On 10/22/07, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > innovation is alive and well in japan! but there are many other parts of > the world where women aren't always safe walking alone (or men for that > matter), and vending machines are not as ubiquitous as in tokyo. > > a skirt that transforms itself into a big dustbin, for the back streets > of paris? a sari that converts into a telegraph pole, for delhi? > > -rishab > > http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/21/news/japan.php > > With a deft motion, Tsukioka, a 29-year-old fashion designer, lifted a > flap on the front of her skirt to reveal a large sheet of cloth printed > in bright red with a soft drink logo partly visible. By holding the > sheet fully open and stepping to the side of the road, she showed how a > woman walking alone could elude pursuers - by disguising herself as a > vending machine. > > [the picture shows the "deluxe model" that transforms itself into a > 4-sided vending machine!] > > >
Should we laugh and appreciate the deftness of the design? Should we cry and bemoan the state of our civilization that makes this necessary? I did both... I remember an essay I read in college...the definition of civilization being that a beautiful woman decked out with jewellery could walk alone at night...and the other definition being, the laying down of any form of weaponry by citizens of the state... Deepa.
