Fashion
Energy-harvesting jewelry
Naomi Kizhner's jewelry serves two purposes: 1) it's decorative; 2) it harvests energy from your body to charge your various electronic devices.For instance, "The Blinker" gets energy from your blinks. The "Blood Bridge" is more invasive, tapping directly into a vein to power a hydro micro turbine.
However, you can't buy this jewelry because it's really just an art project intended to "provoke the thought about how far will we go to in order to 'feed' our addiction in the world of declining resources."
More at Naomi Kizhner's website. [via The Higher Learning]
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 27, 2014 -
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Category: Fashion, Jewelry, Power Generation
Lapkins
Yet another useless product. Put the napkin on your lap and make it look like you're only wearing underwear. Nudists could use them to make it look like they're wearing underwear!
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 02, 2014 -
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Category: Fashion, Underwear, Hygiene
Chubbettes
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 02, 2014 -
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Category: Fashion, Advertising, Children, 1950s, Obesity
Follies of the Madmen #229
Upskirt photography: one of advertising's less-utilized tools.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 06, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Shoes, Public Indecency, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #227
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Yes, our product is number one among insane vegan fashionistas!
From Woman's Day for April 1962.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 18, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Vegetables, 1960s
Rude Baby Jumper
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 18, 2014 -
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Category: Babies, Fashion
Magic Slacks with Removable Crotch
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"For personal daintiness."
Original ad here. (Page 51)
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 11, 2014 -
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Category: Fashion, 1950s, Genitals
Things Happen
The Eleganza fashion catalog for men. Circa 1972.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 29, 2014 -
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Category: Fashion, 1970s
Flameproof Playsuits
Were children more prone to catch fire for no reason in the past during innocent recreational activities than they are today?
Original ad here. (Page 23.)
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 27, 2014 -
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Category: Death, Destruction, Disasters, Fashion, Comics, Children, 1940s
12 years a slave fashion mannequin
The movie "12 Years a Slave" may seem like an unlikely source for fashion inspiration. Nevertheless, a store in Oxford decided to place a mannequin beside a DVD display case of the movie, dressed in clothes similar to the ones worn by the slave protagonist of the movie. From independent.co.uk: "Looking defiantly summer-ready, the mannequin wears a loose-fitting, holey beige shirt and black trousers, completing the look with a twig in the front pocket."
Posted By: Alex - Tue May 27, 2014 -
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Category: Fashion
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