Comments on: WHAT YOU WILL WEAR TOMORROW (Oct, 1958)

By: docca

docca — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:10:29 +0000

Oh, and he has a flickr gallery of the dresses as well: http://www.flickr.com/photos/j.....360383871/

By: docca

docca — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:06:18 +0000

Actually paper garments aren’t too far-fetched. Brazilian designer Jum Nakao did it on his collection titled “A COSTURA DO INVISÍVEL” (Sewing the Invisible), which was completely made out of vegetable/rice paper:

http://www.jumnakao.com.br/dwnlds.html

This was back in 2004. The designs were made and cut using digital means (cutting plotter) and assembled by hand. The amount of detail is amazing.

He put on quite a performance at the time, as the models were instructed to completely torn the dresses apart before the audience at the end of the show.

By: jayessell

jayessell — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:19:27 +0000

Henry, in the USA there are ‘Space Bags’.
It’s an air tight bag that collapses when air is pumped out of it.
https://www.spacebag.com/Default.aspx

By: henry

henry — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:38:31 +0000

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By: katey

katey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:44:34 +0000

They didn’t miss the mark on EVERYTHING… ‘disposable’ clothes are almost here, as the average casual clothes are only worn for one or two years. Vents are common in performance sports wear. And elasticized clothes- including ‘one size fits all’ clothes- are everywhere. Shoes with shock absorbers? Also common.

By: Eamonn

Eamonn — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:06:17 +0000

Torgo, I like that image.

A man in a fine suit plummeting towards the Earth from the blackness of space. A briefcase in one hand, the other clutches his hat to his head. His tie flutters behind him as he begins reentry.

By: Neil Russell

Neil Russell — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:53:49 +0000

What I found amazing is that the drawings were by Harry Goff.
I always associated that style with Roy Doty

By: Torgo

Torgo — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:45:50 +0000

I say in the year 2000 all men’s suits will be made of mylar, practical for re-entry after a hard day at the space station.

By: Firebrand38

Firebrand38 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:20:30 +0000

Rick: Funnier the article actually reads “A small built-in air-conditioner and de-humidifier operating on transistors would be useful.”

It’s quite a leap from operating something to powering something, but I’m sure that you knew that.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:49:19 +0000

Funny, I though electricity could be supplied by batteries, generators and fuel cells. Transistors can control the power but not produce it as the article seems to imply.

Rick

By: Firebrand38

Firebrand38 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:36:23 +0000

Rick: Well, you see cooling systems run on this stuff called electricity and you can use transistors to control that electricity stuff.

Looking at this article from 1959 start by saying “transistor” wherever you see the word “relay” http://books.google.com/books?.....8;as_brr=1

By: jayessell

jayessell — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:30:04 +0000

Rick:

Tony Stark’s Iron Man armor was powered by transistors in the 1960s.

http://www.ironmanarmory.com/firstarmor.html

Oh wait. That’s comic book science.

By: nlpnt

nlpnt — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:27:27 +0000

Paper suits and transistorized air-conditioners I can see catching on, but shock absorbing the heels and a telephone? Who would want to walk on squishy gel and carry a phone wherever they go?

By: Eli

Eli — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:10:14 +0000

Another prediction that misses the mark entirely. My new dress suits are still made of wool, have an expected life span of ten to fifteen years, and would have looked right in style forty years ago. About the only things that have fluctuated are the widths of the lapels and neckties, and the cut of the trousers.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:55:39 +0000

I can’t imagine how suits made with miniature built in air conditioners “operating on transistors” would work. What have transistors and cooling systems to do with each other? Is it a mistaken belief of the 50s that miniaturizing anything would absolutely have to contain transistors?

Rick

By: Keyser Söze

Keyser Söze — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:01:23 +0000

I think is a great idea to rescue this old stuff from magazines and put it on the net.
It has a so absurdist feeling!