I seriously have to ask who would ever wear any of this stuff outside of a costume party or Halloween?

"Honey, look what I got you to wear for tonight..."

@MercuryPDX: No one. But that is not the point of fashion shows.

I never thought I'd say this about boobs, but re: the girl in the pic up top: Hers are scaring me.

I love the one that has one red eye. How Hal is that? Now if any of the girls showing up at a sf-con parties could fit into a size 2 or smaller, they could probably wear someone these outfits. Smashing. Really, you take a fat person and put them into that black and white number and they're just going to look like a stuffed delmatian sausage--not smashing, but explosive.

This line was created for men who love Star Trek and Battlestar wasn't it?

Like I always say, you can't have your jetpacks and flying cars until you prove to society's satisfaction that you can be trusted not to wear outfits like these while flying them.

@moff: So it's a whole "Look at me! Look at Me! I can dress people horribly!" type of thing? Like a walking art exhibit?

Is it wrong of me to like those pants?

@Annalee Newitz: The pants are cool, it's the rest of the stormtrooper armour outfit that doesn't really work...

Yes, it's wrong. But wear them anyway if they make you feel good. And wear heels with them. Nasty, seven-inch stilletos that spark on the pavement as you walk. Hell yeah!

I dig the "The Black Hole" inspired hood with blue shield/mask (anyone get THAT reference?).

@Annalee Newitz: Actually, which pants do you mean? I just looked at the full-sized pic of the Tron-pants, and they're even cooler than the gray ones in the headline pic.

I thought these were the costume designs for the next season of Flash Gordon.

@MercuryPDX: As I understand it, yeah, that's a good way to put it.

Someones seen "The Black Hole".

When did fetish wear become haute couture? Does Dita von Teese know about this? I would dub this collection "safe sex" because no one is ever gonna wanna touch you if you wear these ensembles. However the gray number with the blue oval mask might be a costume from "The Vagina Monologues". Would Jane Fonda call that "c-nt-like"?

What the hell is going on with the cross between football pads and mink-hunting spoils([io9.com])? Is it supposed to extra protection for when your flying car crashes? And you have to survive the snowy Arctic tundra? I am baffled.

This one ([io9.com]) is obviously for the days when bird flu sweeps the globe. Or else the designer thinks Earth is going to turn into Arrakis and we'll all need stillsuits.

Or maybe Queen Amidala was his muse? ([io9.com])

The pants are sharp, though. I'd at least try them on and see how they fit.

Queen Amidala's fashions were the result of a Sith Lord's control over the fashion House of Olixityon, the oldest on Naboo! Pure evil resulted, and as a result she died! "It was bad style that killed her in the end. That and her taste for bad boys."

I hate to say it but, does he do mensware? Because, yeah, I would rock some of those designs.

@Garrison Dean: Yes. Yes I have. When I was 9. In the theater. And I had a Sentinel action figure. And Vincent and Maximillion pencil holders from a box of Shreddies. What of it?

@Frozen-Tex: Sorry, I wan't slagging you. I love that movie, I just hit return way after youu typed yours. Its way cool. I was referencing the Cygnus crew member mirror mask thing. I did watch it recently. Doesn't hold up as well.

@Garrison Dean: Dosn't hold up? I guess it's okay that I didn't buy the DVD 3 or 4 years ago, then. But it rocked when I was a kid. I also had the Disney "Book/tape" thing (you know, turn the page when you here the ringing noise) that had the sound effects for the way cool double barreled guns during the escape from the Cygnus. I played that bit over and over as background for countless action figure battles.

@Frozen-Tex: It isn't bad, but when you were a kid it was no Star Wars, but it was up there. It isn't as awesome as you remember, but just because there are some very slow parts and it was Disney's response to Star Wars's Effects. They did it with the old school crew and old school effects and it shows on DVD. You respect the artistry, but you immediately realize why Star Wars was what it was. I suggest you go rent it, cause it is still awesome. And for the record I just bought the Movie on Record thing and it is massively useful as a transition when making mixes.

Whers the Imipolex G outfits thats what I want to know.

you see the trick of viewing fashion is not taking in the entire outfit and seeing it as a package but rather selecting small portions of it and saying maybe that those are nice pants or that 3/4 jumper would look nice with my diamond encrusted gutlet....

Fashion shows aren't demonstrating actual clothes, but demonstrate elements of clothing. Tamed down versions of the stuff on the catwalk are all you ever see in public. Then, after the ultra-rich take those tamed down versions and wear them to hot events, further tamed versions may make it to the general population.

Does the "...In The Vacuum Of Love" mean the 'absence' of love? If this is the case then an entire article or even a book should be dedicated to the absence in love in all American (US) sci-fi. Let me know, if ya can. Thanks.