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If Triana's friend Kim (the aspiring villainess who fell in with preppies and then went to rehab) ever returns to The Venture Bros. as a preppy-goth supervillain, she could easily outfit her henchmen and henchladies in these styles from designer Thom Browne, where embroidered pants and rugby helmets meet spiked hoods and breathing tubes. More »
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The Hunger Games is starting its slow, inevitable fall into the Twilight marketing K-hole. This entails slapping "may the odds be ever in your favor" on anything that moves and peddling it to the disposable-cash-heavy demographic. More »
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If you've been hunting for the perfect accessory for those cold-weather pizza parties, consider this handmade Ninja Turtles beanie. The adjustable mask lets you live out your mutant sewer-dweller fantasies. (Bo staff sold separately.) More »
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These safety-pin-like sunglasses by designer Doktor A (who's modeling them) take their visual cue from H.R. Giger's painting "Illuminatus II." I desperately want to wear these in Chur, Switzerland while listening to my Pioneer stereo and dreaming of xenomorphs sporting aviators. More »
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Eight decades or so ago, the sartorial futurists of the British newsreel Pathetone Weekly predicted that women would affix headlights to their foreheads to attract suitors and utilize see-through fabric to tantalize would-be mates. Given all the halogen flood light bonnets I've seen on sale for Black Friday, one of these predictions came true. I am however a twinge cross that the business casual utility belt has yet to be socially acceptable. More »
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Today via Twitter, Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich introduced Pixar fans to Hong Kong fashion label Bossini's Toy Story-themed clothing line. As this lookbook demonstrates, it's some zany albeit oddly heart-warming couture. If you want to dress like a plastic cowboy with the voice of a Bosom Buddy, you'll have to be vigilant. "I'm told they'll only be in Disney Stores in the U.S., and that they'll likely be hard to find," notes Unkrich. Hat tip to Precious Roy!

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Philadelphia costume designers Mayfaire Moon are building a TARDIS corset, and yes, they've already made the requisite "bigger on the inside" gag. More »
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Looking to wear the Shire to your next picnic? Black Milk Clothing's $100 Middle-earth dress (note: site's crashed due to traffic) will take you there and back again, but you might have to contend with nosy strangers informing you there's a dab of Mordor on your hip. More »
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This LED video coat by David Forbes may look like a souped-up lab coat, but when the juice is on, this wearer becomes a 360° view screen. We're that much closer to corporations buying out informericals on your torso. More »
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Do you wish that special lady in your life had the gamma-irradiated décolletage of She-Hulk? The 40-10-40 measurements of Black Widow? The willingness to traipse about in her underwear like Emma Frost? Body proportions out of a Rob Liefeld comic? More »
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Doctor Who never goes out of style — or if the time-traveling TV show ever did, it would just jump forward a few years until the fashion came around again. More »
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Yesterday, we took a look at the robotic dresses of Anouk Wipprecht. Today, Jessica Palmer of Bioephemera shows us some fashion à la Slim Goodbody. More »
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If you accept a game of Truth-or-Dare, the Daredroid dress rewards you by mixing up a White Russian. It's just one of the reactive, responsive pieces of couture from Anouk Wipprecht, whose dresses also go from solid to translucent. More »
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If you're going to dress up as a time-traveling police box, you might as well make it work for all seasons. This handmade TARDress by RingmasterGoldie works equally well at the office, the cotillion, and Gallifrey. [Spotted on Fashionably Geek] More »
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Bulletproof vests are handy life-saving devices, but they tend to clash with khakis and leather sandals. For the spy who wants bullet-stopping technology with a more casual look, one clothing manufacturer offers the bulletproof polo shirt. More »
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The models of the Lithuanian fashion label Vergi wouldn't look out of place on a scifi VHS cassette box circa 1986. Whether it's post-apocalyptic or post-humanist, these women have a smoking B-movie aesthetic that channels the future and past simultaneously. More »
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The Arecibo Message isn't some new Spanish sportswear label - it's the binary message that SETI researchers transmitted into space in 1974 to converse with extraterrestrials. Nonetheless, you can rock the Arecibo Message sartorially, with this retro-chic SETI scarf. More »
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Last week Diana Eng unveiled her Fairytale Fashion collection at the Eyebeam Art and Technology Center in New York. Equal parts high-grade electronics and fabrics, Eng's collection is straight from a future where arc reactors are haute couture. More »
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If you've ever longed to dress like a character from one of Tim Burton's films — or are simply looking for an extremely expensive Halloween costume — check out this Burton-directed fashion shoot, showcasing the dark, quirky looks for fall. More »
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In honor of the Where the Wild Things Are movie, designer Christian Joy, the man behind Karen O's wardrobe, created five one-of-a-kind costumes based on Maurice Sendak's book. Now you can not only pretend you're Max, you can also sparkle. More »
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Space fashion has gone high couture — we've written about fashions designed to look like robots or space bikers before. But now the latest trend is dresses, T-shirts and leggings with spaceships and galaxies on them. More »
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In the 1960s, fashion designers offered their predictions for what space age fashion might look like. What they came up with was reflective clothing, towering headgear, and a few items not safe for work. More »
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Sometimes it's not enough to wear your science fiction pride silently on the inside. Every now and then you want to let everyone know you've got an inner geek who loves particle physics, laser beams, clanking robots, and otherworldly exploration. So we've put together a geek ensemble, full of nice bits you can wear outside cosplay cons. You can mix and match, or if you're very brave you can try the whole thing at once. Check out our SF outfit below, which goes from the shoes on up. More »
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If you want to wear fandom on your sleeve without going all Star Wars t-shirt on us, then you might want to pick something a little more subdued and cerebral. But still, you know, dorky. If you want to come out about your science fiction love to the world, there are a few cool indie t-shirt designers out there to help. More »
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Men will have a tough time in the future apocalypse, what with the robot uprisings and the brain-eating sludge. But at least they'll have exciting undergarments. More »
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