The structural materials I chose are some strong advanced fabrics and magnetic buckles. inspired by some of the bags I own. I might be overkill but some of the materials, especially the buckle, turned out to be a crucial part of the structure of my work. I also picked up some leathers in FABSCRAP.
The MCU and sensors are both from Adafruit, and their STEMMA QT I2C connection really helped me out. It’s a very neat solderless connection.
For the only actuator —— LEDs, I bought NeoPixels/DotStars in two form factors, I chose to use these bright chainable ones as I need less but more powerful LEDs for this project.
Last but not least, fiber optics is the core of aesthetics. I got it in the form of mesh.