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Do This: Type The Konami Code While On Vogue’s UK Website

Justin Davis — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:16:27 +0000

It may be a statement on the fashion industry’s predilection to return to previous fashion trends. It might be a comment on the assumed need for fashion models to look a certain way being an outdated idea. Or it could be that someone on Vogue’s website staff is a fan of old school video games. […]

Bra Pockets Removes Need For Boyfriends

Kacey Samiee — Thu, 30 May 2013 18:00:22 +0000

Sometimes women’s pants have fake pockets. Is that a mean joke, or are we simply slaves to the sleek and stylish lines of women’s fashion? Is having pockets somehow considered to be too manly? Or are people afraid of what we would put in our pockets were they to be real? I believe the answer […]

Smart Foam Furniture Assembles Itself

Justin Davis — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:55:55 +0000

Those frustrating hours spent assembling a snorglesborg or jvarslk from Ikea may start coming to a close thanks to a Belgian designer and engineer who has been working on smart foam technology that unfolds itself into stylish furniture. Referred to as Memories of the Future, Carl de Smet has created a type of self-building furniture […]

The Invisible Bicycle Helmet Is Here

Meghan Wolff — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:00:05 +0000

Take a preliminary glimpse at the photos of the new invisible bike helmet and you just might believe this new invention is a hoax, a too-cool piece of technological fiction meant to taunt the simultaneously safety- and fashion-conscious. Bike enthusiasts, cycling commuters, and helmet haters everywhere rejoice – it’s real. Hövding (the official name of […]

Ad Spoof Exposes Fashion Magazines’ Not-So-Secret Secret

Matt Algren — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:00:14 +0000

Last month, Techcitement’s Daniela Weiss-Bronstein wrote a detailed article about the problem of excessive use of Photoshop in fashion advertising. Because people buy the unrealistic image of unhealthily thin women, this problem isn’t going away any time soon. So, what do we do now? Well, if you’re filmmaker and commercial director Jesse Rosten, you make […]

Kenneth Cole’s New Website — Social Conscience Or Cynical Marketing?

Matt Algren — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:15:13 +0000

Fashion designer and marketing provocateur Kenneth Cole has opened a new website that he says is aimed at raising social and political issues to foster discussion. Long known for socially conscious advertisements, Cole’s Where Do You Stand continues that tradition online. Or does it? Cole’s team has worked hard to give the website a slick, […]