The Telescopic Raincoat features a strategically located drawstring that folds the entire raincoat in so you can stuff it in itself and turn it into a bag.

Imagine walking in from the rain, taking the coat off, and just pulling it into one neat, little bag in one swift motion. It’s pretty convenient and makes the entire process less messier.

The designers behind this cool concept are Jia Shenghui, Zhao Qiyun, Fan Jianjun, Zhou Hailun, Chen Jian, Chu Yuhui, Hong Yonghui, and Zhang Yichi.

The Telescopic Raincoat is so cool, that it was even one of the 2011 red dot design concept winners.

[via Yanko Design]

Space Invaders with sheep? I don’t wear knitwear, but this could change my mind about it. The Sheep Invaders pattern is available on both cardigans and crewneck sweaters this season. If Space Invaders in sheep’s clothing is not enough, they even created a matching Sheep Invaders video game on their Facebook Page. Don’t be sheepish, go play it now.

Head on over to Soto to buy one of these awesome pieces. They will cost you from €249.00(~$329 USD) to €299.00(~$395 USD).

[via Highsnobiety via Albotas]

The MSN website dress has to be my favorite out of the three above – the designer managed to make looking like a Peacock a good thing.  Never before have you been able to tell your date that she looks like a bird and not get pecked to death by her long, spindly nose.  ”WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?”  I said you look like a bird, calm down.  *Date starts pecking me with her nose*

The YouTube dress honestly wouldn’t be as great as it is if it weren’t for that rather seductive red aura coming off of the midsection of the manikin.  ”Perhaps it represents the related videos that make you waste hours and hours on YouTube?”  No, I think someone just dropped it in a box of rocks from Mars and then picked it up again.  ”Not what happened.”  Oh, then someone purposely put it in the box?  We all know it’s your fault that everything happened the way it did.  ”No, it was never in a box of rocks from Mars.  Ever.  It’s not even real.”  Oh, my friend, I assure you that Mars is real.  *Facepalm*

The MegaUpload dress is, now, very inaccurate.  I’m pretty sure that when you visit the site there is a huge warning telling you that this site has been taken down and pronounced illegal by the U.S. government.  But, that wouldn’t make as good of a dress, so whatever.

If you love these geeky dresses, you’ll want to check out the Death Star Dress and the Inky Ghost Dress when you’re done here.

[via Geekologie]

Jack Kieffer owns Cool Gizmo Toys, a site that loves all things geeky

The N7 logo is upside down in this particular pair, but since the leggings are custom made I’m sure Alexandra can fix it for your order.

Here’s an Ass Effect shot of the leggings. For some reason, this view reminds me of the ridiculous butt pads on some of the leg armor parts in Mass Effect 3.

Tell Joker to fly to Etsy and prepare $75 (USD) to order your own pair of N7 Mass Effect leggings.

[via Kotaku]

That said, there’s no way I’d risk becoming a fashion pariah by donning these pants on, unless they’re the Pic Nic Pants that incorporates another pretty nifty use into these garments.

Aside from being clownish-looking pants, each pair also serves as a table – albeit a soft one – that you can use to eat dinner from.

The picture explains it all, I suppose. The pants aren’t being commercially produced yet. As far as I know, they’re just a concept design by Italian design company Acquacalda.

Fashion imposes forms to whom finding a function seems a must. Pic Nic pants take advantage of the usual cross-legged position to become a comfortable surface useful for the consumption of a meal outdoors. Laterally pants have an orientable pocket for drinks.

Not high in my record books for looks, but the Pic Nic pants definitely score a ten for ingenuity.

[via LikeCool]

These are the brainchild of Richard, who owns Finders and Keeper’s. He basically puts together an outfit (presumably from his old clothes), custom tailors them to fit your notebook or iPad, then lines it with soft organic cotton to make sure your gadget stays safe and snug inside.

Pretty fun, right? I never thought I’d see the day when we’d actually get to dress up iPads and laptops as we would dress up our nephews or sons. (Not that I have any children yet.)

This line of computerwear (as Richard calls them) is available from his Etsy shop, where they range in price from $55 to $75(USD).

[via Shortlist]

This good looking top was made by Etsy user morosemelonhead using an officially licensed Nintendo mens t-shirt. Sadly, the item has already sold for $49 (USD), but I’m sure she would be willing to make more if you have the money. At least you can try and convince her.

This top makes me want to open an 80′s style cafe, where the waitresses all wear one of these and the customers can play the NES all they want while getting wired on coffee. I’m weird like that.

[via Fashionably Geek via Geeks Are Sexy]

The problem with hangers, though, is that it’s pretty hard to slide them into place if your shirt or dress or other article of clothing has a teeny, tiny neck hole. Nobody wants to end up with a badly stretched neck hole, so I really appreciate the design that Jaineel Shah came up with for the next generation of clothes hangers.

Using the Pinch Hanger is as simple as pinching its two sides together and sliding it into your clothes. It’s not just helpful when you’re attempting to slide the hanger on; it’s also extremely useful in helping you get the clothes off of the hanger as well.

I think these will definitely help reduce the amount of time struggling to hang your clothes since you don’t have to worry about pushing too much and inadvertently stretching the neck hole to death.

[via Yanko Design]

The bespoke LED enveloped suit was the creation of John Spatcher and it needed to be quite bright, since it’s the only light source for the film, which was shot at night. Sutton used a Red Epic camera while riding a skidoo to capture the action, and it’s really pretty spectacular. Check it out for yourself:

Between the lighting of the suit and the darkness, as well as the slowed-up action, there are moments where you think that Hughes is surfing on waves in the ocean, instead of a snowboarder going down a slope.

[via If It's Hip It's Here]

So you can just imagine how long my mouth was agape when I stumbled on the Buttcrack Cleavage Dress. It’s basically an article of clothing celebrating the wonder (and beauty?) that is the female buttcrack.

Warning: Do not scroll down if you are easily offended by buttcrack.

And while it may be called the “buttcrack cleavage” dress, we might as well just call it the butt-exposing dress because I think we’re definitely seeing more than just the buttcrack cleavage here.

It was available on Etsy on LinaSpyroS’s shop and was sold quickly on February 2. It’s probably the only one of its kind, so if you do spot someone wearing it, then you know where she got it from.

[via Incredible Things via Geekologie]

There are those areas near the collar, the layers on frilly clothing, the places near the cuffs. Sometimes, I just give up trying to iron some shirts because of sheer frustration. That’s probably what Choi Hyemin’s Easy Iron concept aims to prevent so you can get all your ironing done in a jiffy without blowing your top. It’s fitted with two iron plates at the bottom. When you get to a narrow area, just push a trigger to raise the wider rear section, leaving you with only a narrow front ironing surface. This, in turn gets those hard to work areas where the regular irons would be rendered ineffective.

[via Yanko Design]

And now it’s spread on over to ads for winter clothing. Yes, you read that right: winter clothing. Moosejaw decided that they wanted to boost their sales by showing their models in their underwear. How? By releasing an X-ray app that worked with their Winter Catalog to do just that.

Just fire up the app and hover your device over the print catalog or digital catalog, and you can see the models in all their near-naked splendor.And it worked, too. Moosejaw has seen a 37% increase in sales from the same period in November of last year. At least they didn’t discriminate, and have both women and men in their undies.

Gary Wohlfeill, Creative Director at Moosejaw, explains the move: “Our goal at Moosejaw is to always create a unique and notable customer experience. Something that everyone who shops with us will want to tell ten friends about. The X-Ray catalog and X-Ray App are designed to create an incredibly cool, interactive and fun experience that breaks the barrier between our print and digital brand.”

What do you think?

[via Oh Gizmo!]

Whereas fift seemed ashamed of its microfiber twist with the first Wipe Shirt, relegating it on one of the shirt cuffs or shirt tails, the cleaning cloth is front and center (and bottom) on the Wipe T-Shirt. Fift say the three stripe design is inspired by a car wiper, but it kinda reminds me a bit of the Wi-Fi icon as well.

Unfortunately fift weren’t inspired by the price of shirts or microfiber cloths. Like its predecessor, the Wipe T-shirt is still much too expensive. Generate Design is selling it for a laughable $89 (USD) each. For a shirt that’s all about functionality and isn’t that fashionable to begin with, I wouldn’t pay even half of that for this shirt. I can only hope that 3M releases a similar product.

[via fift & Random Good Stuff]

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That means, whether you like it or not, you are getting dressed, meatbag! Then you can report to your cage and await further instructions. Remember the old joke when a kid said to another kid, “Did your mother dress you this morning?” Well, actually it was a robot. Not my fault at all that I have a woman’s top and shorts on in November.

[Robonable (JP) via Techcrunch]

You might have seen the entire saga more than ten times. You might have decorated your entire den and bedroom with movie memorabilia and tiny toy figures. But you won’t be the ultimate Star Wars aficionado if you don’t have this Star Wars Stormtrooper corset in your closet (or get your girlfriend one, if you’re a guy.)

Funny thing is, there are no actual stormtroopers on this thing (though there are a couple of Clone Troopers.) The front of the corset is actually just plain black, so you can layer on a cardigan if you don’t feel like showing your true colors on some days. The Star Wars corset is available for $39.99 (USD) from MayoMayhem’s Etsy shop.

[via Gadgets Matrix]

For his Anrealage fashion line, Japanese designer Kunihiko Morinaga took inspiration from the squared-off pixel block to create his F/W 2011 collection, which includes shoes with pixel heels, pixelated prints on on jackets, sweaters and slacks.

But my favorite part of the collection isn’t the clothing. It’s the pixel furniture, which includes a pair of awesome blocky armchairs, a matching café table, a pixel-patterned Oriental rug, and some awesome pixel light bulb fixtures.

I would live in a house filled with this stuff if I could. But I can’t. So for now, the only way to experience this is to head to the Anrealage showroom in Harajuku, Tokyo.

[KoiKoiKoi via Fancy]

San Francisco artist/software engineer Joe Andolina (aka Megaplow) is actually calling this wearable audio system a “Speaker Vest,” but from everything I can tell, it’s really more like a backpack, just built into a vest. Whatever it’s called, you’ll definitely draw attention walking down the street with this booming audio system strapped to your body.

It’s actually constructed from a Dainese Gilet Cali Tessuto vest, with a Boss audio Bass900 subwoofer strapped to the back. I like the two little satellite speakers that sit over your shoulders while wearing this thing. Power is supplied by a 10-cell rechargeable battery belt which might make you look a little like a suicide bomber, so you might not want to bring this thing with you to the airport.

If you’re ready to rattle your bones and be the life of the party, you can get this wearable speaker vest over on Etsy now for $850 (USD).

Aside from designs that are completely, well, out-of-this-world (and not in the good way), these pieces of clothing don’t seem very wearable. I mean, if I’m going to go out in some fashionable or new age clothing, I would at least want something that will sufficiently cover my back side. (Video below somewhat NSFW.)

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Most of these neoprene clothing pieces of pre-cut cloth barely cover any part of your body at all, with the exception of one that’s got some funky shirring going on at the side. Almost all the others showcase the entire front, side, or back of your body for the world to see.

Maybe designer Yitzhak Abecassis should come up with seamless, pre-cut swimsuits instead of clothing. Feels more appropriate, in a sense.

[via Yanko Designs]

There is, however, something else you can turn to: Privacy Shells.

Thought up by Veasyble, they start out as accessories like handbags, a hat, or a head wrap. When you feel like isolating yourself from the world, just reach out, unfold, and expand the accordion-like accessory you have with you and hide away.

Perhaps the one I find the most interesting is the handbag, which is huge enough to hide away two people inside the shell when unfolded. Sure, you might be able to get a few minutes of privacy with your special someone, but be prepared to be stared and ogled at when you emerge from your shell.

The Veasyble privacy shells are still a concept for now, but for sure you’ll be able to stand up and take notice if ever they’ll be released commercially because they aren’t exactly very subtle.

[via Toxel via Coolest Gadgets]

The gown is made using SKIN technology and the dress has bubbles on it that glow and change colors depending on the wearers body heat or mood.

The dress was made by Francesca Rosella of CuteCircuit.  It’s sort of like a wearable mood ring, only it’s a dress. It isn’t as sexy as that LED snowball dress, but it’s cool.

I think mood clothing is a great idea, that way I could tell at a glance if I should talk to my wife or run and hide.

[via TheDaily]