Recycled Keyboard Purse – $39.95
What to get your beloved geek girlfriend? How about this Recycled Keyboard Purse, made from 365 computer keyboard keys. From the Neatorama Shop: Link
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It’s often cute when couples dress in matching outfits. Artist Nonaine took this practice a step further with her Codependency Suit. It can be two separate outfits, or it can join together into one. At the link, you can see similar shirts and hooded capes that couples can use to bind themselves together.
Link via GearFuse | Artist’s Website
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Remember all the hullabaloo about a grocery store banning customers who shopped in pajamas? Well, your cries of outrage were heard, dear readers …
Behold, the PajamaJeans:
The Pajama Jeans sports a bevy of details that make it look like a regular pair of dark wash pants – authentic denim color, high-contrast stitching, back pockets with stitched designs and brass rivets. If I didn’t know better, I’d think you were wearing a pair of counterfeit designer jeans you bought from a powerselling Hong Kong dealer on eBay.
However, it really isn’t. Unlike real jeans, it uses Dormisoft fabric (a proprietary blend of cotton and spandex) that’s both stretchy and cushy, yet gives off a very jersey-like feel. Inside, it’s completely brushed, making it as smooth as fleece. Basically, it’s really just a pair of casual pants that should be so soft and comfortable, you wouldn’t mind wearing them to bed. Like a more stylish pair of mom jeans, probably.
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T-Shirt War is an impressive stop-motion film by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. It depicts two men using alternating images on their shirts to battle and irritate each other. Paul Overton of DudeCraft predicts “If this thing isn’t a meme already, it will be soon.” I think that that’s a safe bet.
via DudeCraft | Official Website | Behind the Scenes Video
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This. Is. Awesome! Behold, the Gear Ring by Glen Liberman of Kinekt Design. It’s available in a few standard ring sizes and in limited quantities:
The Gear Ring is made from high quality matte stainless steel. It features six micro-precision gears that turn in unison when the outer rims are spun (as can be seen in the video).
Hit play or go to the company’s website: Link
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File under feel-good law enforcement post of the day- these fantastic high heeled shoes. Design by Tim Cooper, also available in Lamborghini for fun chase scenes.
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Continuing the trend of posting about stupid rules, how about socks? Can you get into trouble for wearing novelty socks? Apparently so if you’re a paramedic for the North West Ambulance in the United Kingdom:
Uniformed staff have been barred from wearing socks with images of cartoon characters, jokes and garish patterns after bosses branded them "unprofessional".
The strict uniform policy, issued by North West Ambulance Service, also bans wrist watches, visible body piercing, excessive make-up and certain tattoos.
Staff have been warned they could be disciplined and ultimately even sacked if they flout the dress code which forms part of their terms of employment. However, the move have been condemned by critics who have dismissed the novelty sock ban as a step too far.
Link (Photo: ssoosay [Flickr])
What’s your experience with stupid rules?
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That, my friends, is the Gizmo Skirt by Brian Lichtenberg. The skirt is in grey tweed and features "ear-pockets" with swarovski crystal eyes. It’ll set you back $2,100 but that’s the price of mogwai haute couture these days.
Whatever you do, don’t spill food on it after midnight: Link – Thanks Mike!
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A Tesco grocery store in Cardiff, Wales, has recently banned customers who shop in their pajamas or barefoot:
The signs are placed at the entrance to the store, on the city’s outskirts.
They read: "To avoid causing offence or embarrassment to others we ask that our customers are appropriately dressed when visiting our store (footwear must be worn at all times and no nightwear is permitted)."
The spokesman said: "We’re not a nightclub with a strict dress code, and jeans and trainers are of course more than welcome. We do, however, request that customers do not shop in their PJs or nightgowns. This is to avoid causing offence or embarrassment to others."
What do you think? A sensible precaution or just the fashion police running amuck?
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State officials have declared the Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt the official t-shirt of state economic development. The shirt was designed by a firm in the town of Keene, so the state is claiming it as its own:
“The Mountain’s Three Wolf Moon is a true New Hampshire success story,” said Steve Boucher of the Division of Economic Development. “What started off as a tongue-in-cheek take on a cool T-shirt has resulted in worldwide acclaim for a very creative and growing Granite State business.”[...]
Boucher said that regardless of the truth of the claims of mystical properties possessed by the shirt, he’s optimistic about the effect it will have on New Hampshire’s economy.
“If it can generate half of the results that Amazon shoppers are experiencing, we’re in awesome shape,” he said. “Every CEO should be wearing this shirt.”
Link via Urlesque | Photo: WUMR
Previously on Neatorama:
Three Wolf Moon Shirt
Three Wolf Moon Shirt Parodies
Three Keyboard Cat Moon Shirt
Also: a good video about the shirt from College Humor
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Craftster user gorgaus, as an art installation, put on a fashion show in which the women participating wore enormous plastic sleepy-eye doll heads.
They are made from fibreglass. They are quite light, they have a stem at the back of the neck that leads down to the waist where there is a back brace so all the weight is on their hips. The wigs are heavier than the heads, especially the geisha style one. They used dancers instead of models cause they thought they might have more strength and balance.
More pictures at the link. And in the comment thread, gorgaus provides detailed technical descriptions.
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Long-time country music fans know that a “Nudie suit” is a stage outfit festooned with rhinestones like Porter Wagoner and Hank Williams, Sr. used to wear. Nudie Cohn is the man who designed these suits for more musical artists than you knew, not to mention cars and other props of show business life. The Selvedge Yard has a look at Cohn and his creations, with lots of pictures. Pictured is Cohn with Gram Parsons in a Nudie suit. Link -via Everlasting Blort
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A lot of people buy clothes and immediately wear them without washing them, but a recent study has come out showing that this can be an unintentionally filthy habit. Good Morning America went to a number of both high-end and low-end retailers and purchased 14 items of clothing, which they then sent to Dr. Philip Tierno, director of microbiology and immunology at New York University, to test. The results were surprisingly disgusting; many of the items had fecal germs on them and one blouse also had vaginal organisms and yeast on it. Some of the samples had many people’s secretions, while others only had one heavily contaminated person’s germs.
While this isn’t usually enough to make you sick, it could be and either way, it is certainly disgusting.
Link Image via Clean Wal-Mart [Flickr].
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Geeks and geekettes rejoice, you can finally buy a sweet pair of styling shoes that pay homage to your favorite sci-fi movie. The one pictured above is the Luke Skywalker version. I think the coolest is the slave Princess Leia one in purple and gold, but to be fair, it probably won’t match most of your clothes.
Has anyone actually seen these on sale yet? I want a pair.
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A woman named Lukka Sigurdardottir made this edible wedding dress. Or, alternatively, a wearable wedding cake.
Link via Digg | Image: Gather and Nest
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Do It in the Dirt, design by Chris
Murphy - $14.95
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A new addition to our growing line of cheeky Scientists Do It T-Shirts, here's one for all you archaeologists. I hear they'll date any old thing: Link
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No, Chanel isn’t marketing to the ComicCon crowd. This is a work by artist Tetsuya Noguchi in homage to the famous French design house. Pink Tentacle assembled a photogallery of the suit.
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Moai Way or The Highway T-Shirt by Chris Murphy – $14.95
Here’s a T-shirt for your favorite stubborn person. Ever hear ‘em say "my way or the highway"? Well, tell ‘em to move to Easter Island!
Get a Mystery Bonus with every purchase of this Featured T-Shirt: Link | More Funny T-Shirts
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Franca Cuneo poses on Capri. In real life, the 28-year-old is a restaurateur in Hamburg.
Brigitte, a German fashion magazine, has announced that it will no longer employ professional models for its fashion shoots.
But something about the photos looks different. A prominent tummy here and noticeable wrinkles there reveal that these are not size-zero Amazons straight from the catwalk, but real women. As of the January issue, which hit the newsstands Saturday, Brigitte will use only amateur models in its fashion shoots.
The public response has been overwhelmingly favorable, including thousands of applications from potential models. The German press has been more skeptical, noting that the models chosen to date may be amateurs, but they still “correspond to the conventional ideas of beauty,” suggesting that the entire enterprise is a publicity stunt.
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Every year for the past decade, Duck Tape brand duct tape has held a contest for the creative use of their tape in prom dresses and tuxedos. Winners earn scholarship money. Gallery at the link.
Oh, and congratulations to Paul Overton, the dude behind DudeCraft, on his first blogiversary!
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From the March 1922 issue of Physical Culture, as presented by the ever amazing Modern Mechanix blog, let me tell my fellow men three words that will change their lives forever. Ready?
Separate Sack Suspensory:
You can do the hardest work or play without strain, chafing or pinching if you wear a Separate Sack Suspensory. The S.S.S. has no irritating leg straps, no oppressive band on the sack, no scratching metal slides. It is made just as nature intended.
With the S.S.S. you always have a clean suspensory every morning. Each outfit has two sacks, you can clip one fast to the supporting straps while the other sack is cleaned.
That’s it. Tramp, er … carry on.
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Silversmith and offbeat artist Polly van der Glas creates jewelry made from human teeth, hair, and sterling silver. Aside from rings, she also makes necklaces, earrings, purses and more.
All works are handmade in Melbourne, with sterling silver, human hair and human teeth. Human teeth are locally donated and sterilised, and human hair is either locally donated or sourced from India and China.
Teeth are particularly difficult to come by, so any donations are gratefully accepted.
Link (Photo via OddityCentral.)
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Superman and Batman (1977)
Growing up Heroes is a fascinating tumblr blog by Belgian comic book fan Franz Donovan, where people submit their old childhood photos of themselves dressed up as superheroes. From Wired’s Underwire Blog:
Donovan pictures his online scrapbook as an exercise in nostalgia. “Growing Up Heroes brings back vivid memories of our own attempts to be heroes when we were uncomplicated, over-imaginative, nerdy kids,” he said.
The only things lacking are the "after" photos of these people all grown up: Link – via The Zeray Gazette
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Photo: michelle.hayes [Flickr]
Who says that wedding gowns have to be white and traditional? Check out these fantastic photos of Liz and Dave’s roller skating-themed wedding by photographer Michelle Hayes: Link
More colorful wedding photos at COLOURlovers – via Rue The Day
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Whether scuba diving where no man has scuba dived before, or surfing the chilly waves, you’ll really stand out in one of these wetsuits offered at Roddenberry for an out-of-this-world price. I think we all know which color is shark bait.
Developed exclusively for the RDT by JMJ Wetsuits, these one-piece full suits feature iconic uniform colors & rank insignias from Star Trek: The Original Series. These wetsuits are not novel gimmicks, they are the real deal, made using the highest quality materials and expert craftsmanship. Each individual wetsuit is custom made and tailored to your exact measurements for a perfect fit and unmatched performance. This is the ultimate in warmth and exposure protection when exploring strange new worlds!
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Apparently, there’s rising demand in the UK for monocles. In The Express, Adam Edwards writes:
The optician Vision Express has announced it is to re-introduce the single eye-glass following a sudden surge of interest among customers. “To our surprise we have had dozens of requests in the last few months so we thought we’d bring back the monocle on a trial basis,” says Bryan Magrath, the chief executive of Vision Express. “We’re as puzzled as anyone by the interest.”[...]
“It is always thought of an affectation,” says His Honour Judge Quentin Edwards who has used the glass most of his adult life. “But it is quite simply a clever device to help read small print or study something in detail. It is a quick and easy alternative to reading glasses and it is far more practical than carrying a pair of spectacles. I pull out my monocle to read the telephone directory, look at a menu or when I need to glance quickly at a document in court.
“You put it in your strong eye in the same way you use your strong eye to look through a microscope or fire a rifle.It is something you put in the eye when there is a need to magnify something. It is only in fiction that anybody wears a monocle all the time.
Link via Ace of Spades HQ | Photo: The Express
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The Danish design firm Diffus created a dress equipped with LED lights and a carbon dioxide detector that glows as the CO2 level rises. It’s called the Climate Dress:
The embroidery becomes functional conveying electricity and computer information and thereby give “power to the dress”. The dress senses the CO2 concentration in the air, then accordingly creates diverse light patterns varying from slow, regular light pulsations to short and hectic.[...]
The Climate Dress also contributes to the necessity of creating more awareness about environmental issues trough an esthetical representation of environmental data. Different light patterns are thereby staged as dramatic “micro events” embedded into clothes. They diligently and without concession tell us disturbing stories wrapped into a comfortable and reassuring cocoon de luxe.
Link via Technabob | Image: Diffus
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Got a Twilight Mom? Etsy seller meekssandygirl crocheted the perfect necklace for her: a Vampire Bite silk cashmere necklace.
Link | More unusual Christmas gift ideas by our very own Jill Harness over at Inventor Spot
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If you’ve ever wanted to have your own Christmas Story bunny costume from Ralphie’s nightmare, here’s your chance to make one all by yourself.
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Photo: Futurestar Entertainment Group
Mask Changing (or Face Changing) is an ancient Chinese tradition in theater, used to indicate a character’s shift in mood and demeanor. Accompanied by fan flourishes and other methods of obscuring the actor’s face, masks are changed with lightning speed. He Hongqing is considered one of the best. Check out the video at BBC.
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