Stylish Sails

One of the few connections I made between my business and the ideas that flooded by me at Pop!Tech this year was Virginia Postrel's contention that style is as important as function to marketing any product these days and Andrew Zolli modeling a coat made from a fabric by Luminex. This fabric is woven with optic fibers illuminated by LEDs hidden in the hem that cause it glow. Now, that would make some stylish looking sails. Of course, the Luminex fabric as formulated for clothing wouldn't work in sails - too stretchy and porous - but there is no reason the optic fibers couldn't be incorporated into laminated sails, or attached to the surface of sails. Something to think about.