Hosiery with veins

These stockings printed with veins and arteries are 41,00€ from UpFactory.
Collants/Bas veines et artères (Thanks, Tara McGinley!)

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Anonymous

Wow, they’re both really cool and a terrible nightmare. Quite an achievement.
ill lich

Or wear one on your head to look like the H-bomb worshipers from “Beneath the Planet of the Apes.”
Anonymous

I believe I need a unicorn chaser.
mdh

Reminds me of when my goth friends took anatomy and went to town on on their arms and legs with red and blue eyeliner pencils.
Anonymous

Definitely NOT anonymous, but don’t understand how to sign in!

American comedienne Joan Rivers used to say that she wanted tattoos on her legs to match her varicose veins. Now I understand what she means. I think I could pattern a FABULOUS Chinese dragon from hips to ankles!

My aunt Lillian used to call her legs THE ROADMAPS. Red lines were superhighways, blue lines just orginary byways.

Don’t worry, youngsters. As long as they don’t hurt, you’ll be fine. Today is my 70th birthday, and if varicose veins ever come back into style, I’m there.

In fun,

Ellen Kimball
Portland, OR
Takuan

huh? sure, knock yerself out
http://www.reuters.com/
Anonymous

problem is, this means you have to put them on without twisting them…damn near impossible for many of us!
Anonymous

has anybody found a way to get these shipped to the us?

(this is a perfect gift for a certain fashionista gf)
Anonymous

Those aren’t stockings; they’re pantyhose.

Stockings are single leg coverings supplied in pairs. They’re healthier, classier, and sexier.
Anonymous

What next?
perhaps a cellulite body suit replete with veins,sags ,folds and questionable appendages plus a matching godzilla head……Cool Stage wear! for female goth rockers
Crashproof

So I guess I’m the only one who thinks this is kind of hot, in a twisted way? Or the only one who will admit it.

Bones would be much better, of course. :)
remmelt

In the same vein (*boooooiiinnng*), here’s a body suit designed by Katy Perry for H&M’s Fashion Against AIDS campagne, currently online @ http://www.hm.com:

http://bayimg.com/image/gaahmaacg.jpg
doc_roswell

Interesting idea, but paying good money for something that I can do already just by putting on a pair of shorts doesn’t appeal.

And theirs aren’t even 3D like mine are…
Anonymous

My only problem with these is that they aren’t accurate. What a missed opportunity.
Anonymous

Saw these by Portuguese artist Patricia Guerreiro in Lisbon a few years ago… :)
Anonymous

i want a pair!!!! :D
and im a guy XDXDXD
SamSam

That would be “41.00 â‚¬” in English-speaking places. Otherwise those are very expensive stockings.
oschene

Varicose Hose!
General Specific

Gross.
wolfiesma

Those are beautiful hose. Now all we need is the Frida Kahlo nylon bodysuit with trolly tracks up the torso…
Tom Hale

Reminds me of how people looked in Scanners just before their head exploded – except a little lower.
Halloween Jack

How lucky I am that the internet has proven Rule 34 beyond a reasonable doubt and this sort of thing fails to surprise me any more, and by “lucky” I mean “irreparably scarred”.
Anonymous

reminds me of Slim Goodbody.
David Pescovitz

SAMSAM @1, Yes, but UpFactory is a French site.
ill lich

Pffft. . . just wait until you’re older, ladies. . . they’ll look like that all the time, with hosiery or without.
Tom Hale

Slim Goodbody – from Captain Kangaroo?
Anonymous

Why? Why … oh, God, why?
Anonymous

So if you look like that naturally is it cool?
valtz

Those just scream “Come hither.” In Mescaline.
spin

I will make a pair of these for you ladies. Mine only cost 40,000â‚¬ plus expenses (2 coloured markers). http://www.deadhookerchic.com
Lobster

I had a teacher who looked like this. Didn’t need any special hose though.