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Are you Team Stark or Team Targaryen? Do you pledge your loyalty to the Browncoats or the Time Lords? Root for your favorite fictional group with these custom hockey jerseys. More »
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Leggings, yoga pants, call them what you will — the point is they're everywhere. And while there's something to be said about the marvels of body-shaping attire, the fact remains that ass-hugging tight-pants — which typically come in some form of white, grey, or black — are becoming a bit commonplace... boring, even. More »
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This happens like clockwork once every few months. A perfectly nice Halloween costume manufacturer sends us the latest disguises based on [insert upcoming $150-million movie's name here] and we have an ethical obligation to make fun of them. More »
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We've been enjoying the heck out of Kevin Wada and Max Wittert's X-Men clothing line (previously: 1, 2) — these drawings transform Marvel Comics' strangest superteam into a collective of blasé performance artists who blow Xavier's endowment on smart drinks imported from the farthest reaches of the Shi'ar Empire. More »
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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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Once upon a time, my brother and I entered a Power Rangers/VR Troopers trivia contest on Prodigy. TV junkies that we were, we handily answered all the questions, but, sadly, when our names came up in the drawing, we received the inferior VR Troopers action figures instead of the much cooler, dino-centric Power Rangers dolls. It's probably a good thing that my 13-year-old self didn't have access to one of these custom-made Power Rangers hoodies, or she would have spent the next four years dressed as Trini. More »
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Under the right circumstances, a home furnishing has the power to make visitors green around the gills. Such is the findings of a recent paper published in the journal Perception, "The sickening rug: a repeating static pattern that leads to motion-sickness-like symptoms." More »
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We've seen the X-Men receive the club kid treatment. Now artist Viria13 has given the Disney Princess pantheon new duds (presumably in the spirit of a certain internet meme). More »
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This cape — which required four years, one-million Malagasy golden orb spiders, and eighty workers to catch and release the two-inch arachnids daily — was commissioned by Nicholas Godley and fabric researcher Simon Peers. Every day, weavers would extract up to 40 yards of silk from a single spider before returning it to the wild. This cloak may not deflect bullets, but it's still a sight to behold. Watch how it was made.

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In anticipation of Joss Whedon's upcoming superhero remake of the Night of 100 Stars, olfactory merchants JADS International have assembled a line of Avengers-themed fragrances. More »
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This is by far the sexiest thing we've seen all day. And yes, that just so happens to be the Tengwar inscription from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. These lovely nails come to you courtesy of Billy the Brime. More »
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The virtual dressing room has been a bit player in movies as futuristic as Minority Report and as mundane as Clueless, but it hasn't come to your living room — at least not yet. But one company is developing a virtual dressing room that should work with a webcam or Kinect. 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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You may remember Kevin Wada and Max Wittert's haute couture remixes of the X-Men's superheroing outfits. The artists have now drafted a new batch of mutant apparel that ranges from Chamber's plasma frock to Cyclops' quartz slab sunglasses to Namor's winged anklets. Which, to be perfectly honest, I would wear the living hell out of. Air Imperious Rex!

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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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This is Noda Akira's nose light, a tiny device you shove up your nostril, for no other reason than to illuminate your surroundings. Why would anyone cram a draft-activated LED up your nostril? I'm not sure, but I imagine there has to be a place and a time for it. More »
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To call attention to the environmental toll of fossil fuel consumption, a group of motorbikers/performance artists in Yogyakarta, Indonesia strapped weighty shrubbery to their heads and tooled around town. This is a smashing look for the incognito Hell's Angel looking to masquerade as office foliage. Explains the Szpilman Awards, which celebrate ephemeral artwork: More »
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T-shirts always make the best presents, plus they're a way of gift-wrapping yourself and your friends in cool images and slogans. We've put together a collection of classic, seasonal, and downright insane tees for you to bestow upon your loved ones — and yourself. More »
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Maybe you've been searching high and low for the perfect pair of boxer briefs to demonstrate your intimate love for Batman, the Flash, or the Green Lantern. But Diesel's line of DC Comics-themed underwear are to be worn strictly under the pants. 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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Last week, the $12-million, superhero-themed Victoria's Secret lingerie show graced New York with a cadre of ladies wearing nothing but capes, wings, tights, and meaningful gazes directed toward a non-existent dot somewhere on the horizon. More »
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This is MIT student Tyler Christensen's Tesla coil hat, which — in the name of sheer comedy — he programmed to play the theme from Mortal Kombat (recently) and Harry Potter. Sadly, strapping a Tesla coil to one's head isn't always the best idea — the hat blew up before he could show it off on Halloween. 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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Mutant haute couture tends to begin and end with leather jackets, pouches, not-battlefield-worthy corsets, and blue-and-yellow school uniforms that leave nothing to the imagination. More »
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The secret to making a Leeloo costume that you can run around and sing and dance in? Flesh-colored cloth. At least, that seems to be the decision that British pop star Jessie J's costume makers made, and it appears to have paid off pretty well. More »
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I'm not really into putting on costumes, but I appreciate that this is the time of year when you're supposed to do it. That's why I went to a Halloween party a couple of years ago wearing a custom-made t-shirt that said: "This is my costume." If you're a tee-loving dork like me, there are actually better options that that. Here are just a few. More »
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It's hard to believe the director of Watchmen and Sucker Punch didn't craft this post-apocalyptic S&M fetishwear superhero ad campaign. This is the Snyder aesthetic, dumbed down and turned into a mass retail campaign. With a weird 1960s cartoon "WHAM!" on top, just so you know it's actually campy.

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Emiko Oyo is a San Francisco artist who specializes in turning legos and other salvaged materials into beautiful jewelry. In her Etsy store, she's got everything from earrings made out of Lego minifigs (yes, of course there are Star Wars figures for your earlobes) and lovely bracelets like this one above, to bejeweled toy tires and transparent Lego window drop earrings. We've got a gallery. More »
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It will set you back ¥69,000, but if you want to pledge allegiance to Neo-Tokyo's foremost motorcycle gang, this replica of Kaneda's leather Capsule jacket by Bandai Visual is a good place to start. It's being offered here to commemorate the movie's 30th anniversary. 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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At London's Fashion Week, designer Rachel Friere unveiled a dress made of 3,000 cow nipples lovingly stitched together into evening wear. Unsurprisingly, this dress went over as well as you could expect a dress made out of 3,000 cow nipples to go over. More »
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Remember the Mommy Tummy, Kanagawa University's terrifically odd jacket that allows a fellow to become a human seahorse? Its creators have been taking the device on the road, showcasing its ability to simulate the development of a full-term baby in two minutes. My favorite part of all this is the unusually dire sign insisting that it is a "Serious Game." More »
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I shouldn't be surprised that the nation that brought us The IT Crowd would also bring us the most awesome Comic-Con t-shirt ever created. For London's upcoming MCM Expo/Comic-Con, Genki Gear created this indisputably awesome tee featuring a ninja fighting kittens. Just try to resist it, internet — you can't! More »
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Zombies may be the new everything, but that doesn't mean you have to stop loving robots. In fact, this Zombot t-shirt may be our favorite thing we've seen today. Here are a few more tee designs from 604 Republic that we'd like to emblazon on our chests. More »
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A whole generation of people grew up dreaming that one day they would own these shoes, worn by Marty McFly in Back to the Future II. Now, it appears that Nike is releasing Back to the Future style Nike Kicks so that everybody can feel like they're about to jump onto an antigrav skateboard. More »
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In June I had a chance to visit Vancouver's famous night market, a summertime tradition the Chinese-Canadian community has imported from Hong Kong. There you can buy everything from crispy "potato tornados" and bubble drinks, to incredible handmade t-shirts. And the coolest shirts I saw were from local t-shirt designer Thinkhead. Lucky for you, Thinkhead creator Peter has now put some of his wares online. Check out the mania. More »
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When does superhero cosplay slide over into becoming fetishwear? When it gets too shiny. And too kinky. 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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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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What, you didn't know they made shark-tooth-lined corsets? More »
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