Restored by Guy Jones, who said, "Early sound film of the latest flapper fashions from House Doeuillet in Paris, France in the year 1928."
I kept hoping for the Marx Brothers to appear.
Image: YouTube/Guy Jones
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10:23 am Wed
Aug 28, 2019
Restored footage (with sound) of a 1928 fashion show in Paris
Bizarro Burberry hybrid coat/vest
Described as a “posh mash-up of uptown and downtown,” this Burberry outerwear offering is just downright weird. It combines a classy women’s camel hair coat (the “uptown”) with a red/taupe puffer vest (the “downtown,” which is inexplicably attached upside down with a zipper to the coat). Now, I don’t pretend to follow fashion but this […]
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Adversarial Fashion: clothes designed to confuse license-plate readers
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Bulletproof thobes and abaya
Tailor Saleh Alnahdi is courting the conservative Saudi gentleman who still worried about being gunned down in the street with a line of bulletproof thobes and abaya, lined with Aramid ("a little more expensive than kevlar") and complying with the US National Institute of Justice Body Armor Compliance Certificate requirements. As @evacide quipped: "This is […]
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Name your price for this library of DIY eBooks by Make:
If you’re part of the maker community, you know Make:. Though Make: magazine is off the shelves as of this year, the eBooks and resources put out by Maker Media are still a fantastic resource for the new generation of tinkerers, hackers, and robotics geeks. If you’re in that tribe, listen up: they’ve released a […]
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Make meals your way with this 9-in-1 programmable pressure cooker
Life isn’t getting any less hectic, and pressure cookers are a quick, healthy solution for a growing number of kitchens. But if you thought your Instant Pot was versatile, there’s a major upgrade on the market: The Yedi 9-in-1 Total Package Instant Programmable Pressure Cooker. If you’ve somehow never used a pressure cooker before, try […]
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Get over 80 hours of training in Python programming for just $35
When it comes to data analytics or deep learning, there’s one language behind the apps and algorithms that power the biggest companies of today: Python. The best part about this tool is that as versatile as it is, it’s actually fairly easy to learn. But mastery? For that, you need more than just a beginners’ […]
