Fashion

Disposable Clothes Just Around Corner (1961)

The October 12, 1961 Evening Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) ran a story titled, “Disposable Clothes Seen Just Around The Corner.” Excerpts appear below. A research laboratory cuts its big laundry bill way down by sending dirty smocks, coveralls, etc., to the garbage pail. A housewife convinces her husband that her new party dress is a good…

Tech News Matt Novak Jan 9

Taller Women by Year 2000 (1949)

The December 24, 1949 Daily Capital News (Jefferson City, MO) ran an Associated Press article titled, “Authorities Predict Gals Will ‘Rise’ to New Heights by 2000.” An excerpt along with the piece in its entirety appear below. “Nature seems bent on producing a new race of Amazons. Within the next 50 years you’ll find the…

Tech News Matt Novak Jan 3

Wear a Zeppelin on Your Head

The folks at BoingBoing have spotted the best new fashion of the season: a top hat with a Zeppelin! The main body of the hat is painted to look like sky, and a plush Zeppelin attached to the hat appears to be sailing around it. If only it weren’t too late for Hanukkah, I’d be…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 2

We Are Animals, Says Mr. Edison (1910)

The January 28, 1910 Decatur Review (Decatur, Illinois) ran portions of an interview with Thomas Edison titled, “We Are Animals, Says Mr. Edison: Inventor Predicts Cheaper Clothing and Less Manual Labor.” The entire piece appears below. In an interview published in the Independent, Thomas A. Edison speaks of future inventions and refers to the problem…

Tech News Matt Novak Dec 27

Wearable Computer Fashion Show Unveils Clothes of the Idiotic Future

Last weekend in Korea was the Wearable Computer Fashion Show, a glimpse into one possible future in which we all look like jackasses with technology arbitrarily attached to our bodies with no real rhyme or reason. Like this “Light Hat,” for example, which makes no sense whatsoever. I mean, in the future, will we all…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Dec 4

Ray Gun Wallet, For Future Spending

Fact : Guns from the future belong on your person. And this ray gun wallet is the best way to score pocketable space weapons for at least the next decade or so. Handmade by sandwiching the geek chic design along with Japanese newspaper clippings between vinyl, the wallet won’t look like a laser-firing galactic dildo, but…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 2

Atomic-Powered Hats of the Future

OK, it’s not really a hat, just a late-1960s “differential multidetector” that used radioisotopes to diagnose (and maybe cause a few) brain tumors. But I swear the eccentric hat junkie Isabella Blow once wore something exactly like it to Ascot. From The Atom at Work: How Nuclear Power Can Benefit Man (1968), by C.B. Colby.

io9 Peril Nov 28

OK Go to Rock Moritz Waldemeyer LED Suits on Their Upcoming Tour

First they wowed us with their treadmill love, and now OK Go are looking to light up fans’ lives with the costumes for their upcoming tour. Designed by Moritz Waldemeyer (standing on the right in the fifth gallery picture), who has collaborated with London-based fashion designer Hussein Chalayan, as well as architect Zaha Hadid and…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Nov 26

Chewbacca Backpack, Cuddly Without Smelly

The $40 Chewbacca backpack is what would happen if your MyBuddy grew a pair, took some steroids and helped you conquer the galaxy instead of your backyard. This backpack is a smaller version of your favorite Wookie, stuffable with your favorite books and lightsabers. And seriously, we prefer him to the real thing. Chewbacca seems…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 16

The Truth About Prehistoric Potatoes and Mini Skirts

Our ancestors loved to dress up nice and go out for tubers, according to two new studies of ancient human living areas. So thousands of years ago we weren’t going all 2001, with guys in ratty cloaks grunting. In fact, the prehistoric world wasn’t full of guys with spears hunting meat at all, but instead…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 13

Web 2.0 T-Shirt Tells Us All Whether You Facebook Your Life Away

The latest addition to the chic geek’s wardrobe has got to be this web 2.0 T-shirt. The classy bit of kit contains a list of 79 social networking sites, all followed by tick boxes. Tick the ones you belong to and wear. By adorning your scrawny chest with this garment outdoors, you are able to…

Social Media Haroon Malik Nov 11

In The Future of Star Trek, Everyone Wears Trench Coats

Anticipation for JJ Abrams’ movie relaunch of the Star Trek franchise continues to drive internet fandom to new heights of pointless anticipation. Even as 36-year-old Winona Ryder is announced to play the mother of 30-year-old Zachary Quinto in the movie, moviesite IESB.net reports from the movie’s second day of shooting with twenty photos of extras…

io9 Grae Nov 9

Sneaker Pimps Functional NES Footwear

Spotted at the Sneaker Pimps tour finale NY, these NES shoes are probably the greatest thing ever. We can only assume they play NES games, and if such is the case, we declare this footwear to have “won.” Gizmodo will now give up its quest of searching for the ultimate gadget, and will return to…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Oct 13

Fashionable Shoes For Space Travel

An Italian company called Geox is marketing shoes and outerwear that are packed with patented technologies invented for use by astronauts in space. A semi-permeable membrane lines each shoe and jacket. The membrane is riddled with micro-pores big enough to vent sweat, but small enough to prevent water from getting into the shoe. Geox’s shoes…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 12

Wi-Fi Detector Shirt, Self-Detects Geeks

The Wi-Fi Detector shirt does everything you’d dream it could do: detect Wi-Fi signals and share them, via your chest, with the entire world. Spotting both 802.11b and 802.11g networks, signal strength is displayed in real time (big animated gif post-jump). After you are done broadcasting your (super ability?) to the world, just slip the…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Oct 5

Must See: The Avengers

Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Title: The Avengers Date: 1961-1969 Vitals: John Steed is a bowler-wearing secret agent who doesn’t seem to have any bosses. He, and a rotating cast of…

Television Charliejane Oct 1

Transformer Dresses Should Be Mandatory for all Hawt Chicks (NSFW)

We’ve featured avant-garde Brit designer Hussein Chalayan before, but this time he’s really outdone himself with Transformer-style clothing. Either it’s magic, or there’s an invisible perv lifting these ladies’ hemlines &mdash in the case of the last girl, he lifts them so high that her dress disappears into her hat and she gives everyone a…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Sep 20

Futuristic Hairdo Hits Women Like New Atom Bomb (1948)

As we see over and over again, the abstract concept of “the future” has been sold many different ways over the years. An article from the September 27, 1948 Daily Register (Harrisburg, IL) titled, “Futuristic Hairdo at $35 Per Do Hits Women Like New Atom Bomb,” seems to describe post-War hopes and anxieties for the…

Tech News Matt Novak Sep 18

D&G Medicine Man Watch, Colorbars Cure Drab Style

We’re not generally big Dolce & Gabbana buyers, but we love broadcast style. This Medicine Man watch is almost tempting enough to drop the $264. Constructed of stainless steal, the watch features quartz movement, a wonderfully pretentious “indigo” backlight and 50m of water resistance. What do you think, readers? Hot or not? Short answer: hot.…

Television Mark Wilson Sep 15

Flowers by Alice (Part 4, 1992)

According to part 4 of Flowers by Alice, in the future, all brides are ditzy Valley Girls with neck spasms. Be sure to check out part 6 of the concept video Connections for AT&T’s version of wedding planning in the future. See also:Flowers by Alice (Part 1, 1992)Flowers by Alice (Part 2, 1992)Flowers by Alice…

Tech News Matt Novak Sep 7

Disposable Clothes Just Around Corner (1961)

Taller Women by Year 2000 (1949)

Wear a Zeppelin on Your Head

We Are Animals, Says Mr. Edison (1910)

Wearable Computer Fashion Show Unveils Clothes of the Idiotic Future

Ray Gun Wallet, For Future Spending

Atomic-Powered Hats of the Future

OK Go to Rock Moritz Waldemeyer LED Suits on Their Upcoming Tour

Chewbacca Backpack, Cuddly Without Smelly

The Truth About Prehistoric Potatoes and Mini Skirts

Web 2.0 T-Shirt Tells Us All Whether You Facebook Your Life Away

In The Future of Star Trek, Everyone Wears Trench Coats

Sneaker Pimps Functional NES Footwear

Fashionable Shoes For Space Travel

Wi-Fi Detector Shirt, Self-Detects Geeks

Must See: The Avengers

Transformer Dresses Should Be Mandatory for all Hawt Chicks (NSFW)

Futuristic Hairdo Hits Women Like New Atom Bomb (1948)

D&G Medicine Man Watch, Colorbars Cure Drab Style

Flowers by Alice (Part 4, 1992)

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