Fashion
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
Follies of the Madmen #604
"No more washee, washee! Melican man wear celluloid collar and cuff!"
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 29, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion, Stereotypes and Cliches, Advertising, Asia, Nineteenth Century
Underwear-concealed survival saw
If you find yourself held hostage, there's a newly patented invention (No. 12,059,045) that may help you escape to freedom. It's an underwear-concealed survival saw.The flexible saw can be concealed in almost any undergarment ("undershirt; boxers/briefs, camisole or brassiere"). It's possible to retrieve the saw even while wearing handcuffs. Then you can use it to cut through zip ties, ropes, wood, or even light metals.
The underwear-concealed saw bears some resemblance to an oddball invention we've previously posted about: the collar saw of Carl Kusch.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 24, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion, Patents
Follies of the Madmen #603
Don't bees have intimate relations with (swimsuit women) flowers?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 20, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion, Insects and Spiders, Swimming, Snorkeling, and Diving, Advertising, 1950s
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