Researchers at a Scottish university have helped develop headwear that uses smart textiles to make life more comfortable for women with cancer-related hair loss.
Micro-encapsulated textiles, which offer added comfort as well as aroma-therapeutic benefits to cancer patients, are now being used in a luxury handmade headwear range.
Borders-based textile company Murray Hogarth, which worked closely on the final product with Heriot-Watt University's School of Textiles and Design and South of Scotland Business Solutions, is launching the range this week.
The turbans, headscarves and accessories offer a range of finishes such as lavender, aloe vera and other aromatherapy oils and thermo-regulated textiles, which are aimed at soothing the side-effects endured by cancer patients.
One of the finishes has airtight scented capsules in the textile fibre which burst open – releasing a subtle fragrance – when the garment is worn.
Professor Alison Harley, head of Heriot-Watt University's School of Textiles and Design, said: "Smart textiles are a fast-developing sector that offers enormous potential."
Ten per cent of all sales of the Asha range will go to the Maggie's Cancer Charity.
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