This is the future of clothing. Interactive clothing that integrates seamlessly with new technologies.

The M-Dress from London based fashion company CuteCircuit is a revolutionary high fashion clothing item for woman. Not only is it a stylish and elegant silk jersey dress, but it is also one that integrates a functional cellphone into the actual garment - removing the need to carry a cellphone.

The wearer inserts their usual SIM card in the small slot underneath the label and the dress is ready to be used, having the same phone number as your usual phone. When the dress rings, the simple gesture of bringing your hand to the ear will allow the sensor to open the call and when done talking the gesture of releasing the hand downwards will close the call.

This has to be the coolest tech-clothing application we have seen. It is not available yet according to their website, but it is coming soon, with a release date set for 2011 with a yet to be disclosed price, which one assumes will be not cheap, but sometimes price is just not part of the equation is it!
The dress will be able to store numbers, and have different ringtones available to different profiles.

Hit the read more to see images, a product description from the company's website and a groovy video.

from the CuteCircuit website

The M-Dress is an elegant silk jersey dress that is also a functional soft electronics mobile phone. The M-Dress accepts a standard SIM card and allows the wearer to receive and make calls without carrying a cellular phone in their pocket or purse. Simplicity is elegance.

The M-Dress (Mobile Phone Dress) was designed after our research showed that very often phone calls are missed because mobile phones are quite awkward to carry, especially for women, that have garments with small or no pockets. To allow women to stay connected while remaining stylish, CuteCircuit designed the M- Dress. A mobile phone in its own right but built out of soft circuitry.

The wearer inserts their usual SIM card in the small slot underneath the label and the dress is ready to be used, having the same phone number as your usual phone. When the dress rings, the simple gesture of bringing your hand to the ear will allow the sensor to open the call and when done talking the gesture of releasing the hand downwards will close the call.

CuteCircuit introduced special gesture recognition software to allow the M-Dress to work in an easy and intuitive way.

The also have a fantastic Hug Shirt, where users can send a virtual hug via cellphone which triggers pressure sensors on the dress - creating a hug sensation. Nice!

Here is an interview with the designers too.