From Champion's creation of the hooded sweatshirt in the 1930s through Rocky Balboa to today's high-end cashmere designs to Trayvon Martin, writer Gary Warnett explores the cultural history of the hoodie.
History of the hoodie
How to bring the look of women's high fashion into your closet for cheap
Over at eBay, fashion designer/stylist Kelly Sparks, who moonlights as my wife, wrote about how to bring the trends seen in the crazy couture of fashion show runways into a woman's everyday wardrobe: "Five Fall Fashion Trends That Aren't Just for Supermodels" Read the rest
Fun guide to women's vintage clothing on eBay
Do you dig women's vintage clothes? My wife Kelly Sparks is a fashion designer and stylist who has been a hardcore vintage and thrift treasure hunter since she was in high school. Kelly was asked to write a series of shopping guides on eBay and her first one, no surprise, is "The Thrill of the Hunt: A Personal Stylist's Guide to 10 Vintage Items Every Woman Needs In Her Closet." Read the rest
Watch: 100 Years of Lingerie in 3 Minutes
To my eye, more is frequently less. Bonus finale with plus-size model Germaine Nichols, cancer survivor Danielle Orner, and androgynous model/activist Rain Dove.
(Mode via Laughing Squid)
Crazy and amazing unofficial Barbie fashions from the 1960s
Collectors Weekly's Ben Marks says, "Schiffer Publishing has just released 'Doll Junk: Collectible & Crazy Fashions from the ’70s & ’80s,' by Carmen Varricchio, who fills almost 200 pages with images of Barbie and Ken knockoffs and the campy fashions that manufacturers in the U.S. and Europe thought would appeal to little girls. Read the rest
Terrible American clothing now available
Online clothing boutique Shinesty wants you to Shine On. Their mission is "to bring you the most outlandish collection of clothing the world has ever seen", and they deliver. Read the rest
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office doesn't like comfy balls
The US Patent and Trademark Office denied a Norwegian underwear manufacturer's application to register the brand name Comfyballs, explaining that it was too "vulgar" to trademark. Please post alternate names in the BBS. [via] Read the rest
Comfortable togs from Betabrand [sponsored]
Our thanks to our sponsors at Betabrand, who sent us these items to play with. Read the rest
Edgar Allan Poe sweater
Archie McPhee & Co. offers this Edgar Allan Poe intarsia sweater for $42.50, "one size fits most." (via Dangerous Minds) Read the rest
Betabrand line of space-themed streetwear
Our friends at crowdfunded clothier Betabrand held a hack day to design a line of space-themed streetwear called Mission Control! A slew of space enthusiasts participated, including BB contributor Ariel "Spacehack" Waldman. The crowdfundable prototypes include the Voyager Gold Record Tee above, Galactic Carry-On and Dopp Kit, a sweatshirt with the Arecibo message (which would be a great complement to our own Boing Boing Areciboing t-shirt), and other far out designs! Betabrand Mission Control Read the rest
Pixel panties
$4,306 raised of $12,500 goal on Indiegogo. Read the rest
Edgar Allan Poe hoodie
Black Craft offers this excellent Edgar Allan Poe hoodie with a quote from his poem "A Dream Within A Dream" on the back. Read the rest
New Boing Boing shirt: Devil Skull!
Designed by Kata Sutra, our new Devil Skull garment is sure to be the envy of visitors to the Oklahoma state Capitol.
Peruse our complete selection of Boing Boing merchandise. Read the rest
The Classic Lego Space Flight Jacket
Our friends at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories painted a leather bomber jacket with the 1970s and 80s “Classic Lego Space” logo. They included step-by-step instructions for painting your own. It involves stripping the shiny stuff off the leather and using special acrylic leather paint. Read the rest
Skull scarves from Alexander McQueen and Damien Hirst
Pioneering fashion design house Alexander McQueen has teamed up with Damien Hirst on a collection of skull scarfs. Alexander McQueen has been creating beautiful skull scarves for ten years and this new series of 30 designs draws from Hirst's "Entomology" artworks. Above, photographer Sølve Sundsbø's short video celebrating the collaboration. "Alexander McQueen & Damien Hirst Scarf Collaboration" Read the rest
Tote bag with Winston Smith's iconic Alternative Tentacles logo
Winston Smith's 1979 Alternative Tentacles record label logo is one of my favorites. I bought an Alternative Tentacles T-shirt in the early 1980s and wore it until it fell apart in 2011 (my 16-year-old daughter now wears it every day as her homework shirt).
Alternative Tentacles sells several items with the logo, including this new $20 tote, and a cool blue-on-red T-shirt. Read the rest
Knitwear for the Brady Bunch
Sadly, several knit garments from the first edition of Barbara G. Walker's Knitting From The Top (1972) are not included in the most recent addition. I can only assume they were omitted by mistake, because they are splendid. See more images at I'm Learning to Share. Read the rest
