International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shinbun

A Tokyo fashion show sawan unusual line from designer Michiyo Inaba this week. Her 60-piece collectionincludes 14 designs using materials intended to block low-frequency electromagneticwaves, such as those generated by electromagnetic hobs. Parts of the clothesfeature 1.2-millimeter-thick sheets coated with a "nanocrystal"alloy. Microwave Solutions Inc., which developed the material, and Inaba’sWhat’s Up Co. plan to market the Range as early as January.