Bulletproof Fashion

Posted by Queuebot in Fashion, Weapons & War on April 9, 2009 at 4:10 pm


Colombian designer Miguel Caballero makes what is probably the world’s safest haute couture: his clothings are bullet-proof! To keep his customers safe, Miguel has made bulletproof jackets, polo shirts, and yes, even underwears …

Miguel Caballero slides open a box of 9mm bullets. “Choose one,” he says to his employee Lizeth Castaneda. He points his revolver at Castaneda’s abdomen and fires. Seconds later, his victim giggles with relief…

Caballero, 41, dresses presidents, government officials and their bodyguards, as well as businesspeople and celebrities, in discrete and stylish blazers, leather jackets and tuxedo shirts that can stop bullets shot from pistols and Mini Uzis

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9 comments to "Bulletproof Fashion"

  1. Byrd Brain
    April 9th, 2009 at 6:12 pm

    You wear black underwears?

  2. Lupus
    April 9th, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    If he's got such confidence in his clothes, why not let his employee fire at him?

  3. uh huh
    April 9th, 2009 at 8:10 pm

    this was just on an episode of csi, i believe!

  4. Christophe
    April 9th, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    Lupus: you sew the vest, then wear it, then get shot at. good business practice : it removes the need of quality control...

  5. Johnny Cat
    April 10th, 2009 at 12:30 am

    are they IED proof? Cause that's something to watch out for.

  6. seefish3
    April 10th, 2009 at 4:18 am

    I may be showing my ignorance, but I'm having some trouble with the physics involved here.

    Vests are a rigid, planar surface that form fits to the body. If you're talking about a blazer that drapes, wouldn't the kinetic energy of a bullet compress the space between you and the jacket with painful results?

    I mean, if you beat a suspended carpet, it doesn't just absorb the force without moving.

    Sounds fishy to me...

  7. ted
    April 10th, 2009 at 10:59 am

    Underwears?

  8. purefog
    April 11th, 2009 at 10:33 am

    Uh, I call b.s. both on the concept and the illustration (i.e., shooting reluctant "victim" at distance of about two feet). Seefish3 is on to something. A 9mm bullet packs a hell of a punch. That it may not penetrate your body because of bulletproof garb is one thing; however, all that kinetic energy has to go somewhere. In reality, this poor girl would be lying on her back with the stuffing knocked out of her and a tremendous bruise, not saying "Phew! Ha ha!"

  9. Ride Fast
    April 15th, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    "Bulletproof" is a misnomer. "Bullet resistant" is a better description. Like bullet proof glass, there really is no such thing.


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