Next thing you know we’re going to be seeing commercials with sweet little penguins and baby seals staring up at the camera with this thing stuck around their neck and a Sarah McLachlan song playing in the background.
what the hell is this thing? this woman looks like Minnie Mouse wearing a bra with a crazy “I just took my Xanax” grin.. ok, you’ve twisted my arm, I have to blingee this pic.
When I was five I was a very isolated, strange little girl. I was an only child, and as a result my play was complex, involved and solitary. At one point, I decided to develop my own fashion line.
I gathered together my dolls, most of whom had lost limbs or had there faces blended by nail polish remover. I grabbed any scrap of cloth available in the house, and wrapped it around the dolls bodies with liberal amounts of string. When I was done, I sat back, looked at my reject toys in their ridiculous outfits and thought, very clearly ‘that looks stupid’. So I cut all the cloth off the toys, and left them to nudity.
So, what I’m saying, is that even a socailly maladjusted five year old knows this is a non-starter. And apparently these students started with time travelling and raiding my childhood for ideas. I think they may have taken some of my dads stash while they were at it.
I think you should sue them for stealing your ideas. Don’t sue them for money. Sue them for an injunction against them ever doing “fashion” ever again.
not just for poor people. boarding school, college students. single parents and starving pseudo artists thrive on that stuff. not that i know from personal experience.
I wonder what views they’re trying to share?
A: Striking young women are evil and should be punished by wrapping them in twine.
B: clothes exist neither to be practical nor to look nice; they exist to look as ridiculous as possible
C: Fuck, we forgot to do our end of year project and it’s due in tomorrow, quick, wrap her in charity shop rejects and string, he’ll never notice
D: I’m so fucking drunk right now, you guys
or
E: all of the above.
As an art-school dropout, I can verify that option B is a common belief among po-mo hipsters in most visual disciplines (just replace “clothes” with “painting” or whatever).
No one seems to get that you don’t automatically score points in Deeper Meaning and Universal Truth just because you didn’t spend them on Aesthetics or Proper Technique.
No, at least one of them would be “I like the vision, they just didn’t pull it off. And they really missed the ball on the styling. With the right styling, I could see this working!”
Every day I become more convinced that most art and fashion courses exist to keep artists and designers out of the way during their most irritatingly pretnetious stages.
They’re doing the populace a favour. We should applaud them. Give the teachers a medal.
There was a publicity still of him for this current season that I can’t find right now, but it was Tim doing an immaculately classy facepalm with a look on his face like “What the shit???”
I know…I want this on PR just for the hilarious comments from the judges. Can you imagine the batshit crazy things that Heidi would have to say about it?
On a total side note, every time I watch project runway and Heidi tells the loser “alvederzen”…or however the fuck you spell it, I hear “To zee gas chamber!!” Is that wrong?
Personally, I’d prefer men be left out of this type of clothing…let ‘em go nude first, that’s what I say! (And I say it with quite a bit of conviction.)
And the statement she’s making is “My crazy-ass room mates are designing clothes again and this was all I could find. Unless I was willing to wear the top they made out of the pillowcase…please don’t make me wear the top made out of the pillowcase!”
If I saw someone walking down the street in that, I think I would jump, scream in horror, run the other way, call the police(not even the fashion police, that there’s a monster) and then go home to get drunk to forget the whole thing ever happened.
On another note, I went to an art school that had a fashion department and I had fashion major roommates (gotta love student housing). I’m so glad that the gals I lived with actually had some sense. I think I would have made them cry and give up had they made that sort of nonsense in MY home.
As for the other students at the school, I did see some crazy shit like this and I did run the other way.
I would just totally not-look at them, the way I do when people are arguing on the T, or performing acrobatic hip-hop routines, or there’s someone drunk/drugged up/crazy near by.
Poor man! Shelob tried to shroud his torso in her web, his arms are being attacked by poisonous gas, his shins were caught in stray fishing nets, a sparrow made a nest in his hair and to top that all, he was assaulted by kids wielding paintball guns.
I suppose I should note here that I have no issues with androgyny, but my initial impression here was male so I went with ‘he’. The model is quite gorgeous, in any case.
Very true. It almost looks like the monstosity the model was forced to wear has sucked out any last remnants of hope out of them. They’d cry, but why cry for a world where shirts with sleeves that are a combination of seaweed and crafting web are allowed to exist?
Recipe for “avant garde” fashion, as produced by “fashion students:”
Take one failed crochet project, add two napkin rings gone completely out of control, add an upside-down Pucci wannabe blouse (I’m sorry, it’s probably meant as an homage), stitch socks made from silly string to the bottom of the sleeves and tell everyone they’re skeggings, wear all over a cheap faux-Hawaiian shirt found at the local St. Vincent de Paul. Wear with last season’s worst-selling creepers. Display on mannequin found in dumpster behind local fabric remnants store. Try to ensure your draping and cutting instructors see nothing of this, but have blame-circle ready just in case.
Everything in that shop is absolute shit. It’s uninspired and poorly constructed. That’s a goddamn disservice to anyone out there that tries to make quality clothing.
I’m so tired of people sewing up the neck hole on shirts and going “Look! I made pants!!” No it looks like you dropped a load in your Hammer pants. Please just fuckin’ stop. Seriously. It’s not artsy or unique. It’s fuckin’ stupid.
This reply is your comment translated into the perspective of someone who makes “skants”:
“It’s so easy to sew up the neck hole on shirts and go “Look! I made pants!!” It looks like Harem meets Hammer! I’m going to keep doing this, because seriously, it’s easy artsy and unique. I’m too fuckin’ lazy to do anything truly innovative.”
Easy mistake! Why, thanks to Facebook I’ve been innovative all day — after a very innovative weekend — and in a while I’m gonna go home, grab some ice cream and plop down on the sofa to be even more innovative.
Totally. Liquid Sky should be required viewing. See it, get all inspired by it, make some fucked up outfits of remnants hot glued to the model, get it OUT of your system, and then BURY all those outfits, and start making real clothes.
Ms. Magnolia ThunderThighs
September 19, 2011 at 2:44 pm
That’s it! I’m taking all those clothes that don’t fit – er – are out of fashion and I’m sewing them all together into a velveteen/mesh/silk/cotton version of the epic mullet! Oh yes! There will be cowl!
They’re new, but then they used them and then filled them with fake blood. Muwhah?? I wish they’d gotten adventurous and just stabbed themselves in the eyeballs.
The Parson’s School of Design has lost any respect I ever had for it. Just like the other colleges– all they want is the $$ and they obviously will admit any student they can get to pay. This outfit is pure shit!
Body poof necklace!!! Fuck yeah. I think I need to add this seller to my favorites. At least that way I know if HK is off drinking in some exotic location and not posting, I can still have hours of fun!
I kind of admire how little of a fuck these guys give. “Yeah, I tied Body Shop bath lilies around my neck. Yeah, my shoulders look like they are molting. Deal with it.”
To be honest, it kinda reminds me of those pictures of cats dressed in costume, the looks is the same as the one in the cats’ eyes. You know, the I WILL KILL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP look.
It took me 5 full minutes before I realized that was a person and not a mannikin. I was thinking “at least they are staging that “garment” on a mannikin… oh, wait a minute – that’s a living human!”
True story – recently, a hipster got onto a city bus in front of me in those damned skin tight red hipster jeans… pulled down to expose his boxters in the thug style or whatever they call that shit.
I was simultaneously struck with the notion that I’m way too old to rationally deal with this shit, blinding rage, and the almost overwhelming urge to pants him. I resisted, but only because I’m pretty sure he was a minor and I didn’t want to get arrested. But he would have deserved it.
The new terror threat: roving gangs of violent young hammocks, attacking people in dark alleys, stealing their clothes and chewing off their hair. I’m glad she was able to fight them to a draw, even if she was Infected in the process.
I was just thinking that it was goddamn shocking that kids were still rocking them NOW. I wore them to go see The Bosstones in ’97 and they were kind of over then, too.
I thought these fashion school types were, you know, FASHIONABLE?!
I think someone needs to issue a restraining order keeping them away from yarn.
The clothes are not at all to my taste, but they at least look like clothing, and I can imagine some subcultures wearing them. The string stuff is just stupid, and both it and the knitting are at best half-assed (quarter-assed?) in the making.
What is with the shirt as pants look?! I know, it was a great time we all had with it, but really…when someone is doing it for real, still, it’s just not right. No one needs extra flappiness between their legs! Everyone is born with the exactly right amount of flappiness that they need, no one needs extra.
Better executed but equally fucked up: Jean Paul Gaultier. He gets an exhibit at the Musee des Beaux Arts in Montreal and, I’m assuming, sells stuff. http://www.mbam.qc.ca/jpg/fr/index.html
My niece is working with Tim Gunn next week…I asked her to show him this post…am keeping my fingers crossed. Hard to do with a martini glass. But Tim is a super nice guy so I doubt he’ll be too harsh. Snarky he is not. But I LOVE him anyway!
She kinda looks like a zombie. You know, one who reanimated in a craft store and stumbled around the yarn and fabric sections before wandering out into the wide world in search of human flesh. GLIIIIIIITTTTTTTTEEEEEEEERRRRRR! FEEEEAAAAAAAAAATHERS!
I don’t have the brains to focus on reading the comments, but the picture comments are all wonderfully horrendous. Kudos.
I kind of want the sleeves of the original garment up there in that post. Reminds me of some cartoon where somebody is covered in radioactive/fluorescent goop. I can pretend I’m Ben 10 or Slimer or Alex Mac or something.
Just because it hasn’t been done before . . . doesn’t mean you should try it. Some things haven’t been done before because they’re unequivocally bad ideas.
September 19, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Reminds me of something the sea vomited out.
September 19, 2011 at 4:00 pm
It’s the Great Pacific garbage patch!
September 19, 2011 at 7:17 pm
Next thing you know we’re going to be seeing commercials with sweet little penguins and baby seals staring up at the camera with this thing stuck around their neck and a Sarah McLachlan song playing in the background.
September 19, 2011 at 8:46 pm
Not sure if making this means I need more or less booze. Will continue to drink to further research.
September 19, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Looks like Spider-Man got into my drugs. Again.
September 19, 2011 at 2:35 pm
It’s ok – he upcycled the syringes
http://www.etsy.com/listing/73026698/crochet-syringe-necklace-in-red
September 19, 2011 at 2:39 pm
“They come with the protective caps, but if you are feeling adventurous you can take them off.”
Oh yes, I’d love to accidentally jab someone with a few syringes while I’m reaching through the three-deep crowd at the bar. That’ll be a great time!
September 19, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Well, you’ll get served quicker.
September 19, 2011 at 2:14 pm
They spelled crap wrong.
September 19, 2011 at 2:18 pm
You win.
September 19, 2011 at 2:15 pm
If this is fashion I give up.
September 19, 2011 at 3:32 pm
This is not fashion. These are fashion rejects that pick up the scraps off the floor of Parsons, shoot up heroin, and get out the glue gun.
September 19, 2011 at 3:48 pm
This should be illegal in fashion.
September 19, 2011 at 3:58 pm
(another item from the same seller)
September 19, 2011 at 3:58 pm
It would make me honestly happy if she turned out to be a Residents groupie.
September 19, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Butt. Plug.
September 19, 2011 at 4:07 pm
I like her because of how insane she looks, like that eyeball bra is injecting LSD directly into her.
September 19, 2011 at 4:07 pm
what the hell is this thing? this woman looks like Minnie Mouse wearing a bra with a crazy “I just took my Xanax” grin.. ok, you’ve twisted my arm, I have to blingee this pic.
September 19, 2011 at 4:33 pm
September 19, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Those bangs are a threat to national security.
September 19, 2011 at 5:32 pm
No, no, no, OldPhatMC, you have to be louder, more forceful!!!
“BUTTPLUG!!!! BUTTPLUGBUTTPLUGBUTTPLUG!!!”
Got it? If not, you just might get a spark plug up your ass.
September 19, 2011 at 5:47 pm
I thought they looked rather palcenta-esque, but, I suppose they could be eyeballs.
September 19, 2011 at 7:32 pm
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79368279/custom-made-crazy-eyeball-crochet
It’s a crazy eyeball harness.
September 19, 2011 at 2:15 pm
I don’t even know where to start with that.
September 19, 2011 at 2:18 pm
The designers didn’t either.
September 19, 2011 at 2:22 pm
When I was five I was a very isolated, strange little girl. I was an only child, and as a result my play was complex, involved and solitary. At one point, I decided to develop my own fashion line.
I gathered together my dolls, most of whom had lost limbs or had there faces blended by nail polish remover. I grabbed any scrap of cloth available in the house, and wrapped it around the dolls bodies with liberal amounts of string. When I was done, I sat back, looked at my reject toys in their ridiculous outfits and thought, very clearly ‘that looks stupid’. So I cut all the cloth off the toys, and left them to nudity.
So, what I’m saying, is that even a socailly maladjusted five year old knows this is a non-starter. And apparently these students started with time travelling and raiding my childhood for ideas. I think they may have taken some of my dads stash while they were at it.
September 19, 2011 at 7:22 pm
I think you should sue them for stealing your ideas. Don’t sue them for money. Sue them for an injunction against them ever doing “fashion” ever again.
September 19, 2011 at 2:25 pm
I wish they’d known where to end with it, even if viewing this, eh, contraption makes me appreciate my life choises a little more.
September 19, 2011 at 2:26 pm
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September 19, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Dude. This is what the thumbs are for.
September 19, 2011 at 2:15 pm
So your view of the world is…. “This place is a fucking mess.”
And some people say high fashion is difficult to understand.
September 19, 2011 at 2:21 pm
If that is their view I think they should be attending a school for the blind, not Parsons.
September 19, 2011 at 2:57 pm
No! My vision-impaired friend has tons more taste and fashion sense than they do. This is a more serious defect than blindness.
September 19, 2011 at 4:33 pm
It’s the Fashion Marketing department at this fine institute.
September 19, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Kansas. Figures.
September 19, 2011 at 2:21 pm
High Fashion or “high” fashion?
September 19, 2011 at 3:24 pm
So you’re saying someone got into the okra again? Is that the “crop” referred to?
September 19, 2011 at 2:15 pm
I think you can wear that either-end-up…
September 19, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Are those skants?
September 19, 2011 at 2:18 pm
I think they’re more s-can’ts
September 19, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Well played, Ms. In Canada, well played.
September 19, 2011 at 2:35 pm
I refuse to acknowledge the tragedy that is a shirt turned into pants by calling it by a name. A name gives it some kind of cred.
Though I will use the term slarf for the scarf/sleeves thingy, but only because I think it sounds cool.
September 19, 2011 at 4:28 pm
But..but..what would I call myself, then? Wait, don’t answer that.
September 19, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Just in case you were wondering, the shirt as pants has an elastic waistband.
So fat, jealous, losers fret not! They’ll fit us too!
September 19, 2011 at 2:15 pm
wow. i never saw Silly String sprayed so artistically before.
September 19, 2011 at 2:20 pm
I think that’s ramen
September 19, 2011 at 2:28 pm
nah, i googled ramen; it’s more attractive than that and has more prawns.
September 19, 2011 at 3:03 pm
You had to google ramen? Are you a rich person?
September 19, 2011 at 3:51 pm
not just for poor people. boarding school, college students. single parents and starving pseudo artists thrive on that stuff. not that i know from personal experience.
September 19, 2011 at 5:16 pm
Depends, are you talking instant ramen, or REAL noodle shop ramen. World of difference!!
September 19, 2011 at 2:31 pm
On a design student’s budget, that’s a pretty safe bet.
September 20, 2011 at 11:36 am
i had to google ramen cos i’m living in Lincolnshire. they don’t do foreign food here. well, they do. it’s called ‘pizza’.
September 19, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Let’s not apply for that school
September 19, 2011 at 2:16 pm
I wonder what views they’re trying to share?
A: Striking young women are evil and should be punished by wrapping them in twine.
B: clothes exist neither to be practical nor to look nice; they exist to look as ridiculous as possible
C: Fuck, we forgot to do our end of year project and it’s due in tomorrow, quick, wrap her in charity shop rejects and string, he’ll never notice
D: I’m so fucking drunk right now, you guys
or
E: all of the above.
September 19, 2011 at 2:20 pm
I vote for E.
September 19, 2011 at 2:28 pm
It might have been E, or maybe K. Club drugs were definately involved!
September 19, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Who takes K as a club drug? It’s makes you all distant, and apathetic and unco-ordinated…
Oh. I think I’ve discovered their main design influence.
September 19, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Shit! Thanks for the meds reminder. I haven’t taken mine today.
September 19, 2011 at 5:28 pm
As an art-school dropout, I can verify that option B is a common belief among po-mo hipsters in most visual disciplines (just replace “clothes” with “painting” or whatever).
No one seems to get that you don’t automatically score points in Deeper Meaning and Universal Truth just because you didn’t spend them on Aesthetics or Proper Technique.
September 19, 2011 at 2:16 pm
They appear to have been heavily designed by Reuniclus from pokemon:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Reuniclus_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29
or at least they stole the arms.
September 19, 2011 at 2:17 pm
*heavily inspired
I’ll just go drink.
September 19, 2011 at 2:46 pm
I’ll join you.
September 19, 2011 at 2:16 pm
When Madonna wrote “Express Yourself” this isn’t what she had in mind.
On second thought, maybe this is what she had in mind. Cocaine is one hell of a drug.
September 19, 2011 at 2:51 pm
It took me way too long to make this!!!
September 19, 2011 at 2:17 pm
I can hear Michael Kors now: “It’s like you went fishing for fashion and hipsters were caught in the net.”
September 19, 2011 at 3:47 pm
is this what happens when a lobsterman from the 80′s decides to become a fashion designer?
September 19, 2011 at 5:21 pm
His Orangeness hasn’t been that clever for a few seasons now.
September 19, 2011 at 11:17 pm
I want to hear Heidi ask: “Where *is* this woman going?”
Then I want to hear Kors say: “Or where was she going? Because it looks like she was just pulled out of the Hudson.”
September 20, 2011 at 3:39 pm
No, at least one of them would be “I like the vision, they just didn’t pull it off. And they really missed the ball on the styling. With the right styling, I could see this working!”
September 19, 2011 at 2:17 pm
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September 19, 2011 at 2:17 pm
I think there are 3 Parsons students who will be getting an “F” this semester.
September 19, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Every day I become more convinced that most art and fashion courses exist to keep artists and designers out of the way during their most irritatingly pretnetious stages.
They’re doing the populace a favour. We should applaud them. Give the teachers a medal.
September 19, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Totally- this was either a group effort, or the two others who didn’t design it vetted it and said “Hell yeah!”
September 19, 2011 at 2:54 pm
I think we’re making an assumption about which Parsons school they attend.
http://www.eesd.net/education/school/school.php?sectionid=4
September 19, 2011 at 4:25 pm
Actually I think it was this Parsons:
http://www.parsonscenter.org/site/PageServer?pagename=home_index
(They cater to children who are emotionally disturbed/mentally ill/from toxic homes.)
And someone’s gotta say it: Drop Crotch Bloomers would be a great band name.
September 19, 2011 at 2:17 pm
It looks like the model fell into a bin of remnants…
*looks at shoes*
… no wonder the poor kid tripped.
September 19, 2011 at 2:49 pm
I think it looks like the model lost a bet.
September 19, 2011 at 2:51 pm
The poor thing certainly looks very unhappy about it, doesn’t she?
September 19, 2011 at 4:05 pm
yes, yes she does
September 19, 2011 at 2:17 pm
I don’t think even Tim Gunn could be that polite if something like that showed up on the show.
September 19, 2011 at 2:40 pm
There was a publicity still of him for this current season that I can’t find right now, but it was Tim doing an immaculately classy facepalm with a look on his face like “What the shit???”
September 19, 2011 at 3:00 pm
This one?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gIb3yWGI1gc/Tgyi3rRfAlI/AAAAAAAAyFI/YQ9jtI8s0tI/s1600/TimSeason9.jpg
September 19, 2011 at 3:01 pm
I give the immaculate Tim Gunn Facepalm:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gIb3yWGI1gc/Tgyi3rRfAlI/AAAAAAAAyFI/YQ9jtI8s0tI/s1600/TimSeason9.jpg
September 19, 2011 at 3:20 pm
That’s the one! Thanks you two!
September 19, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Sometimes it pays to be plus sized. Never even considered to wear shit like this. Like the shoes tho.
September 19, 2011 at 2:18 pm
I’d pay good money to see the look on Nina Garcia’s face when that walked down the runway.
September 19, 2011 at 2:20 pm
I know…I want this on PR just for the hilarious comments from the judges. Can you imagine the batshit crazy things that Heidi would have to say about it?
September 19, 2011 at 3:00 pm
She’s pooing hipsters!
September 19, 2011 at 3:18 pm
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September 19, 2011 at 4:50 pm
yes
September 19, 2011 at 3:16 pm
http://shulkie.tumblr.com/post/9384457979/imperialbedrooms-imwithkanye-forget-irene-i
It’s this look.
September 19, 2011 at 2:18 pm
I’m SO glad it’s unisex! I’d hate for the men to be left out of this type of fuckery clothing. Skants for Men!!!!
September 19, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Personally, I’d prefer men be left out of this type of clothing…let ‘em go nude first, that’s what I say! (And I say it with quite a bit of conviction.)
September 19, 2011 at 2:22 pm
MY MISTAKE! These are NOT skants! They’re Drop Crotch Bloomers! Grief, sorry for the mistake. I’d much rather wear Drop Crotch Bloomers. I wonder if I can find them in stores yet? http://www.etsy.com/listing/70912387/purple-patterned-drop-crotch-bloomers
September 19, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Drop Crotch Bloomers was the rarely-played B-side of “Zoot Suit Riot.”
September 19, 2011 at 2:18 pm
They did not use the Piperlime Wall to the best of their abilities.
September 19, 2011 at 2:20 pm
ah damn, someone beat me to my comment: Someone did not use the piperlime accessory wall thoughtfully.
September 19, 2011 at 2:19 pm
I don’t think there are enough Tim Gunn pep talks in the world to “make that work.”
September 19, 2011 at 2:19 pm
I love how this one is for everyday – NOT just going out. Because every once and awhile, I need denim swatches. http://www.etsy.com/listing/78853371/white-t-shirt-with-denim-triangle-back
September 19, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Um, by me, that’s one Pokemon that can get away.
September 19, 2011 at 6:23 pm
“Great statement piece for a night out”
And the statement she’s making is “My crazy-ass room mates are designing clothes again and this was all I could find. Unless I was willing to wear the top they made out of the pillowcase…please don’t make me wear the top made out of the pillowcase!”
September 19, 2011 at 2:20 pm
If I saw someone walking down the street in that, I think I would jump, scream in horror, run the other way, call the police(not even the fashion police, that there’s a monster) and then go home to get drunk to forget the whole thing ever happened.
On another note, I went to an art school that had a fashion department and I had fashion major roommates (gotta love student housing). I’m so glad that the gals I lived with actually had some sense. I think I would have made them cry and give up had they made that sort of nonsense in MY home.
As for the other students at the school, I did see some crazy shit like this and I did run the other way.
September 19, 2011 at 5:01 pm
I would just totally not-look at them, the way I do when people are arguing on the T, or performing acrobatic hip-hop routines, or there’s someone drunk/drugged up/crazy near by.
I get a lot of practice not-looking.
September 19, 2011 at 2:20 pm
Yeah – when I learned finger weaving in 2nd grade, I liked to use it all the time too.
September 19, 2011 at 2:21 pm
how are you supposed to take a piss in something like that? Better not wear that out drinking, might get messy.
September 19, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Taking a piss IN that outfit would be easy. And might possibly be the only option, unless it has a drop seat in the back.
September 19, 2011 at 5:45 pm
Take a piss in it; now it’s performance art. Art is easy!
September 19, 2011 at 2:21 pm
their shop is just insane. They even have an eyeball bra:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79368279/custom-made-crazy-eyeball-crochet?ref=pr_shop
It’s not as awesome as it sounds, it just looks like Granny Addams got a bit randy and covered her tits with her homemade doilies.
September 19, 2011 at 2:29 pm
An eyeball bra has such opportunity for being cool that I can’t believe these guys screwed it up so badly.
September 19, 2011 at 2:31 pm
We have hit a rich vein of fuckery here.
This looks like my first ever attempt at knitting.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/70885286/green-turtle-shell-crochet-harness-with
This is why you should cut up your aborted crochet projects before dumping them in the sea- attractively androgynous hipsters get caught in them and choke to death.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/70610301/green-crochet-shirt-with-green-rings
September 19, 2011 at 2:34 pm
That’s a turtle shell? What kind of whackass turtles have they been eating?
September 19, 2011 at 7:34 pm
I think that referring to anything in that “collection” as “crochet” is being extremely generous.
September 19, 2011 at 2:40 pm
The last picture of that listing is the best. Though I’m surprised the model didn’t request blue eyes. I think she might like the color blue.
September 19, 2011 at 2:42 pm
So wait, is Parsons open-admissions??
September 19, 2011 at 2:43 pm
The first edition release of the eyeball bra includes a man-girl wearing pants as sleeve and a shirt as pants. So edgy.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/70609422/first-edition-crochet-eyeball-bra-green
September 19, 2011 at 3:03 pm
The leggings that model is wearing are really cool. Unfortunately, they’re not among the items for sale.
Note to crafters: don’t have your models model stuff that’s about ten times more desirable than what you’re actually selling.
September 19, 2011 at 9:43 pm
that seems to be a running theme for their shop. This picture for instance:
It does a good job of showing off an interesting, if somewhat impractical jean jacket.
Except they’re selling the pants.
September 20, 2011 at 1:04 am
That jacket should be interesting to wear on the subway or on a crowded bus – you’d have a huge pocket of free space behind you!
September 19, 2011 at 2:21 pm
I looks like my cat got the closet and was pissed.
September 19, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Sorry, that’s “It”
September 19, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Actual cat piss would allow them to call it hobo chic! Or hoarder chic, come to think of it. . . .
September 19, 2011 at 2:37 pm
A hairball or two would be a good addition…
September 19, 2011 at 4:52 pm
you mean there aren’t enough on that abombination already?
September 20, 2011 at 5:29 pm
don’t forget the flattened cat carcasses if you’re going to call it hoarder chic.
September 19, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Poor man! Shelob tried to shroud his torso in her web, his arms are being attacked by poisonous gas, his shins were caught in stray fishing nets, a sparrow made a nest in his hair and to top that all, he was assaulted by kids wielding paintball guns.
September 19, 2011 at 2:27 pm
Or woman. This outfit and overall styling leaves that question unanswered.
September 19, 2011 at 2:47 pm
I suppose I should note here that I have no issues with androgyny, but my initial impression here was male so I went with ‘he’. The model is quite gorgeous, in any case.
September 19, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Not that this outfit point out the ‘gorgeous bit’ at all. Take them out of that outfit, drop ‘em in my bedroom, and I’d go there.
September 19, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Very true. It almost looks like the monstosity the model was forced to wear has sucked out any last remnants of hope out of them. They’d cry, but why cry for a world where shirts with sleeves that are a combination of seaweed and crafting web are allowed to exist?
September 19, 2011 at 2:21 pm
September 19, 2011 at 2:58 pm
You definitely cannot tell skants to “Make it Work”
September 19, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Recipe for “avant garde” fashion, as produced by “fashion students:”
Take one failed crochet project, add two napkin rings gone completely out of control, add an upside-down Pucci wannabe blouse (I’m sorry, it’s probably meant as an homage), stitch socks made from silly string to the bottom of the sleeves and tell everyone they’re skeggings, wear all over a cheap faux-Hawaiian shirt found at the local St. Vincent de Paul. Wear with last season’s worst-selling creepers. Display on mannequin found in dumpster behind local fabric remnants store. Try to ensure your draping and cutting instructors see nothing of this, but have blame-circle ready just in case.
September 19, 2011 at 2:22 pm
I used to have stuff like this in my closet… and then I started giving my cat her hairball prevention medicine, and that all stopped.
September 19, 2011 at 2:22 pm
This is most definitely why we cannot have nice things (to wear).
September 19, 2011 at 2:23 pm
When did being bound in string become “loose?” Looks like a damn trussed up turkey – if turkeys could be hippies.
September 19, 2011 at 5:25 pm
Or vice versa.
September 19, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Which part is the loose crop top part exactly? And I’d love to see her walk. I imagine it’s of the Ministry of Silly Walks calibur.
September 19, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Everything in that shop is absolute shit. It’s uninspired and poorly constructed. That’s a goddamn disservice to anyone out there that tries to make quality clothing.
September 19, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Thank god the designers are in school!
September 19, 2011 at 2:27 pm
Those stockings are a varicose vein nightmare.
September 19, 2011 at 2:28 pm
Look at the edges on eyeball bra. FFS. I hope their parents’ cut them the fuck off.
September 19, 2011 at 2:28 pm
I just randomly place apostrophes when rage-typing.
September 19, 2011 at 2:29 pm
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September 19, 2011 at 2:30 pm
I can’t even tell exactly which piece the model is wearing that is for sale here. The webby shirt, the one beneath it? The skants?
If it’s the shirt beneath the webbed thing… then all I have to say is, “crop tops: you’re doing it wrong.”
September 19, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Add to that (after a brief, horrifying look at the shop): “Crochet: I do not think it means what you think it means.”
September 19, 2011 at 2:35 pm
It’s the shirt beneath the webbed thing. And it’s horrendously ugly on its own. Check the last picture.
September 19, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Serpentor certainly got away with the better mismatch of traits. Dr. Mindbender is not amused by this scene.
September 19, 2011 at 2:32 pm
I’m so tired of people sewing up the neck hole on shirts and going “Look! I made pants!!” No it looks like you dropped a load in your Hammer pants. Please just fuckin’ stop. Seriously. It’s not artsy or unique. It’s fuckin’ stupid.
Thanks.
September 19, 2011 at 2:38 pm
This reply is your comment translated into the perspective of someone who makes “skants”:
“It’s so easy to sew up the neck hole on shirts and go “Look! I made pants!!” It looks like Harem meets Hammer! I’m going to keep doing this, because seriously, it’s easy artsy and unique. I’m too fuckin’ lazy to do anything truly innovative.”
September 19, 2011 at 2:34 pm
What’s sad is that these people think they’re being innovative. It’s always sad when people confuse innovation with laziness.
September 19, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Easy mistake! Why, thanks to Facebook I’ve been innovative all day — after a very innovative weekend — and in a while I’m gonna go home, grab some ice cream and plop down on the sofa to be even more innovative.
September 20, 2011 at 8:57 am
Using Facebook, it’s also easy to confuse laziness with real human interaction, but that’s a whole ‘nuther thread. Word.
September 19, 2011 at 2:35 pm
new use for silly string!
September 19, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Cat’s Cradle.
And Amphetamines.
September 19, 2011 at 2:37 pm
That would be PERFECT for my new steampunk outfit!
September 19, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Their whole shop is confusing and concerning on so many levels…
http://www.etsy.com/listing/73026698/crochet-syringe-necklace-in-red
“Brand new clean syringes were used and filled with fake blood.”
…used? Used for what? Or do I even have to ask? >.>
September 19, 2011 at 9:53 pm
…for the necklace?
Is this a trick question?
September 19, 2011 at 2:39 pm
They accidentally a whole outfit!
September 19, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Hey, yeah, I saw Liquid Sky, too. The only difference is that I don’t try to recreate ‘fashions’ from it.
September 19, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Totally. Liquid Sky should be required viewing. See it, get all inspired by it, make some fucked up outfits of remnants hot glued to the model, get it OUT of your system, and then BURY all those outfits, and start making real clothes.
September 19, 2011 at 10:11 pm
Yeah I still have no idea what that movie was about, except there was bad music, weird clothes, and sex with the main character made people disappear.
September 19, 2011 at 4:55 pm
“And I am androgynous not less than David Bowie himself. And they call me beautiful, and I kill with my cunt”
September 19, 2011 at 2:40 pm
This outfit isn’t even fit for Cyndi Lauper…
September 19, 2011 at 4:04 pm
it’s not fit for Lady Gaga, either.
September 19, 2011 at 2:40 pm
looks like they gave the kindergarten some material, yarn, and scissors again. After all, they would do a better job than these wankers.
September 19, 2011 at 2:44 pm
That’s it! I’m taking all those clothes that don’t fit – er – are out of fashion and I’m sewing them all together into a velveteen/mesh/silk/cotton version of the epic mullet! Oh yes! There will be cowl!
September 19, 2011 at 3:14 pm
“Oh yes! There will be a cowl!”
Threat or promise?
September 19, 2011 at 5:03 pm
yes.
September 19, 2011 at 2:45 pm
A necklace made of real syringes? WTF is wrong with these people?
September 19, 2011 at 2:47 pm
You’re just not adventurous.
September 19, 2011 at 3:01 pm
They’re new, but then they used them and then filled them with fake blood. Muwhah?? I wish they’d gotten adventurous and just stabbed themselves in the eyeballs.
September 19, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Question: Can I get a version of this for my dwarf hamster?
September 19, 2011 at 3:15 pm
No, only your Syrian hamster.
September 19, 2011 at 2:49 pm
The Parson’s School of Design has lost any respect I ever had for it. Just like the other colleges– all they want is the $$ and they obviously will admit any student they can get to pay. This outfit is pure shit!
September 19, 2011 at 3:07 pm
If this is the shit we have to look forward to in fashion I think Anna Wintour might as well hang herself now and get it the fuck over with.
I’m canceling my subscription to Vogue.
September 19, 2011 at 3:13 pm
hey, they never said if they were passing.
September 19, 2011 at 2:50 pm
The cat’s unravelled your Project. Sorry.
September 19, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Body poof necklace!!! Fuck yeah. I think I need to add this seller to my favorites. At least that way I know if HK is off drinking in some exotic location and not posting, I can still have hours of fun!
September 19, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Is that ruff made out of those scrubby shower scrunchy things?
September 19, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Oh yeah. So I guess its a multipurpose accessory? Here’s a closer picture:
September 19, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Well, when you’re done wearing it out and about, you can use the shower scrubbies to wash off the feeling of shame and defeat.
September 19, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Mmm… exfoliates as you walk.
September 19, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Is there an extremely distant picture?
September 19, 2011 at 3:18 pm
@Unnecessary Apostrophe: It’s too late for that. Once seen, it cannot be unseen.
September 19, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Now, this might look good in a dwarf hamster size. I especially appreciate the care taken to choose the yellow pouf for the front center…
September 19, 2011 at 4:32 pm
*preps voice for Dalek immitation*
EXFOLIATE! EXFOLIATE! EXFOLIATE!
September 19, 2011 at 7:35 pm
He’s the prettiest boy at the loofah ball.
September 19, 2011 at 3:04 pm
I kind of admire how little of a fuck these guys give. “Yeah, I tied Body Shop bath lilies around my neck. Yeah, my shoulders look like they are molting. Deal with it.”
September 19, 2011 at 4:15 pm
plus, it looks like he crapped his pants.
September 20, 2011 at 1:09 am
To be honest, it kinda reminds me of those pictures of cats dressed in costume, the looks is the same as the one in the cats’ eyes. You know, the I WILL KILL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP look.
September 19, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Okay, this shop has got to be a practical joke. I can’t believe that someone is serious about this and not just fucking around.
September 19, 2011 at 9:15 pm
Bill Cosby would take one look at those “pants” and ask, “You got a load, son?”
September 19, 2011 at 2:54 pm
It took me 5 full minutes before I realized that was a person and not a mannikin. I was thinking “at least they are staging that “garment” on a mannikin… oh, wait a minute – that’s a living human!”
Also – are skants now a “thing”?
September 19, 2011 at 3:01 pm
No they aren’t and we aren’t going to call them that because giving something a name gives it power!
September 19, 2011 at 3:20 pm
I’d suggest “It That Shall Not Be Named,” but I’m afraid a Regretsian would reply with, “WHICH ‘It’? Be more specific!”
September 19, 2011 at 9:52 pm
Unfortunately. Dropped-crotched pants are looking like the big look for spring: http://trendying.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-pant-shape-drop-crotch-trousers.html
Damn hipsters.
September 20, 2011 at 1:12 am
I hate those pants SO MUCH. Like, flames, on the side of my face.
Not that I’d wear them, I have enough going on in the, ahem, gluteal region, without adding the “My IBS is really acting up today” effect.
They just look so shit (almost literally) on otherwise good-looking people. That, and the Hammer pants. Ugh.
September 20, 2011 at 7:07 am
True story – recently, a hipster got onto a city bus in front of me in those damned skin tight red hipster jeans… pulled down to expose his boxters in the thug style or whatever they call that shit.
I was simultaneously struck with the notion that I’m way too old to rationally deal with this shit, blinding rage, and the almost overwhelming urge to pants him. I resisted, but only because I’m pretty sure he was a minor and I didn’t want to get arrested. But he would have deserved it.
Damned hipsters indeed.
September 20, 2011 at 1:36 pm
That post was from 2007–so, did it happen?
September 19, 2011 at 2:57 pm
I always wondered what happened to Kajagoogoo.
September 19, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Clicked through. Never seen a collection of people that I’ve wanted to punch so badly. And I live in Philadelphia.
September 19, 2011 at 4:58 pm
I’m in Michigan, and you can count me in your posse…
and on a side note: with the amazing amount of anger New Yorkers have, I can’t believe someone hasn’t punched them yet.
September 19, 2011 at 2:59 pm
September 19, 2011 at 3:02 pm
It looks like they stole a basketball net and shoved it over the models head.
September 19, 2011 at 3:29 pm
September 19, 2011 at 3:04 pm
The new terror threat: roving gangs of violent young hammocks, attacking people in dark alleys, stealing their clothes and chewing off their hair. I’m glad she was able to fight them to a draw, even if she was Infected in the process.
September 19, 2011 at 3:04 pm
1995 called, they want those piece of shit cinder block rockabilly bullshit shoes back stat!
September 19, 2011 at 3:11 pm
How could you possibly look at this picture and zero in on the shoes?
September 19, 2011 at 4:13 pm
I was just thinking that it was goddamn shocking that kids were still rocking them NOW. I wore them to go see The Bosstones in ’97 and they were kind of over then, too.
I thought these fashion school types were, you know, FASHIONABLE?!
September 19, 2011 at 4:21 pm
You know, I was wearing those shoes with JNCOs to that concert. I’m just gonna go stfu now with my opinions on other people’s ensembles.
JNCOs….. what the fuck was wrong with me??!!
September 20, 2011 at 11:12 am
JNCO’s were fashionable back then. I wore fake Cross Colours back then. Now THAT is something to be ashamed of.
September 19, 2011 at 9:53 pm
but they’re vintage and ironic now!
Excuse me, I need to go shower after typing that sentence.
September 20, 2011 at 11:16 am
It’s just like all the 80′s bullshit that’s coming back into fashion. It was ugly the first time around, let’s not relive this.
I hate hipsters. And i hated them before it was cool to hate them so that makes me even more hipster.
September 19, 2011 at 3:05 pm
versus
FIGHT!
September 19, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Also, I should point out Wil Wheaton’s “explanation” of this picture, which is mildly amusing and somewhat snarky: http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2005/12/if_you_want_to_.html
September 19, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Wil Wheaton always wins, because he’s not a dick.
September 19, 2011 at 5:57 pm
That top picture is like “where did all my give-a-fucks go?”
September 19, 2011 at 7:13 pm
Wil Wheaton always wins, even in that ridiculous Regresian sweater.
September 19, 2011 at 9:52 pm
I see you’ve found the two stars of the upcoming “The Tits Have Eyes.”
September 19, 2011 at 3:08 pm
I think someone needs to issue a restraining order keeping them away from yarn.
The clothes are not at all to my taste, but they at least look like clothing, and I can imagine some subcultures wearing them. The string stuff is just stupid, and both it and the knitting are at best half-assed (quarter-assed?) in the making.
September 19, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Oh how I wish I could see that go down the runway, and hear what the Michael, Nina, and Heidi would say!
September 19, 2011 at 3:14 pm
What is with the shirt as pants look?! I know, it was a great time we all had with it, but really…when someone is doing it for real, still, it’s just not right. No one needs extra flappiness between their legs! Everyone is born with the exactly right amount of flappiness that they need, no one needs extra.
September 19, 2011 at 3:20 pm
…and on this week’s episode of “What the Eff is for Sale Here?”
My brain hurts.
September 19, 2011 at 3:28 pm
If your shirts so
hideous you need to cover
it up with a silly string
shirt in the listing, you’re
doing it wrong.
September 19, 2011 at 3:30 pm
is that a haiku?
September 19, 2011 at 3:36 pm
I am impressed with this ensemble. it is a fashion achievement that is, so far, beyond compare.
The designer has somehow managed to put together an outfit including every single fashion disaster ever posted on Regretsy.
We should call Guinness, because I am pretty sure this is a new world record.
September 19, 2011 at 3:36 pm
What is with the diaper pants? Are they going for a ‘catch all’ slogan?
Well, on top of that, I’ve always wanted to look like I had midget legs.
September 20, 2011 at 11:18 am
Makes room for the “oops I crapped my pants” adult diapers.
September 19, 2011 at 3:48 pm
This image is the definition of the phrase “too far up your own ass”
September 19, 2011 at 3:51 pm
This is what happens when you get into a circle jerk with spiderman!
September 19, 2011 at 3:59 pm
They need to identify what that is, classify it, and develop a vaccine RIGHT NOW!!!
September 19, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Even the three feedbacks they have received look like they are in on a joke that no one else knows about.
September 19, 2011 at 9:22 pm
“Wore it on vacation” is code for “Was stolen in rehab.”
September 19, 2011 at 4:11 pm
I kind of want to steal that picture of Tim Gunn.
September 19, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Make it Work!
September 19, 2011 at 4:13 pm
They only have 29 fans on their facebook page, that makes me so sad: http://www.facebook.com/pages/______-gear/197283266969854
September 19, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Hey, wait a minute! Isn’t this on of those color vision test charts?
September 19, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Hmm, I think I can guess where they got their inspiration
manga love anime fashion gote pictures
September 19, 2011 at 7:37 pm
I’m so conflicted, I’m not sure which way to vote with this one!
September 19, 2011 at 10:14 pm
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September 20, 2011 at 11:19 am
Why are nudists NEVER the people anyone wants to see naked?
September 19, 2011 at 5:04 pm
Better executed but equally fucked up: Jean Paul Gaultier. He gets an exhibit at the Musee des Beaux Arts in Montreal and, I’m assuming, sells stuff. http://www.mbam.qc.ca/jpg/fr/index.html
September 19, 2011 at 5:35 pm
Thom Browne, whose collection is not only sold at Bergdorf Goodman, but does a line for Brooks Brothers:
The pieces are incredible well made. They’re just sized for adolescents with macrophilia.
September 19, 2011 at 10:15 pm
Brooks Bros. makes clothing for conjoined twins? Talk about a specialized market!
September 19, 2011 at 5:39 pm
JPG’s been designing since the ’70s, and there is (some kind of) a method to his madness. This is just madness.
September 19, 2011 at 5:34 pm
My niece is working with Tim Gunn next week…I asked her to show him this post…am keeping my fingers crossed. Hard to do with a martini glass. But Tim is a super nice guy so I doubt he’ll be too harsh. Snarky he is not. But I LOVE him anyway!
September 20, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Oh, he’s snarky, it’s just so polished when he does it that you find yourself thanking him for his snark.
September 19, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Looks like something that you would pull out of a clowns clogged drain…..
September 19, 2011 at 6:45 pm
She kinda looks like a zombie. You know, one who reanimated in a craft store and stumbled around the yarn and fabric sections before wandering out into the wide world in search of human flesh. GLIIIIIIITTTTTTTTEEEEEEEERRRRRR! FEEEEAAAAAAAAAATHERS!
September 19, 2011 at 7:24 pm
I don’t have the brains to focus on reading the comments, but the picture comments are all wonderfully horrendous. Kudos.
I kind of want the sleeves of the original garment up there in that post. Reminds me of some cartoon where somebody is covered in radioactive/fluorescent goop. I can pretend I’m Ben 10 or Slimer or Alex Mac or something.
Eye boobies are creepy.
September 19, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Why do I get the feeling that the model is now prepped for a full body plaster casting?
September 19, 2011 at 8:58 pm
“…and I like to call this collection Things Too Ugly To Be Worn, Even to Burning Man
September 19, 2011 at 9:48 pm
Any post with Tim is chock full o’ win.
For those who don’t watch PR, that particular look of dismay/impending vomit was caused by having to wear Heidi’s shitty sneakers for that challenge.
Of course Tim OWNED that shit with the Madras tie and pocket square!!
September 19, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Someone please cut that albino dolphin free from that fishing net…
September 19, 2011 at 9:57 pm
Awwww! How sweet! Fashion design classes for the blind!
September 19, 2011 at 10:02 pm
Goddammit I really hate my school sometimes.
If you think this is bad you should see some of the stuff other departments do too. This sort of fuckery is not isolated to the fashion people.
September 20, 2011 at 5:27 am
Just because it hasn’t been done before . . . doesn’t mean you should try it. Some things haven’t been done before because they’re unequivocally bad ideas.
This is one of those things.
September 20, 2011 at 11:09 am
Meth is a terrible drug, and that bitch stole mine!