Comments on: Women with 7-foot-long legs now have a place to shop online for pants! http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Paul Doherty http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1627506 Paul Doherty Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1627506 Where Jack Skellington buys his pants. Where Jack Skellington buys his pants.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1626380 niktemadur Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1626380 Much like steroids in baseball (topical this week because of the Hall Of Fame vote), Photoshop is a plague in advertisement, the lazy shortcut. But unlike baseball, which addressed steroids although much too late to contain long-lasting legacy damage, advertising will continue to sink further down the hole. Then again, advertisement is a plague in itself, isn't it?  So a plague that affects a plague may not be something that we should be concerned about. Much like steroids in baseball (topical this week because of the Hall Of Fame vote), Photoshop is a plague in advertisement, the lazy shortcut.
But unlike baseball, which addressed steroids although much too late to contain long-lasting legacy damage, advertising will continue to sink further down the hole.

Then again, advertisement is a plague in itself, isn’t it?  So a plague that affects a plague may not be something that we should be concerned about.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1626334 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1626334 The fact that I didn't even notice the fun house flooring is probably due to decades of living in warped old Edwardians in SF. The fact that I didn’t even notice the fun house flooring is probably due to decades of living in warped old Edwardians in SF.

]]> By: Shannon Larratt http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1626223 Shannon Larratt Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1626223  No, the floor is the proof, if anything. They're using a type of scaling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seam_carving that selectively stretches some areas more than others in an attempt to change the image dimensions without damaging areas of high-detail. This is why the top part of the image (the chair, etc.), which are much more detailed, have remained "normal".  No, the floor is the proof, if anything. They’re using a type of scaling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seam_carving that selectively stretches some areas more than others in an attempt to change the image dimensions without damaging areas of high-detail. This is why the top part of the image (the chair, etc.), which are much more detailed, have remained “normal”.

]]> By: Shannon Larratt http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1626222 Shannon Larratt Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1626222  It's the result of a "content-aware scale" (ie. Seam Carving --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seam_carving ... They've probably got an automated tool (or a very lazy employee) that they run on their photos, which includes using a "smart" scaling function in order to make it fit the desired size. You can tell this is the likely culprit by the strange skewing of the floorboards.  It’s the result of a “content-aware scale” (ie. Seam Carving — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seam_carving … They’ve probably got an automated tool (or a very lazy employee) that they run on their photos, which includes using a “smart” scaling function in order to make it fit the desired size. You can tell this is the likely culprit by the strange skewing of the floorboards.

]]> By: jandrese http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1626189 jandrese Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1626189 Look at the floor, this isn't web server scaling, someone did that on purpose. Look at the floor, this isn’t web server scaling, someone did that on purpose.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625868 Donald Petersen Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625868 I'm so glad the high waist went away.  Nobody looks good in those, not Freddie Prinze, not Bob Mitchum, not John Ritter, certainly not me.  I like the current low-rise jeans (within reason).  But I sure do miss bell-bottoms.  <a href="http://headbangorgtfo.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/cliffburton.jpg" rel="nofollow">Only Cliff Burton</a> knew how to wear jeans in the 80s. I’m so glad the high waist went away.  Nobody looks good in those, not Freddie Prinze, not Bob Mitchum, not John Ritter, certainly not me.  I like the current low-rise jeans (within reason).  But I sure do miss bell-bottoms.  Only Cliff Burton knew how to wear jeans in the 80s.

]]> By: Kevin Gunn http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625601 Kevin Gunn Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625601 I'd guess this isn't really a PS disaster but a web server disaster.  They probably made photos to fit one set of x-y dimensions but the slot on the page is for a different size.  The server is resizing the image to fit by stretching it. I’d guess this isn’t really a PS disaster but a web server disaster.  They probably made photos to fit one set of x-y dimensions but the slot on the page is for a different size.  The server is resizing the image to fit by stretching it.

]]> By: welcomeabored http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625588 welcomeabored Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625588 I loved button-fly Levi's.  I never felt cooler, slimmer or more comfortable than when I could wear them.  I'll be making fun of you for shopping at Sears later, though.  :^) I loved button-fly Levi’s.  I never felt cooler, slimmer or more comfortable than when I could wear them. 

I’ll be making fun of you for shopping at Sears later, though.  :^)

]]> By: CLamb http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625578 CLamb Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625578 Bah!  It only fits women with two legs the same length. Bah!  It only fits women with two legs the same length.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625499 Lobster Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625499 These'd go great with my stilts. These’d go great with my stilts.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625467 oasisob1 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625467 I'm waiting for that to get blasted off the internet by Disney. I’m waiting for that to get blasted off the internet by Disney.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625464 oasisob1 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625464 I've always worn the opposite. I’ve always worn the opposite.

]]> By: helloworld49 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625442 helloworld49 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625442 Never mind the legs, I want a floor like that. I'd never have to drink again to feel dizzy. Never mind the legs, I want a floor like that. I’d never have to drink again to feel dizzy.

]]> By: DisGuest http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625438 DisGuest Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625438  That's kind of terrifying, if you ask me.  That’s kind of terrifying, if you ask me.

]]> By: bigtrendy http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625435 bigtrendy Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625435 A perfect gift for the transvestite slenderman.  Also available in ominious black. A perfect gift for the transvestite slenderman.  Also available in ominious black.

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625431 IronEdithKidd Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625431 @Antinous_Moderator:disqus : You kinda just gave me a flashback to childhood.  There was that extended period of time - let's call it the 80's - when Levis were not at all cool.  So they were cheap, which meant my mom bought them for me.  I hated them with a fiery passion because they were stupidly high-waisted, and I'm short-waisted.  Damn things rode on my ribs. They were hands-down the most uncomfortable garment on earth.   @Antinous_Moderator:disqus : You kinda just gave me a flashback to childhood.  There was that extended period of time – let’s call it the 80′s – when Levis were not at all cool.  So they were cheap, which meant my mom bought them for me.  I hated them with a fiery passion because they were stupidly high-waisted, and I’m short-waisted.  Damn things rode on my ribs. They were hands-down the most uncomfortable garment on earth.  

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625425 IronEdithKidd Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625425 Maybe just a disgruntled employee with little supervisory oversight? Maybe just a disgruntled employee with little supervisory oversight?

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625390 ocker3 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625390  Xeni is just happy that she's Finally found a merchant who can outfit her space-lengthened frame  Xeni is just happy that she’s Finally found a merchant who can outfit her space-lengthened frame

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625356 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625356 The other leggings/pants seem to be on humans or passably humanoid mannequins.  In this one, the back heel is off the floor, which would be pretty hard to balance without muscles and a cerebral cortex. On the other hand, the forearm appears to be about six inches long, but taking foreshortening into consideration, possibly in proportion to the thighs.  It's the lower legs that are the problem.  My guess is that there's a very thin person <i>en pointe</i> and attached to some kind of stilts. The other leggings/pants seem to be on humans or passably humanoid mannequins.  In this one, the back heel is off the floor, which would be pretty hard to balance without muscles and a cerebral cortex.

On the other hand, the forearm appears to be about six inches long, but taking foreshortening into consideration, possibly in proportion to the thighs.  It’s the lower legs that are the problem.  My guess is that there’s a very thin person en pointe and attached to some kind of stilts.

]]> By: phiis161803 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625354 phiis161803 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625354 I don't believe this is a PS disaster. Rather it looks like the "model" is just a wire frame if some sort. Check out this additional photo from the gallery below the main pic: http://www.romwe.com/low-waist-red-pants-p-52122.html I don’t believe this is a PS disaster. Rather it looks like the “model” is just a wire frame if some sort. Check out this additional photo from the gallery below the main pic: http://www.romwe.com/low-waist-red-pants-p-52122.html

]]> By: sigismund http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625344 sigismund Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625344  Don't you know ? Manga girls are real  Don’t you know ? Manga girls are real

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625332 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625332 I would normally wear a 34 now, mostly because the fit is just completely different. No more zipping your jeans up to your sternum. I would normally wear a 34 now, mostly because the fit is just completely different. No more zipping your jeans up to your sternum.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625318 Donald Petersen Fri, 11 Jan 2013 05:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625318 There's also the fact that shrink-to-fit button-fly 501s (what we just called "Levis" back then) shrink a <b>lot</b>.  My 30 X 38 Levis fit a skinny guy who was 6'2" and 140 lbs.  Not all <b>that</b> incredibly tall.  But I used to be able to find that size at Sears.  I'm still 6'2", but now the same length inseam in the shrink-to-fit indigo denim is labeled a 36, and the preshrunk ones are 34.  In my experience, I haven't been able to find 30 X 38 Levis anywhere in over fifteen years, not at Levis.com, nor in one of their stores. Though it really seems to me that their sizing numbers got changed a few years ago, I still have trouble finding Levis long enough for my legs in Los Angeles, particularly in the Valley.  And again, I'm only 6'2".  Sure, I see a lot of relatively short guys buying their jeans at the North Hollywood Sears, but not to the point where I feel like the lone giraffe in a veldt full of springbok. There’s also the fact that shrink-to-fit button-fly 501s (what we just called “Levis” back then) shrink a lot.  My 30 X 38 Levis fit a skinny guy who was 6’2″ and 140 lbs.  Not all that incredibly tall.  But I used to be able to find that size at Sears.  I’m still 6’2″, but now the same length inseam in the shrink-to-fit indigo denim is labeled a 36, and the preshrunk ones are 34.  In my experience, I haven’t been able to find 30 X 38 Levis anywhere in over fifteen years, not at Levis.com, nor in one of their stores.

Though it really seems to me that their sizing numbers got changed a few years ago, I still have trouble finding Levis long enough for my legs in Los Angeles, particularly in the Valley.  And again, I’m only 6’2″.  Sure, I see a lot of relatively short guys buying their jeans at the North Hollywood Sears, but not to the point where I feel like the lone giraffe in a veldt full of springbok.

]]> By: manybellsdown http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625307 manybellsdown Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625307 They'd clash with a 3 Wolf Moon shirt, for sure. They’d clash with a 3 Wolf Moon shirt, for sure.

]]> By: Brett Myers http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625293 Brett Myers Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625293 Wow, the undulating floorboards make it kind of trippy. Wow, the undulating floorboards make it kind of trippy.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625256 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625256 In San Francisco? A) Levi Strauss headquarters. B) Stores buying for the gay market. In San Francisco? A) Levi Strauss headquarters. B) Stores buying for the gay market.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625244 pjcamp Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625244 I dunno. Kinda looks like the bottom half of Keith Richards circa 1967. I dunno. Kinda looks like the bottom half of Keith Richards circa 1967.

]]> By: uglyredhonda http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625242 uglyredhonda Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625242 For any 90s Disney World fans: "OR MAYBE HAVE LEGS THAT ARE REEAAALLLL LOOOOOOOOOONNNNG." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Am7D_4568 For any 90s Disney World fans:

“OR MAYBE HAVE LEGS THAT ARE REEAAALLLL LOOOOOOOOOONNNNG.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Am7D_4568

]]> By: welcomeabored http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/women-with-7-foot-long-legs-no.html#comment-1625237 welcomeabored Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205142#comment-1625237 Long Elegant Legs caters to inseams of 36" and up to size 24. Long Elegant Legs caters to inseams of 36″ and up to size 24.

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