2/26/2003: New Japanese style

Undertoad · 02-26-2003, 12:06 PM

A cheesecake moment on the IotD? Nope. What you're looking at there isn't what you think you're looking at. It's a new trend in Tokyo: the booty there is not actual, it's a DESIGN. Probably silkscreened.

How much of a trend isn't certain, but this page is where the pic came from, and IT says this is a trend. I read it on the Intarweb so it MUST be true!

There are four other examples on that page.

Yet another bit of Japanese culture that I don't understand. But it's interesting.

windhund · 02-26-2003, 12:17 PM

This is great. The next best thing to actually having a nice looking butt? Creating the illusion of one! Works for me (seeing as how my real butt would need major liposuction to even be halfway decent).

wolf · 02-26-2003, 01:14 PM

Do you think that this would be most appropriately accessorized with a nipple scarf?

xoxoxoBruce · 02-26-2003, 01:16 PM

http://www.inm.de/people/alba/couture/collection.html

Or this.

wolf · 02-26-2003, 01:28 PM

Ulp.

I wonder if the outfits come in different color variations, so the carpet can match the drapes, so to speak.

wolf · 02-26-2003, 01:31 PM

Thank goodness!!

I was checking out that couture website and encountered the following message ... "Der Shop ist zur Zeit geschlossen."

Will the fact that you can't buy this stuff increase the demand? And when will the cheap knock-offs start appearing in WalMart?

02-26-2003, 01:33 PM

Since I'm still German n00b... that says basically "The shop is temporarily closed"... right? Or no?

All my books got burnt :\

Er... I just looked up Zeit... looks like it's probably more like "The shop is presently closed." ("The shop is closed at this time" I guess is the literal translation?) :\ oh well

wolf · 02-26-2003, 01:37 PM

I was translating it as "The shop is closed at this time"

No matter how you say it ... you can't buy any of that weirdness at the moment ...

tw · 02-26-2003, 04:08 PM

Another popular and new trend in Japan is to color hair. Also becoming acceptable even in conservative office environments. Multicolor is also more commonly observed in Japan. The only color that is not popular .... black.

warch · 02-26-2003, 04:26 PM

So you can buy the birthday suit suits off the rack, for all those occasions, be they protests, public art projects, or simply bar hopping. I'm envisioning an expansion into bulky knits and outerwear. Screenprinted GorTex.

SteveDallas · 02-26-2003, 04:38 PM

LOL.. This is hilarious. Only in Japan. I can't wait to see when somebody tries to start selling these in the US... it's inevitable!

perth · 02-26-2003, 06:49 PM

hmmm

too bad tho.

~james

jaguar · 02-26-2003, 07:13 PM

It's on fark, it's fake, photoshopped.

Undertoad · 02-26-2003, 08:47 PM

Damn! Hoaxed agin!

juju · 02-26-2003, 09:11 PM

Man, I <i>knew</i> they looked photoshopped, but I didn't say anything 'cause I didn't want to be wrong about it. Curses!

02-26-2003, 12:06 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/26/2003: New Japanese style A cheesecake moment on the IotD? Nope. What you're looking at there isn't what you think you're looking at. It's a new trend in Tokyo: the booty there is not actual, it's a DESIGN. Probably silkscreened. How much of a trend isn't certain, but this page is where the pic came from, and IT says this is a trend. I read it on the Intarweb so it MUST be true! There are four other examples on that page. Yet another bit of Japanese culture that I don't understand. But it's interesting.

02-26-2003, 01:14 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Do you think that this would be most appropriately accessorized with a nipple scarf? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-26-2003, 01:28 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Ulp. I wonder if the outfits come in different color variations, so the carpet can match the drapes, so to speak. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-26-2003, 01:31 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Thank goodness!! I was checking out that couture website and encountered the following message ... "Der Shop ist zur Zeit geschlossen." Will the fact that you can't buy this stuff increase the demand? And when will the cheap knock-offs start appearing in WalMart? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-26-2003, 01:33 PM	#7
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Since I'm still German n00b... that says basically "The shop is temporarily closed"... right? Or no? All my books got burnt :\ Er... I just looked up Zeit... looks like it's probably more like "The shop is presently closed." ("The shop is closed at this time" I guess is the literal translation?) :\ oh well Last edited by dave; 02-26-2003 at 01:36 PM.

02-26-2003, 12:17 PM	#2
windhund lost in space Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: over there Posts: 66	This is great. The next best thing to actually having a nice looking butt? Creating the illusion of one! Works for me (seeing as how my real butt would need major liposuction to even be halfway decent).

02-26-2003, 01:16 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	http://www.inm.de/people/alba/couture/collection.html Or this.

02-26-2003, 01:37 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I was translating it as "The shop is closed at this time" No matter how you say it ... you can't buy any of that weirdness at the moment ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-26-2003, 04:08 PM	#9
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Another popular and new trend in Japan is to color hair. Also becoming acceptable even in conservative office environments. Multicolor is also more commonly observed in Japan. The only color that is not popular .... black.

02-26-2003, 04:26 PM	#10
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	So you can buy the birthday suit suits off the rack, for all those occasions, be they protests, public art projects, or simply bar hopping. I'm envisioning an expansion into bulky knits and outerwear. Screenprinted GorTex.

02-26-2003, 04:38 PM	#11
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	LOL.. This is hilarious. Only in Japan. I can't wait to see when somebody tries to start selling these in the US... it's inevitable!

02-26-2003, 06:49 PM	#12
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	hmmm too bad tho. ~james

02-26-2003, 07:13 PM	#13
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	It's on fark, it's fake, photoshopped. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

02-26-2003, 08:47 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Damn! Hoaxed agin!

02-26-2003, 09:11 PM	#15
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Man, I <i>knew</i> they looked photoshopped, but I didn't say anything 'cause I didn't want to be wrong about it. Curses!

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