Her best known work is 'Electric Dress' created in 1956. This will have seemed like a crazy thing to do in the 1950s - making a electric dress with light bulbs. She was definitely ahead of her time.
The dress is described as a burqa-like costume made with electrical wires and large light bulbs.
Her inspiration for this was from a pharmaceutical advertisement illuminated with neon lighting.
According to the Gutai artists Tanaka's work symbolised post war Japan's rapid transformation and urbanisation.
This is wearable technology.
Not exactly useful (or even practical) but the fact that she invented this dress and got the electrical side to work was a big achievement and I think it is this that makes the dress her most known piece of work.
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