We're not really sure which is worse, that the future has already reached Japan, or that Japan has already out-designed everyone. Apparently yesterday there was a "spacewear fashion show" at the University of Tokyo's Hongo campus. A joint venture between Rocketplane Kistler, an American space tour company, and a group of Japanese fashion designers came together to create the "Hyper Space Couture Design Contest." The clothes selected will be used for Rocketplane's flights, which are slated to begin in 2008. While we don't exactly know what "spacewear" means, apparently one of the requirements is to be able to pack form and function into a zero-g outfit, "such as ruffles that expand under weightless conditions or small air-jet propulsions systems in the sleeves to help you change direction while floating." We still think that any of these outfits could be improved with a little Engadget logo stitched somewhere on there, but hey, we'll still take some small air-jet propulsion systems on our terrestrial outfits.
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posted November 3rd 2006 3:57AM
I think I've seen the one in the foreground in a Square Enix game.
Hmm, hyperspace huh? so does than mean the Japanese are already doing frequent interplanetary travel? a flight to Jupiter's moon Europa please!!
and dispense with all that fancy sleeve jet stuff, just feed them chili bean gumbo and they have the equivalent of warp engines between them cheeks.
I wish people would stop abusing the word Couture.
I for one welcome our stylish overlords from the future!
"The clothes which administer the frill which floats softly with weightlessness generously and blowing out breath from the cuff, when the functional wear etc which can change direction freely are announced, it could be wrapped in the atmosphere where the usually tasteless engineering department school building is cheerful."
I want to eat her hair.
If you want to see some unique fashion, see the TasteTV.com video highlights from the Los Angeles "Dressed to Kilt" event during Fashion Week, go to:
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid70364462/bclid138226409/ (from Kevin at TasteTV.com, http://www.TasteTV.com)