no need to flash so we mixed with particles.”

Then the ink was applied, covers printed located in the Pas-de-Calais, in screen printing, but unusual way. These are not UV inks that have been used, but conventional inks. The solvent evaporates, only the reflective material remains and therefore the effect is even brighter.

And blankets are distributed in the north for cutting, creasing and pinning.

Posters have also been made with the same process to promote this number 49 Shoes UP newsstand.

The safety vest with reflective tape: a new safety for bikers

At a time when we are talking about the bad numbers of road safety and the protection of motorcyclists, they will be able to equip themselves with a safety vest with advanced technology.

 

As the government tries to sensitize bikers to safety, especially with its new standards imposing the yellow reflective vest and homologated gloves, the Hi-Airbag Connect makes its appearance. Bikers themselves admit that driving in agglomeration is becoming more and more difficult and dangerous, so any new protection will be welcome. Because they already have complete equipment, from helmets to boots to a jacket with back protector, the airbag is an additional weight protection to limit the trauma of the spine.

 

There are already airbags, but these were equipped with a strap that had to be hung on the handlebars and sensors in strategic places. But this concept could be activated in case of false movement, the solution was not ideal. In addition, if the biker forgot to hang his waistcoat, this one had no more interest. With the Hi-Airbag Connect, everything is simpler. It is worn as a classic waistcoat in reflective fabric but has a microprocessor that analyzes all the movements of the motorcycle. If a behavior no longer corresponds to the recorded parameters, the gas cartridge is triggered and the airbag inflates in 120 milliseconds.

The vest of reflective fabric material

The British cycling Rapha sets at its new cycling safety vest Rapha Insulated Brevet” (pictures below) to “Alpha” -Filling on front and back of functional fabric provider Polartec. This filling is to ensure even in cooler temperatures for warmth. Important for cyclists to know: Since it is a solid, easy knitted layer in “Polartec Alpha”, the thermal insulation is breathable and prevents overheating even at high intensity before.

 

“Polartec Alpha” has been “developed according to the charge of thermal insulation Polartec Product Manager Karen Whittier as active insulation that regulates the temperature of the body – both in motion and in static state. The adaptive breathability makes it unnecessary during the activity, clothing layers additionally on or take off. Therefore, the material is ideal for cycling. By water vapor can move freely through the reflective material, the air exchange will promote the overall and extremely shortens the drying time. The result is an increased comfort through thermal regulation. Because it is a continuous layer of fluffy, knitted fibers, fibers cannot migrate. The result is excellent stability and dimensional stability – even under heavy use and repeated washing. ”

With its new insulation to Rapha Vest is aimed at long-distance cyclists who are often exposed to a wide range of different weather conditions. Therefore, for them a light, warming outer layer that can be stowed easily and small, indispensable.

The vest »Insulated Brevet” is equipped with a two-way zipper. So the shirt back pockets can be achieved quickly and easily. Reflective fabric details provide enhanced visibility in twilight or darkness. Thanks to elastic sides the vest can simply be pulled even at full back pockets. The front zipper is protected and keeps out the wind. A water-repellent coating offers additional protection in case of sudden rain showers. Since “Polartec Alpha” from – water-repellent – is, it sucks, according to providers’ also not full, when things get wet and also convinces through fast drying times. “

The new kit with reflective material for cyclists

Giant popular firm already has available in its outlets authorized the new kit Giant Race Day , composed of short jersey, maillot long, short shorts, windbreaker reflective jacket, socks and short gloves. Designed for cyclists that the maximum required training and competing, both road and mountain, all garments Giant are made of fabrics of the highest quality, full of technologies that promote cycling performance and, of course, with the characteristic aesthetics of the firm.

Powered that allows rapid evacuation of sweat and drying, as well as presenting an antibacterial treatment that prevents odors. Manufacture by anatomical panels to help maximize speed, convenience and efficiency. The Long zipper is for easy opening and flat seams. +30 UPF sun protections prevent negative radiation. Three large back pockets with reflective tape and silicone strip on the back. In addition to the characteristics of short maillot, it provides long sleeves and fabric technology; a compound that provides greater heat capacity, excellent breathability, quick drying and anti-microbial treatment.

Windbreaker vest made based on a combination of fabrics format and that prevent the passage of wind and promote perspiration. Rear panel grid mesh that further optimizes is the evacuation of sweat, always staying dry.

Fabric structure and light compression recovery to favor higher performance for long periods of time. Of Lycra adjusted for comfort and aerodynamics. Palma grid reflective fabric meshes for better ventilation. Palma optimized for better touch handlebar and vibration absorption.

Learn to make your own reflective vest

The Government published what designs are allowed and the dimensions must have the safety vest.

 

Its market value reaches up to 20 times its manufacturing cost and fines for not having it reach up to $ 23 thousand. Sufficient numbers to get to work and learn how to make the garment fashionable this summer.

The materials are not hard to find and the sewing process is not that complicated, says Alejandra Alvarez, academic coordinator of the School of Design and Costumes of the US Pacific.

The Government published what designs are allowed and the dimensions must have the vest, so there is more to get to work:

 

Materials:

-1 Meter yellow cloth fluorine (you will use between 50 and 70 cm depending on your body type).

-Hilo The same color or transparent polyester.

–Reflective Tape of at least 50mm thick.

 

Making:

The designer of the US Pacific recommends that measures other garment is used as a reference, considering that the vest you’ll use on the clothes you have on. It cannot be too tight.

For women, measure the contour of the bust, which is the widest part of the torso, and give a few extra centimeters for added clearance.

 

When the reflective fabrics and the molds are already cut, and then come the seam. Then review the provision should be reflective hunches.

Bands around the torso should be at a minimum distance of 50mm between them, just as with the lower edge of the reflective fabric.

 

“With a home machine can be done without problems, because the materials are not very thick, but it would be advisable to work with the largest stitch and tension a little loose to avoid problems,” concludes the designer Alejandra Alvarez from the US Pacific.

Self-destructive attitude, or again in a retro reflector

Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) east prefectural police office manager Taro Tamest underlines the recent tragic consequences of road accidents in the light once again the necessity of the reflective fabric.
“The cells in the field of Kaput-Cells-Palavered 12 km road reflectors for pedestrians got hit by a car, injured a pedestrian died at the hospital” – just a partial message I received yesterday evening. First, I got to thinking that this year Virus road fatalities are now a total of 18 people, unfortunately, the majority of them either own or omissions as a result of abusive behavior. Quite a statistical reflection of a tough flight only, is not it!? Apparently, however, let’s also be honest about the need and necessity of the reflector with reflective tape has been said for many years, and the justifications or excuses for such behavior cannot be.
Entry of the retro-reflector is not a formal requirement of the legislator, but that it has a higher purpose – carrying it becomes more visible to pedestrians and drivers will make their driving significantly safer. The reflector is a decent car headlight light visible for a distance of 130-150 meters. While pedestrians like car headlights from afar, identified the driver without headlights pedestrian reflector spotlight only 30-40 meters away. When driving in the dark distracting the driver still oncoming car lights, scratches and dirt on the windscreen or in the rain and fog, so bad weather could almost halve this distance with a driver notices a pedestrian reflectors. In the worst case, it is only 15-20 meters, which is not enough that the driver is able to avoid the collision by braking for pedestrians with reflective vest. At a speed of 90 km / h the vehicle stopping distance on dry pavement about 70 meters. However, wet or snow is considerably longer stopping distance.

Winter tire: equip yourself with reflective vest

Winter time, it also concerns the automotive and pedestrians. We must equip!
Winter time, it’s not good news for motorists in safety vest. The roads are slippery, the densest fog, night hours more numerous. In cities like on the roads, it is the pedestrian who first suffer the consequences of winter time.

Last year in November, 62 pedestrians were killed including 46 at night, so that in the spring there were 10 killed overnight

The precautions are simple: when you are walking, check several times before crossing and do it in crosswalks on the road, walk on the side facing the headlights, that is to say, left the road, preferably with light colors.
Friendly, retro-reflective vest is mandatory, and it should be for skates, scooters and skateboards are often on the road with no lighting.
For motorists, check and clean your headlights, fill your washer fluid with antifreeze and change the brushes every year. Also check if your fan is enough to defog your windscreen.

In winter the main thing is to see and be seen

As for the grip on the road, we know that, like chewing gum, the colder it is, the gum is less elastic and adherent. Because the rubber of winter tire does not harden when it is cold, its cobblestones adhere well to the snow and the water drains better when it rains. Besides winter tires are mandatory in many countries of Europe, from Scandinavia to northern Italy via Germany, Switzerland and the Balkans. Not in France, but the French motorists who travel to the countries mentioned must equip. Besides, more and more motorists in clothing made with reflective fabric are aware that winter tires are an effective solution, 72% according to a survey by Alones, the French leader in Internet sales. This is 10% more than last year. And they are 66% to consider that, in one way or another; the equipment should be made compulsory. Moreover, when asked, 35% said they will fit. But it is often wishful thinking since the sale of winter tires is between 13 and 17% of the market.

What hinders buyers? The price first, the practical constraints such as the storage of summer tires

Three arguments that deny the reality today because merchants like Euro master can store your tires after having changed, and that a site like Alone proposes to come and change tires, four on your car without you were moving. This is also the case of 123 tires.
But the emergence of tires any time will perhaps dispel prejudices. Michelin released their Cross climate, a tire that combines the benefits of winter tires, the grip, comfort and the holding of the summer tire.
And all other brands have their tires 4 seasons. Still, in mountain regions, a winter tire will be more and more effective in snow and ice. But if you equip yourself, do not expect the first snowflakes.

Reflective element on the stage

Written and directed by Charlotte Lagrange, “I am large,” seduced by his passion and finesse
His chosen land is “a place without borders.” The day she found out Jean-Baptist André in his solo, as in daylight, she has dreamed that this place was not a chimera. On stage, the French artist trained in circus arts mixed game, dance and balances. Julie TVorwarn was barely out of adolescence and do not intend to give up his studies in space design, in Lyon, to become an acrobat. Today, twenty-nine, she saw his passion and his solo performer at the Theater Am Strum Gram in Geneva. Who is Julie TVorwarn? This is the question that weaves the fabric of I’m large. “I’m a little, a lot, passionately … nothing,” she crashes to the ground but do not give up. She already jumped explores the tray lined with reflective walls balancing on hands, carefully, as to not miss … herself. The fluidity of her routines enchants. “I’m an acrobat flowing. Being deeply rooted in the ground, I feel not to fall down. ”
The quest from the outset is in the origins of the young woman (his mother is Spanish). And remember that arises from childhood: a grandmother omnipotent ordering the girl to eat onions (the grandfather owes its survival during the Spanish Civil War). The allele point a finger and threatening tone. Face it, skimming the ground, the child bristled. This scene, truculent, was inspired by an episode lived with the family. Julie TVorwarn teenager says she dissimulate under layers of clothing (pants, skirt, dress, tunic, scarf …) to the point of being nicknamed “Cibola” (onion).
In real life, Julie wondered what she was trying to escape the view of others with his attire. “It’s not easy being a woman in reflective vest,” she whispers. During his three years of training at the National Circus Arts Centre in France, she was always in a tracksuit. His muscles had doubled in size.
“You never will jump as high as a man. Pull yourself together, breathe. Mouse, go, again! “On stage, the words of the past resonate loudly. And Julie runs, docile, linking the wheels, with or without hands.
Onions continue to pave the way. Nestled in the chest, they propel the performer femme fatale, on a soundtrack of Carmen. Later in the palm of the hand, they let peel, and deliver their share of truth.
In 2013, the acrobat had dazzled us in The Owl, and we wind, reflective fabric Mosquito. She was Lola, the rebellious girl who accompanied him on his night fugue young Sebastian, convinced that his parents were impostors. Today, she plays a woman who rightly seeks resists and does not resolve itself to be foreign to it.
Aimed at an audience aged ten and over, I’m large is not a self-centered quest. Introspection here invites to wear a calm look on his own identity. In a cloud of powder, Julie TVorwarn leaves the stage with ease. How does she feel after the show? “I feel really me. And if I can be like that all the time, I’ll be happy. ”
“I am large.”

Reflective clothing for visually impaired people

The event was presented reflective clothing that is specially designed for people with visual impairment.

Models show “Step into the light,” made by visually impaired people and several collections of clothes were presented to experience serious vision problems. These people know the personal example of the necessary requirements to clothes.

A prerequisite is the presence of a plurality of pockets and a special pocket for sticks, reflective elements. On the legs and chest should be to strengthen the elements that can soften the blow of a collision with sharp objects and surfaces. Specific requirements – for shoes, summer and winter collections of great attention is paid to strengthening in the area of the fingers.

To participate in the program “Step into the light” was filed more than 20 applications from designers, including designers from normal vision, but who feel fashion in the literal sense of the word.

During visually impaired designers nicely captures the mood of the room and the attitude of the collections created in the dark. Many of them do not distinguish the color, do not see the reflective fabric and create masterpieces to the touch. The audience was struck by a bright collection of designer Alana, is colorblind.

The highlight of the evening was the presentation of two European designers – Anaya Briton and Christine Wolf. They shared their experiences and spoke about the attitude towards this issue in Europe.

Reflective clothing is necessary in bad weather

The rain, like the wind, can be an incentive that will help us to make our training more intense tad. Wear reflective clothing is very necessary. Although the weather is likely to reduce your speed, if you are in good physical condition, use it to your advantage to work endurance; greater efforts to involve the legs and lungs. To do this, shorten your stride; the more time you spend without your feet touching the surface, the greater your resistance.

Prepare your routes. Logically, you should adjust the itineraries to weather conditions. Not just jogging in spring by a decamped area that I do in the rain. Avoid roads where many puddles and if you allow temporary refuge becomes more intense. On the other hand, it is not recommended going out on stormy days, if must go out, then wear a raincoat with reflective tape.

Dress smartly. Bring a first layer (a thermal shirt, for example) and other outside as windbreaks, waterproof material such as nylon or the like. It is essential to keep dry when the rain surprises us and also maintain body temperature. You can also consider wearing a visor with reflective material, there are plastic to keep the rain bother your eyes. Do not forget gloves to protect your hands from the cold.

Bring neon elements. The winter light is scarce; especially when it rains, and makes worse the visibility for drivers. Try to always wear a reflective band, yellow, pink etc. Even some sports garments are made with reflective fabric. Check your footwear. Maybe you are too worn or slipping because of the rain, and you need to invest in some new shoes. It is important that the feet are kept warm and dry; there are models made for it in impervious materials such as Gore-Tex.