Word: neon
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...even if he did end up being the loser at Olympus fashion week—he definitely wins the “most unnecessarily literalist” award. His “Street Safari” collection actually featured standard safari gear, like cargo pants and jumpsuits, in neon “street” colors. Besides the general ugliness of the clothes, the collection blatantly ignored the fact that almost all the settings that could reasonably allow the wearing of safari items—going on safaris, for instance—also make the wearing of bright colors unwise...
Last month TIME wrote about soldiers and Marines in Iraq requesting an unusual life-saving item in their care packages sent from home: Silly String. It seems that the neon plastic party streamers sprayed into an open doorway before a building search or across a darkened room can help detect nearly invisible trip wires attached to bombs and boobytraps. The old methods to detect trip wires - sweeping the space with a metal grappling hook or getting close enough for a visual inspection - just aren't as safe, Marines discovered...
...vacation used to mean unflattering, bulky outerwear, frequently in embarrassing neon colors. Thankfully, in the past few years a handful of designers, including Prada and Chanel, have aimed to make the slopes more fashionable. The zipper-covered jacket, above, from Escada Sport is sturdy enough for the snow but sleek enough for the city...
...world.” Such pieces raise questions as to the prints’ place—art, protest, or both—that the show never really answers or addresses further. Although some of the efforts to achieve radicalism may be questionable—the neon green and orange walls may hurt your eyes more than help the exhibit—the show works hard to earn its exclamation point, and earn it it does. Whether it will engender new sources of dissent—or even DISSENT!—we’ll have to wait...
...doesn’t have workable seams! It doesn’t have zippers! It’s made entirely from recycled bike shorts!” I said, as she dragged me by my leg into the dressing room, which consisted of a see-through curtain and a neon light and looked vaguely like somewhere Jared Leto could be found shooting up heroin...