CHUNKS

These drawings all revolve around 3 techniques. One of them is the hand-knit L.E.D chunky warmos swatch I sent you in the mail. The second technique is light layers, similar to the idea we once had about L.E.D sacs, but instead of being containers they are just layers of knit shapes on top of each other (does not contain L.E.D's). The third technique is lit loops which is the el-wire inside of a knit casing, what the hand-knit chunky warmos are knit out of, but looped through the surface of a fabric instead of knit together.

The hand-knit chunky warmos create a really rigid structure...protective, and tough. Here are a few variations of head/face/shoulder accessories that would use the hand-knit fabric all over, allowing the entire piece to light up.
This would function more as a standard scarf, except not standard at all because it would require a lot of bending and shaping to give you this type of shape around your face and neck.

Here is an example of light layer pants with lit loops. When I think of light layers, I imagine them to be a dense combination of light and loose knit shapes. Camoflauge but more beautiful. Mixed into the layers would be the lit loops which would function as the light source for the pants. I have always imagined the colors for these costumes to be kind of gross. Maybe even grosser than the color shown here.

Here is an attempt at trying to combine hand-knit L.E.D chunky warmos and light loops. The main body of this would be hand-knit and the sleeves would be a series of light loops knit through plain jersey. This would offer two sources of light in the same garment, both of equal intensity, but in different forms.
Same explanation as the pants above, light layers + lit loops.

Overall, I was thinking about each element of the costume being its own piece. So, you will need something to cover your head or neck, a top and some bottoms. Having them divided up like this would be nice for any future mix-and matching, going to the restroom, turning on individual power switches if necessary and so on. Since the hand-knit L.E.D chunky warmos are so rigid, it is probably not the most likely technique for any part of the costume that requires a moderate amount of mobility.

Let me know your thoughts!