Posts with tag NASA

Japanese Astronaut Tests Experimental Anti-Stink Underwear

Email thisPosted Mar 28th 2009 at 1:00PM by Josh Loposer

Filed under: Swimwear and Lingerie, Men, Green Fashion

Isn't it time that underwear technology caught up with our hectic, water-conscious lifestyles? A Japanese astronaut is testing a pair of high tech skivvies that fight odor for more than a week between washes. Koichi Wakata will be the first Japanese astronaut to live on the International Space Station. He's also the first to test out J-ware -- a line of clothing developed by Japan Women's University to "kill bacteria, absorb water, insulate the body and dry quickly."

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Tags: high tech underwear, HighTechUnderwear, International Space Station, InternationalSpaceStation, Japan Womens University, Japanese astronaut, JapaneseAstronaut, JapanWomensUniversity, Koichi Wakata, KoichiWakata, NASA, skivvies, textile, Tokyo, underwear, water conseration, WaterConseration

Alice Cooper, Rock God and Failed Celebrity Designer - Flashbacks

Email thisPosted Dec 19th 2008 at 9:00AM by Josh Loposer

Filed under: Celebrities with Style, Celebrity Fashion Mistakes

Alice Cooper at a concert in his characteristic face paint

Find it hard to believe that a rock star with legions of adoring fans couldn't find someone to help him launch a celebrity line? Back in 1971, designers weren't open to letting just any old celebrity create a guest collection like they do today. According to WWD, Alice Cooper was an aspiring fashion designer at the start of his career, churning out all sorts of unique designs and hoping that someone would pick them up. But nobody ever did.

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Get discreet relief from the heat with sporty neck scarves

Email thisPosted Jul 4th 2008 at 10:21AM by Cat Lincoln

Filed under: Accessories

Working in the garden, cooking on a hot day, or in the middle of the night, when a hot flash hits. These are times when people will go to great lengths to cool off.

Fortunately NASA, or some other rocket science agency, discovered Polyacrylamide Crystals, then some crazy designer figured out how to put them in fabric. Thus was a cooling phenomenon born: the cooling scarf.

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Tags: bandana, cooling, evaporation, evaporative, gardening, heat wave, HeatWave, hot flash, HotFlash, nasa, Polyacrylamide Crystals, PolyacrylamideCrystals, scarf, summer, sweaty

Hello Kitty models for John Galliano for Dior

Email thisPosted Apr 21st 2008 at 8:11AM by Cat Lincoln

Filed under: Celebrities with Style

Japanese Vogue is sidesteping the recent controversies over too young or too thin models and going straight to animation.

Reuters reports that the June issue will showcase the popular - and fashionable - Hello Kitty wearing items from the fall and winter John Galliano for Dior line.

Our only question is why did it take this long? Hello Kitty is everywhere!

Gallery: Yes, there is a Hello Kitty version of that

Hello Kitty Tarina Tarantino Gothic Lolita Cuff Bracelet

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