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Fashion for Urban Camoflauge
| October 21, 2007

To ward off criminals, fashion designer Aya Tsukioka has conjured up some neat transforming clothes/accessories to deceive potential muggers. Examples include a skirt that transforms the wearer into a nondescript vending machine and the Manhole Bag, which converts a lady's handbag into what appears to be a sewer cover with the contents kept safe inside.

Funny at first blush, what does this say about gender and sex issues in Japan.... ?

Link:  Urban Anti-Mugging Wear

Tags:  aya tsukioka, camoflauge, fashion, japan

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Peter Sung
on October 24, 2007

This camo is very cool. A bit disturbing as well but the big question is does it fit into their chloe bags??

 

James Healy
on October 25, 2007

well... there's some serious issues in Japan:

1. most women are encouraged to retire when they get married.
2. groping to much worse is socially accepted (or at least tolerated)
3. manga and hentai female objectification

 

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