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These Jordans Come With More Accessories Than My Phone Did

10:15AM Yesterday | Andrew Liszewski

I can’t believe Nike’s churned out 27 different Air Jordans already. The 2012 model is a far cry from the high tops I wore in high school, with a bevy of accessories that customise the shoe to anyone’s playing style. More »


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The Transmission Tower Coat Rack Will Electrocute Your Eyes

3:00PM February 9, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

Electricity is beautiful, but transmission towers are eyesores. That contradiction hurts my brain. How am I supposed to feel when I look at a beautiful landscape, and it’s ruined by giant towers disappearing into the horizon? We NEED the towers so we might as well get used to them. More »


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Photoshop Disasters: When Layers Go Wrong

9:00AM February 5, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Pro tip: When you decide to recolour the hair of a model on your clothing website, ensure all the layers are visible when you save the picture for use on the internet. Otherwise, you’ll end up looking as stupid as the designers of this online shop. More »


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I’m A Grown Man, But I Would Still Wear These Lightsabre Sneakers

9:30AM February 1, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

The Phantom Menace will soon be returning to theatres, which of course means the Lucasfilm marketing machine is running at full throttle. An endless stream of new Star Wars merchandise is en route, including these fresh lightsabre kicks from Stride Rite. More »


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Coffee Grounds Clothing Warms You Up From The Outside Instead

1:40AM January 31, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

A trip to the coffee shop can provide some temporary warmth on a cold day, but performance clothing manufacturer Virus has a more unique approach to using coffee beans to boost your body temperature up to 10 degrees: turning it into spandex. More »


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Dress Pant Sweatpants Is The Greatest Thing Now

3:30PM January 27, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Letting you easily go from the gym (or bed) to work without changing, Betabrand’s drab grey dress pants are actually made from comfortable terry cloth. So you can relive your days as a student when it was OK to leave the house wearing pyjamas. More »


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Scratch ‘N’ Sniff Jeans Means You Never Have To Wash Them

2:45PM January 27, 2012 | Casey Chan

These jeans look like any other pair of denim you’d see on a fashionable twentysomething. Dark, slim fit and cut perfectly, heck, I wouldn’t mind buying these myself. But unlike other jeans, this pair is made with scratch ‘n’ sniff raspberry scented denim. Yes. Scratch and sniff. On your freaking jeans! This is awesome. More »


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Yes, You Can Also Recycle Jeans

2:00AM January 26, 2012 | Adrian Covert

Generally when I blow through a pair of denim, I just toss it out and never think of it again. But apparently, that pair of old, shredded jeans can be ground down to a pulp and reconstituted into a fresh pair of pants. More »


Gadgets

Grass Thongs Make Every Day A Walk In The Park

7:00PM January 22, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Krispy Kreme (of all companies) created a similar kind of sandal as part of a promotion a few years ago, but Kusa’s grass flip flops have two distinct differences. They’re made with artificial turf, and you can actually buy them. More »


Science

If Spider-Man Went Into Fashion, This Is What He’d Make

2:00AM January 20, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

I’ll admit that it looks a bit like your grandparents’ bath towels, but this is actually the largest piece of clothing ever made purely from spider silk. More »