Fashion
Microscopic Handbag
A creation of the New York fashion collective MSCHF:It sold at auction in 2023 for over $63,000.
More info: joopiter.com, cnn.com
via bookofjoe.com
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 17, 2025 -
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Category: Fashion, Overpriced Merchandise
Shirt by Dries Depoorter
About a year ago, Belgian artist Dries Depoorter began selling black t-shirts. They have the word 'shirt' embroidered on the front, followed by a number. The number indicates the order number. So the first shirt he sold had number 0001. The second was 0002, etc.The gimmick is that he sold the first shirt for 1 euro, but the price increased by one euro with each successive order. Within a week he was at shirt 0172, so it looked like he was doing pretty well.
Now, a year later, a new shirt will cost you 185 euros. This suggests he hasn't had many sales in the past year.
More info: driesdepoorter.be
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 09, 2025 -
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Category: Art, Fashion, Overpriced Merchandise
Levitating Necktie
Any gimmick with a string leading into one's pants is a winner!Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 27, 2025 -
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Category: Fashion, Inventions, Patents, 1940s, Jokes, Pranks
Wearable Swiss Army Knife
Designed by Lulu Yang of University of the Arts London.Image source: Instagram
Posted By: Alex - Sun Dec 22, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion
Photo Display Coat
Exchanging snapshots with friends was once a thing with teens? Or just in this guy's imagination?Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 13, 2024 -
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Category: Fads, Fashion, Inventions, Patents
Four-Sleeved Jacket
The "Four-Sleeve Asymmetric Houndstooth Jacket" by designer Comme des Garçons will set you back $2,190. But it's got four sleeves. So that's only a little over $500 per sleeve.Available from Nordstrom.com.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 24, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion
One Dozen Phil Roses
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 10, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion, Humor, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1960s
Decorative Metal Lozenges in Place of Necktie
Many men complain about having to wear a necktie, deeming neckties useless and constraining. But who would not gladly wear a dog collar with a bunch of groovy metal lozenges hanging therefrom?Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 04, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion, Patents, Twenty-first Century
Follies of the Madmen #607
Next time a female police officer stops you, ask if she's wearing Eiderlon panties.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 30, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion, Underwear, Advertising, 1960s
Combined Ear Muff and Neck Protector
This thing is stiffened with wire, so it must feel like wearing a medical neck brace.Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 06, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion, 1900s, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
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