Boing Boing » eyewear http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 01:00:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Goggled coat http://boingboing.net/2012/10/22/goggled-coat.html http://boingboing.net/2012/10/22/goggled-coat.html#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:46:29 +0000 Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/?p=188886
Luxury retailer Luisa Viaroma at one point sold these $424 Matt Nylon Hooded Down Jackets with integrated, goggled facemasks. In an apparent bid to soften the appearance of alien menace projected by the garment when fully zipped, the vendor added a silly poof-ball at the crown.

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Luxury retailer Luisa Viaroma at one point sold these $424 Matt Nylon Hooded Down Jackets with integrated, goggled facemasks. In an apparent bid to soften the appearance of alien menace projected by the garment when fully zipped, the vendor added a silly poof-ball at the crown. This latter seems easily removed, and I speculate that it is similar to the little snap-off bit of wink-nudge metal that converts your semi-automatic to full-auto -- that is, a way to claim relative harmlessness at the point of sale. Because once you lose the bogglie-ball, brother, you're pure terror in this one.

I'd Wear It: Winter Jacket With Integrated Goggles In Hood

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