Neat concept, but confusing purpose. I know there's a lot of vending machines to blend in with, but wouldn't it be better to just run than to stand around setting that up?
Heh heh heh, I heard about this on "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" a few weeks back. It's a serious invention, MikeG, made for easily frightened women (the inventor invented it for herself first). The Japanese are just weird.
I too heard this on Wait Wait, and simultaneously could and could not believe it. I liked the remark, "supposedly a would-be attacker would walk right by and not notice her... unless he was thirsty."
If a woman can temporarily out-distance a mugger while wearing that skirt, and still have time to find a place to stand and set herself up as a faux soda machine, why even bother with this?
"While British women might prefer to take self-defence classes, Ms Tsukioka said: "It is just easier for Japanese to hide. Making a scene would be too embarrassing."
@Katey: Yeah, running for your life is embarrassing! If I don't have a giant cola costume at hand, I just break into an interpretive tree dance and then start squawking out Morse code for "Help, Police" like a deranged parrot. Embarrassment crisis averted.
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Either way, I guess inventions like this will have to do 'till we can invent invisibility cloaks.
http://www.livevideo.com/video/5DA2BE1E2D2C4C1AAF756309289D8AC4/the-coke-machine-skirt.aspx
Wow.
Only online......