Coperni has been leading fashion’s tech revolution. So far, we’ve witnessed a historic runway moment where the brand sprayed a dress onto Bella Hadid, robot dogs invading a fashion show, a handbag that doubles as a CD player, and a bag that barely exists, with 99 percent of its composition made of air. Now, Coperni is furthering its technical prowess with its new C+ range, integrating probiotics into fabric to nourish the skin. Yes, you read that right. Yes, it’s really happening.
Fashion’s flirtation with technology has often leaned visual — LEDs, 3D printing, augmented runways — but its functional breakthroughs have been slower to scale. Coperni’s C+ line signals a shift away from tech as performance and toward tech as intimacy. The garments embed a patented synbiotic blend of probiotics and prebiotics into a biobased matrix, activated by heat, friction, and movement. The claim is precise: up to 140,000 CFU/g of live beneficial bacteria, dermatologically tested, with visible microbiome improvements after eight hours. Once in contact with the skin, the bacteria are released gradually and invisibly, helping rebalance the microbiome, reinforce the skin’s natural barrier, and support hydration and self-repair over time, without irritation.
This positions C+ less as “smart clothing” and more as “carewear,” a term the brand is deliberately introducing as a category rather than a capsule. At Paris Fashion Week, the Spring/Summer 2026 presentation reinforced this intent. Styled as everyday essentials — leggings, bodysuits, and tops — the pieces were visually understated. Their innovation resides entirely beneath the surface. Coperni’s bet is that consumers will accept invisible value, provided it delivers measurable benefits.
Priced between $175 and $195, C+ sits above basic activewear but below luxury outerwear, a deliberate midpoint that frames the garments as accessible innovation. Coperni’s C+ range arrives amid a broader recalibration of fashion’s value proposition. As consumers become more attuned to wellbeing — physical, emotional, and environmental — clothing is increasingly expected to do more than clothe or signify taste.
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