Comments on: Melting hosiery http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/melting-hosiery.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 06:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jambe http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/melting-hosiery.html#comment-1675945 Jambe Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217780#comment-1675945 I think they're visually interesting and appealing in that (aesthetic) sense. I think this regardless of whether there was an interesting intellectual basis for their creation. I'm not sure if they're mass-produced, but mass-production isn't (in and of itself) an ethical problem. I think they’re visually interesting and appealing in that (aesthetic) sense. I think this regardless of whether there was an interesting intellectual basis for their creation.

I’m not sure if they’re mass-produced, but mass-production isn’t (in and of itself) an ethical problem.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/melting-hosiery.html#comment-1675865 niktemadur Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217780#comment-1675865 This is what happens when you apply radioactive cold cream on the legs. This is what happens when you apply radioactive cold cream on the legs.

]]> By: Frank Lee Scarlett http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/melting-hosiery.html#comment-1675779 Frank Lee Scarlett Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217780#comment-1675779 Red melted wax down the inner thigh would be the version remaining truest to the spirit of Leigh Bowery's costume designs, which I believe to be the inspiration for this "legwear." The intent of his work was to shock cultural arbiters by challenging sexual and gender norms. I've been photographing candles melted on top of candles lately, and I knew I'd hit on something familiar but couldn't quite place it, until I remembered the photo below and similar work by Leigh Bowery. He's really quite amazing. These tights, ehh, I don't know. They almost seem like a mass-produced Halloween costume, and that's hardly in the spirit of Leigh's gender-challenging work. http://www.artvalue.com/photos/auction/0/46/46162/garner-kate-1954-united-kingdo-leigh-bowery-2295821.jpg http://witchesbrewpress.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/leighbowerycleavage.jpg Red melted wax down the inner thigh would be the version remaining truest to the spirit of Leigh Bowery’s costume designs, which I believe to be the inspiration for this “legwear.” The intent of his work was to shock cultural arbiters by challenging sexual and gender norms.

I’ve been photographing candles melted on top of candles lately, and I knew I’d hit on something familiar but couldn’t quite place it, until I remembered the photo below and similar work by Leigh Bowery.

He’s really quite amazing. These tights, ehh, I don’t know. They almost seem like a mass-produced Halloween costume, and that’s hardly in the spirit of Leigh’s gender-challenging work.

http://www.artvalue.com/photos/auction/0/46/46162/garner-kate-1954-united-kingdo-leigh-bowery-2295821.jpg

http://witchesbrewpress.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/leighbowerycleavage.jpg

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/melting-hosiery.html#comment-1675773 pjcamp Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217780#comment-1675773 Melting hosiery or leaking badonkadonks? Melting hosiery or leaking badonkadonks?

]]> By: Mr. Son http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/melting-hosiery.html#comment-1675762 Mr. Son Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217780#comment-1675762 I think the stockings are kind of nifty. Don't like the shoes, though. I think the stockings are kind of nifty. Don’t like the shoes, though.

]]> By: voiceinthedistance http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/melting-hosiery.html#comment-1675728 voiceinthedistance Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217780#comment-1675728 Crude.  Oil, that is. Crude.  Oil, that is.

]]> By: StCredZero http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/melting-hosiery.html#comment-1675706 StCredZero Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217780#comment-1675706 Would be great for zombie costumes.  Would be great for zombie costumes. 

]]> By: Guillaume Dargaud http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/melting-hosiery.html#comment-1675679 Guillaume Dargaud Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217780#comment-1675679  ...and red. Anyway this is about as sexy as a bullet to the knee.  …and red. Anyway this is about as sexy as a bullet to the knee.

]]> By: vrplumber http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/melting-hosiery.html#comment-1675670 vrplumber Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217780#comment-1675670 Finally all the fashion advantages of being a burn victim, without the painful scarring. Finally all the fashion advantages of being a burn victim, without the painful scarring.

]]> By: StCredZero http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/melting-hosiery.html#comment-1675650 StCredZero Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217780#comment-1675650 They should have a version where all the melt is on the inner thighs.  They should have a version where all the melt is on the inner thighs. 

]]> By: Ladyfingers http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/melting-hosiery.html#comment-1675610 Ladyfingers Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217780#comment-1675610 Without being too vulgar, the lady appears to have struck mullerian oil. Without being too vulgar, the lady appears to have struck mullerian oil.

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