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Photoshop is a reality in the world of photography, but it gets out of hand when advertisers and fashion directors completely transmogrify the original image, creating an unrealistic and impossible result. New research proposes a way to codify how heavily Photoshopped an image is. The only catch? The industry has to cooperate with it. More »
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Macro-meta meets micro-meta here, where an artist in Queens explains how he used a hacked sewing machine to make Cosby sweater that reaches into the infinite. On the sweater Bill Cosby wears the sweater, on which Bill Cosby wears the sweater. And the pattern in the background of the sweater? It's the pattern on Bill Cosby's sweater in the sweater. Maybe we are all in the sweater - and maybe that sweater is part of only a larger sweater. Embrace the wool, and fear shrinkage, for we are all in the sweater's world now. More »
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With a remake of Conan the Barbarian coming out this Friday, it's time to contemplate the awesomeness of sword and sandal movies. You know - movies set in the mythical days of antiquity, when everybody carried swords, wore sandals (or leather boots), and opened their mouths really wide while fighting. More »
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Tyra Banks was on Good Morning America yesterday, and she was talking up her new fantasy novel Modelland, which comes out in September. And her explanation of the book's premise kind of needs to be seen to be believed. More »
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We've always loved Tilda Swinton — especially after seeing her as three color-coded dancing cyborgs — but her subversive new photoshoot for W Magazine has redoubled our affections. More »
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A mysterious cache of dozens of humans skulls discovered earlier this year in Dorset, England belonged to Viking raiders. Anthropologists figured this out when they examined the teeth, and found that elaborate patterns had been filed into them. More »
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We're totally obsessed with the unicorn woman who appeared, as if by magic, in the middle of On Aura Tout Vu's bird-themed show, at the Spring-Summer 2011 Haute Couture Collection Show in Paris. What are her powers? Where's the pegasus? 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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Mood rings famously are meant to change color to reflect the mood of the wearer. Some are cheap and ugly. Some are expensive and set in precious metal. All work using the same mechanics. More »
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Is that a solar panel in your pants, or are you just happy to see . . . oh. It is a solar panel. Why do you need one? More »
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We were just feeling nostalgic for Barbarella, when Kim Kardashian unveiled a new photoshoot of herself doing a Jane Fonda pastiche. It's always nice to see space-age fashion back again, but this isn't the Barbarella we were hoping for. More »
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Baron Harkonen hits the runway in a bizarre series of fashion concept design pieces for people who control the Spice. More »
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Even Lady Gaga can't make space age fashions cool again. She wore a bubble dress based on Pierre Cardin's designs last year, making waves. But when Cardin tried to bring back space-age fashions at Paris Fashion Week, but people sneered. More »
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A giant killer robot stalks the cityscape, in this awesome new T-shirt from designer Mingo Lamberti, with art by Wesley Van Eerden. It's just part of Lamberti's new "Sci-fi Range" of T-shirts with gorgeous art prints, including steampunk and apes. More »
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This jacket is made from a thin, dried sheet of bacterial cellulose grown out of yeast and tea leaves. It's the creation of designer Suzanne Lee, who calls it "BioCouture." More »
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They're bald, green and bearded. These models in Patrick Mohr's show at the Berlin Fashion Week today appear to be trying to channel a certain Jedi master. Judge them by their silly prosthetics, do you? Photo by AP. [Thanks Brian!] More »
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Check out this amazing little piece of Futurama fashion: a crocheted brain slug headband. More »
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When not trolling the galaxy for his latest bounty, Boba Fett likes to kick back in this casual hoodie/jacket combo. He's joined on the high-fashion runway by his dear old dad, Stormtroopers, and even Jar Jar Binks. More »
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Janine Basil makes tiny hats, foofy head adornments . . . and these sublime, comic-book-inspired headbands. They turn your hairstyle into a 1940s pop culture moment. Collect them all! More »
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Superman scarfs, Catwoman boots, crystal-encrusted Plastic Man glasses — working for Paris fashion house Colette, designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Julien David have taken DC Comics iconography and spun it into haute couture. [Bleeding Cool] More »
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It's Lady Gaga-inspired Frankenstein fashions from France! Say that five times fast. The Cannes premiere for Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project, a Hungarian postmodern retelling of Frankenstein, featured some bizarrely awesome fashions. More awesomely over-the-top Franken-headgear below. More »
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ThinkGeek has launched a Heroine line, featuring women who've helped change the world. And Marie Curie (who discovered radiation) and Ada Lovelace (who invented computer programming) fit the bill. Plus, a dollar of each sale goes to charity. [Wonderland] More »
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This evening gown doesn't just look wild and sexy — it's also like an extension of your body, with a design based on the ways that your rod cells see in low light, and cilia help our sense of touch. More »
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Yves Saint-Laurent was more than just a groundbreaking fashion designer — he was a robot visionary whose weird, angular designs and bold colors will be copied by the artificial intelligences of the distant future, a new retrospective shows. More »
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Creative director and makeup artist Adriana Gerasimova mashes up early 1980s cyberpunk with superheroes, evil mutants, post-apocalyptic outcasts and telekinetic superfreaks. If you doubted that the era of Blade Runner chic was upon us, doubt no further. More »
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We were sad our favorites were snubbed when they handed out the Grammys last night, but at least the monsters ruled the show. Tron outfits, doom squads and Lady Gaga clawed their way to the top. Check out our gallery. More »
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Fashion has finally proved we're living in the future — and not a utopian streamlined future, but a demented, decadent future where people do psychotic memory drugs, have head-rush upside-down sex and eat their babies. Just check out the evidence. More »
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It's the age of the crotchbomber, and we need to gird our loins against terror. That's why you'll want to put on this amazing skirt with Gizmo's face on it. As long as he doesn't go gremlin, you're protected! More »
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Under Brooklyn's elevated JMZ subway sits a curious clothing label. On one hand, their apparel often appears in rap videos. On the other, they've released a t-shirt featuring He-Man in S&M gear. Welcome to the wonderfully warped world of Mishka. More »
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Now that Sasha Grey has portrayed Molly in a staged reading of William Gibson's Neuromancer, it's time for her to step up and portray a cyberpunk heroine on the big screen. Luckily, the fashion industry has her back. (Or legs.) More »
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Your friends love science fiction, outer space, and giant monsters, but they really don't like shopping for clothes. At. All. That's why we've put together this handy gift guide to sci fashion - clothing gifts even a geek will wear! More »
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One of the most pressing questions for young women who are about to enter the warrior battle ring for the first time is what to wear. What goes with armor? Luckily, fashion designer Rachel Freire has the answer. More »
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Finally a pair of geek sneaks we can afford, and would be proud to wear. These new Airwalk sneakers display the Federation colors, and who doesn't want Star Trek shoes? More »
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If you need to remind yourself about the cycle of life while keeping your fingers warm this fall, I highly recommend these predator-and-prey mittens. Each pair includes one predator and one soon-to-be-lunch. 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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Humans who lived 34 thousand years ago in a cave in the Republic of Georgia were making clothing from dyed, woven fibers. Scientists who discovered the fibers say they are the oldest known examples of human-made cloth and rope. More »
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Fashion is facing up to a tough economy by going back to the space age for inspiration, featuring helmets, Star Trek-style padded shoulders, and metallic leggings. "It's an android crossed with a biker," says Glamour's Susan Cernek. More »
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