Inspired by Orwell’s fiction, built for our post-Snowden reality, 1984 is a new capsule collection by The Affair. The premium streetwear collection combines the work ware style of Orwell’s novel with stealth fabric technology that makes you invisible to Big Brother. The clothes are built around a removable stealth pocket called UnPocket™ that securely blocks all Cellular, WiFi, GPS and RFID making you both untrackable and unhackable.

To most of us, ‘going off the grid’ or ‘disconnecting’ means simply turning our phones off, but the fashion world has duly noted a backlash to government’s oppressive surveillance practises and is attempting to capitalise on growing paranoia. Focus is a line of clothing that shields electromagnetic waves, putting the wearer out of immediate electronic contact, protecting wearers from what the designer calls a "storm of information", while Blokket, a signal blocking pouch, and Stealth Wear an anti-drone poncho are further examples of wearable anti-tech.