Fashion

Watching an umbrella get hand made is more captivating than I thought

There’s a bit of a chicken or the egg thing for me when it comes to umbrellas. I never spend too much money on umbrellas because they always break. Or do they break because I never spend too much money on them? After watching this titillating video of a beautiful umbrella being made, I think…

Sploid Casey Chan Jan 7

A Self-Adjusting Smart Belt: Yes, It’s Come to This

You can keep your 4K TVs and your autonomous puppy dog drones. The Belty promises to have a greater impact on humanity than even the wheel. It’s the world’s first smart belt featuring an electric-powered motor built into the buckle that automatically loosens the strap when you sit down, and then tightens the belt again…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 4

A Scary-Lovely Dress That Can Defend You from Unwanted Attention

It’s called the Spider Dress, and it clings to your body like an exoskeleton. If anyone gets too close, parts of the dress can lash out at them with what seem to be skeletal appendages. Who doesn’t love what 3D printing and microcontrollers have done for fashion? Writes dress designer Anouk Wipprecht: Aptly called the…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 31

Are Anti-ID Theft Jeans A Fashion Statement Or Paranoia?

Clothing that blocks “digital pickpocketing” is now hipster-approved. But do we really need RFID-blocking pockets in our pants? The BBC reports: A pair of jeans containing material that blocks wireless signals is being developed in conjunction with anti-virus firm Norton. The trousers are intended to stop thieves hacking into radio frequency identification (RFID) tagged passports…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Dec 17

The Best And Geekiest Holiday Gifts That You Can Wear

Some people say the best gift is love. NO WAY. The best gifts are things you can wear on your person. That way everyone knows that you are special, and that you got a special gift. Here’s our list of the best geeky gifts that you can actually wear. Hubble Scarves Gorgeous images from NASA’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 12

ASUS ZenWatch Review: The First Smartwatch I’d Wear As a Watch

For years, I’ve wanted a smartwatch: a device that would blend style with digital convenience. Unfortunately, the first crop of smartwatches have predominantly been bulky pieces of plastic and glass for which adjectives like “elegant” seem disingenuous. But the Asus ZenWatch is evidence that things are getting better. With a slim watchface body, a snap-and-go…

Reviews Darren Orf Dec 3

Human Anatomy-Inspired Accessories Are the Stuff of Nightmares

Imagine walking down the street carrying a backpack that looked exactly like a human back. That would be creepy! And now, thanks the Ukranian designer Konstantin Kofta, you can do just that. Kofta’s accessory lines—Hug, Born, and Roots—blend the practical with the uncanny in some sort of attempt to say something. What exactly? It’s incredibly…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Dec 1

Holy @#$%! Underoos Are Back, Adult-Sized, And Better Than Ever!

Today is a good day. Oh, I’m sure there’s plenty of terrible things going on in the world right now, but today is the day that Underoos, the incredible t-shirt-underpants-minimalist cosplay underwear returns to stores! For adults even! And with awesome characters to choose from! Right now, Hot Topic is selling seven sets — Superman,…

io9 Rob Bricken Nov 13

Sending the Great Oscar de la Renta to That September Issue In the Sky

“Fashion icon” doesn’t really begin to cover the influence of Oscar de la Renta, who died yesterday at 82. But you can get a sense of his outsized importance to the industry—and culture at large—from one film which managed to explain both the clothes we wear and the people who convince us to wear them.…

Tech News Alissa Walker Oct 21

Why We Still Haven’t Killed Off the High Heel

As a fashion object and symbol, the high heel shoe is weighted with meaning. It’s also weighted with the wearer’s entire body weight. The stiletto might be one of the only designs that is physically painful but has somehow has persisted for centuries. At their origins, high heeled shoes were originally worn by men. As…

Tech News Roman Mars - 99% Invisible Oct 15

How the T-Shirt Was Invented

The t-shirt is arguably the most popular outer garment in the entire world. Coming in a range of styles, colors and sizes there is quite literally a t-shirt for everyone. But where did this iconic garment come from and how did it become so popular? Relatively speaking, the t-shirt is a fairly new addition to…

Tech News Karl Smallwood - TodayIFoundOut.com Oct 14

The Official, Disney-Approved, Frozen Wedding Dress Is Finally Here

You can never accuse the Disney corporation of missing a merchandising opportunity. Crashing the money trains of both Frozen and the wedding industry, tonight Disney and designer Alfred Angelo unveiled the latest line of princess-inspired wedding dresses. This is just the latest entry in the Disney/Angelo Fairy Tale Weddings Collection. You can see the other…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Oct 8

Why Is Gadget Fashion Still So Bad?

You wanted a bigger phone, you got a bigger phone. Lots of bigger phones. Phones that are now bigger than the biggest pocket of your biggest pants. So where are you going to keep your big phone now? The evolution of gadgets in a few short years has been impressive. The evolution of gadget-ready fashion…

Gadgets Alissa Walker Sep 26

Dystopian Fashion Comes with Special Signal-Blocking Pocket for Phones

British company The Affair has created a number of science fiction themed fashion lines, but their latest is a masterpiece. The clothing is all modeled on what people wore in George Orwell’s 1984, and comes with a shielded phone pocket made from material can effectively pull you off the grid. Zoltan Csaki designed this line…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 25

This knitted Klingon Bat’leth scarf is Qo’noS high fashion

As September gives way to October, the chill of Fall is in the air – and any true Klingon warrior worthy to fight off the cold of winter would be well equipped with Kimberly Gintar’s knitted scarf, which doubles as a Bat’leth. When folded out, Kimberly’s design takes on the form of the Klingon’s trusty…

Tech News James Whitbrook Sep 22

Jumping on a trampoline has never looked this cool

I should have never grown up. Or at least, I should have never stopped jumping on a trampoline because these guys, brothers Sean and Eric Kennedy of the troupe Flippenout, make jumping on a trampoline so damn cool. It’s a combination of grace and synchronization with a splash of never growing up. The duo were…

Sploid Casey Chan Sep 18

No Movie Would Dare To Include Such Weird Futuristic Costumes As These

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Hollywood pushed the envelope in terms of weird “futuristic” costumes — just look at Zardoz and Logan’s Run. But these days, apart from the odd extra in the Hunger Games, the movies are tame. And the real strange futuristic garb appears on fashion runways. The other day, at the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 15

Scientists Made a Soft Exoskeleton That You Put On Like Pants

Exoskeletons that give you superhuman strength sound incredibly awesome but also look incredibly awkward and bulky and uncomfortable. So what about a soft exoskeleton that you wear like a pair of pants? Harvard researchers recently won a DARPA grant of up to $2.9 million to develop the Soft Exosuit. So far, they’ve created a proof-of-concept…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Sep 12

Finally! A Use For Your Old Comic-Con Bags!

Just what happens to a swag bag after it’s been handed out? Does it simply get used a time or two more, and thrown out? Or maybe it ends up gathering dust in the back of a closet? Or does it, like in this case, transform into something even better than the original? In response…

io9 Ria Misra Sep 3

A Bag End Bag for your Unexpected Journeys

This leather bag crafted by Esty user Forgiantica Leather is a delightful recreation of Bag End’s front door – complete with Wizard graffiti! Not only does the bag recreate all the textures of the door in stellar detail – front and back – it’ goes the extra mile with the sigil Gandalf carves into Bilbo’s…

Tech News James Whitbrook Sep 1

Watching an umbrella get hand made is more captivating than I thought

A Self-Adjusting Smart Belt: Yes, It’s Come to This

A Scary-Lovely Dress That Can Defend You from Unwanted Attention

Are Anti-ID Theft Jeans A Fashion Statement Or Paranoia?

The Best And Geekiest Holiday Gifts That You Can Wear

ASUS ZenWatch Review: The First Smartwatch I’d Wear As a Watch

Human Anatomy-Inspired Accessories Are the Stuff of Nightmares

Holy @#$%! Underoos Are Back, Adult-Sized, And Better Than Ever!

Sending the Great Oscar de la Renta to That September Issue In the Sky

Why We Still Haven’t Killed Off the High Heel

How the T-Shirt Was Invented

The Official, Disney-Approved, Frozen Wedding Dress Is Finally Here

Why Is Gadget Fashion Still So Bad?

Dystopian Fashion Comes with Special Signal-Blocking Pocket for Phones

This knitted Klingon Bat’leth scarf is Qo’noS high fashion

Jumping on a trampoline has never looked this cool

No Movie Would Dare To Include Such Weird Futuristic Costumes As These

Scientists Made a Soft Exoskeleton That You Put On Like Pants

Finally! A Use For Your Old Comic-Con Bags!

A Bag End Bag for your Unexpected Journeys

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