A bunch of really uncomfortable women’s shoes.
A bunch of really uncomfortable women’s shoes. These are almost architecture, not fashion. (via ahhhhhh!!!!)
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Ah, an oldie but a goodie: Mullets
Ah, an oldie but a goodie: Mullets Galore. They decode the confusing world of hockey hair and break it down into 99 helpful classifications like “cameromullet” and “Loch Ness mullet”.
Top 10 most litigious US companies from 2001-2006 (
Top 10 most litigious US companies from 2001-2006 (based on trademark cases): 1. Microsoft. 2. Cendent. 3. Altria/Philip Morris. 4. Best Western. 5. Dunkin’ Donuts. 6. Lorillard Tobacco. 7. Levi Strauss. 8. Baskin-Robbins. 9. Chanel. 10. Nike. Found in the sidebar of this article on Levi Strauss suing other jeans companies for their triangle pockets.
Real men Wii standing up
Browsing the various Nintendo Wii forums around the web, I’ve noticed more and more people pratically bragging that they play the Wii sitting down, flicking their wrists instead of the beautiful and healthful full-body motion that nature intended. These couch potatoes shall not be suffered. For the Wii purist, I made this prototype for a tshirt:
A ladies version is also in the works, even though the pun doesn’t work as well.
With rising domestic silk prices, decreasing sales
With rising domestic silk prices, decreasing sales and retiring masters, Japanese-made kimonos may become a thing of the past. One of the last remaining masters, 102-year-old Yasujiro Yamaguchi, says, “It cannot be helped. All we can do now is keep trying to make kimonos so beautiful that they will no longer be able to resist it. What choice do we have?” (via rc3)
Four eyes needs help
Things have been a little slow on the site today because I broke one of my contact lenses this morning while putting them in. For most people, this isn’t much of a problem, but a) I wear hard lenses, not disposables, so they are not easily replaced (2 days to a week to order more), b) the prescription on my backup glasses is at least 7 years old and the lenses are scratched all to hell anyway, and c) without contacts or glasses, I’m functionally blind, so unless I wanted to listen to podcasts all day (gah, could you imagine anything worse?), I took off as soon as I could for the optometrist.
So, my new contacts are on order, and until then I have a new pair of glasses to wear. The thing is, since I went alone and can’t see a thing without corrective lenses, I had to choose new frames without really being able to see them properly. But I have two weeks to exchange them for other frames, so I wanted to ask your collective expert opinion…what do you think of my glasses?
Hair coloring for your “betty”…you know,
Hair coloring for your “betty”…you know, pubic hair dye, so you can match your cuffs to your collars. (via dethroner)
Nike hightops for sale. Price: $8500. Sneakers are the new wine.
Nike hightops for sale. Price: $8500. Sneakers are the new wine.
Just how much women’s underwear can be
Just how much women’s underwear can be stashed in one person’s closet? “Next I discovered two loose pairs of women’s underwear. Next I discovered a Pokemon lunchbox containing 20 pairs of women’s underwear, and next I discovered a blue hardened briefcase containing 73 pairs of women’s underwear.”
Regarding the debate over copyrights and food,
Regarding the debate over copyrights and food, people in fashion are having the same discussion. “In an industry where many designers come out with similar looks each season — and where inspiration is said to be ‘in the air’ — designers and the thriving knockoff industry are hotly debating the issue.” (thx, richard)
Video of a man putting on 155 tshirts
Video of a man putting on 155 tshirts over a four-hour period; at the end, the conglomerate top weights 100 pounds. (via josh)
State of Emergency photo shoot from the
State of Emergency photo shoot from the September 2006 issue of Vogue Italia. The editorial of these fashion photos exceeds that of much photography found in more conventional US news media. (via bb)
Slate looks at street fashion photo blogs.
Slate looks at street fashion photo blogs. Includes a well-deserved shout-out to The Sartorialist.
This tshirt with infographics on it is
This tshirt with infographics on it is too nerdy even for me. That and I’ve been getting a ton of crap from everyone I know about how many Threadless tshirts I own.
Joe Malia’s privacy scarves provide mobile phone
Joe Malia’s privacy scarves provide mobile phone users and portable video game players with privacy, a light/glare-free texting/playing environment, and warm necks. “Users of the wearable mobile phone scarf can venture into public spaces confident that if the need to compose a private text message were to arise the object could be pulled over the face to create an isolated environment.” (via eyeteeth)
“Dude, it’s time. Girls, you too. Time
“Dude, it’s time. Girls, you too. Time to pack up the whole in-your-face, raw, hyper-sexualized, porno, skater, white trash, open wounds, self-effacing, Jackass, loose ethics, 80’s bar mitzvah disco, and party-till-you vomit movement, aesthetic and attitude. Go on, scram. Beat it. We don’t want you hanging around anymore.”
Some neat tech-inspired jewelry and accessories from
Some neat tech-inspired jewelry and accessories from Zelle. I don’t what’s coolest, the transistor earrings, microcontroller cufflinks, the belt made from an IDE cable, or the capacitor necklace.
Absurd luxury markets…”some khaki pants are
Absurd luxury markets…“some khaki pants are now selling for AS MUCH AS $1055” (emphasis mine). Holy shit.
HOW DARE YOU INSTANT MESSAGE A SUPERMODEL shirts
Some dreams deserve to be immortalized on tshirts:
He can feel the anger in my voice, so he immediately tries to calm me down. “I’m trying to explain the differences between MySQL and Perl to my friend,” he answers as if that were the most logical thing to ever come out of his mouth.
“You’re friends with Gisele Bundchen?” I ask.
“Well, yeah,” he says. “I met her on a WordPress message board a few months ago.”
My whole world does a sort of belly flop, and I start to get a little dizzy because what I used to think was right-side-up is now turned on its head. “That’s not okay,” I say to him.
“What do you mean it’s not okay?” he asks. “We’re talking about databases, for crying out loud.”
Apologies to Mike for beating him to the punch.
ps. Sorry, you can’t actually order the shirts. I’ve offered Heather the design if she wants to do so at some point.
One of the main characters in the
One of the main characters in the film The Night of the White Pants, played by Nick Stahl, wears a Threadless tshirt (this one, which I happen to have as well) for most of the movie.
Interview with Miuccia Prada and Rem Koolhaas
Interview with Miuccia Prada and Rem Koolhaas on the occasion of the reopening the of Soho store here in NYC. In it, she rebuts the rumor that she might do a design for H&M. And 3.5 years on, Prada still doesn’t know what to do with their web site. (thx, anne)
Rumor has it that Miuccia Prada might
Rumor has it that Miuccia Prada might design some clothing for H & M.
Lamenting the sad state of the typography
Lamenting the sad state of the typography on girls’ asses. “This booty type is in fact similar to public signage that I’ve worked so closely with over the years: it’s meant to be seen, it’s communicating important and relevant information, it can be used to alert people of a problem (“SLUT!”), or it can simply be pointing out a scenic overlook.”
Here’s a line of pre-pixelated clothes suitable
Here’s a line of pre-pixelated clothes suitable for wearing on television shows where the producers don’t want to worry about clearing the rights to clothing logos. Fun idea.
For those that like wearing what you’re
For those that like wearing what you’re eating, check out Jeremy Scott’s food-inspired fashion. Hamburger shirt and french fry pants…yummy. (via culiblog)
The fashion industry doesn’t try to control
The fashion industry doesn’t try to control its creativity the way that the music and film industries do. “The fashion world recognizes that creativity cannot be bridled and controlled and that obsessive quests to do so will only diminish its vitality. Other content industries would do well to heed this wisdom.”
De-Touch lets you step through how photos
De-Touch lets you step through how photos of models are retouched for publication. Announcement here. Made with Processing, source code is available.
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