Disclosed is a wearable step counter system (100) comprising a garment (10) for a wearer's legs, a capacitive electrode (3) and a microcontroller (1), said garment (10) comprising a textile fabric portion (12), said capacitive electrode (3) comprising an electrically conductive yarn (22) woven into said textile fabric portion (12), said textile fabric portion (12) being arranged on said garment (10) for providing a parasitic capacitive coupling between said capacitive electrode (3) and a wearer's leg, said microcontroller (1) being electrically connected to said capacitive electrode (3) for evaluating said parasitic capacitive coupling so that the relative movement between the wearer's legs is detected by the microcontroller (1).
