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What This Outfit Needs is Some Garlic-Lemon Aioli

Fashion Fail - Artichoke Chic

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I don’t know what in the artichoke-Snuggie hell is going on with that thing, but I want those metallic fuchsia tights. WANT. If I have to dress like a salad bar in the green room on The Muppet Show to get them, I’ll do it.

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  1. First ever says:

    First comment on this site :)

  2. halja says:

    Can someone please explain to me how the designers make money with something like this? I honestly can’t imagine anyone buying this atrocity (or 99,8% of all the other Haute Couture stuff)!
    The tights on the other hand…

    • Demidan says:

      Haute couture is amazingly expensive, that stupid outfit most likely will sell to some silly Russian for $25-30,000 US.

  3. hmph says:

    YES! The tights are awesome!! The shoes (from what I can see) are fabulous too! As for what is going on… I am thinking this is a design idea show for parents who have to make the ‘food pyramid’ costumes for their kids.

  4. haythar says:

    I think it’s beautiful. Really. Sue me if you want to DD:

    And halja, they don’t sell it. It’s just coneptual.

  5. JanD says:

    The tights and shoes are indeed stunning. However, the model looks like she’s hoping that her poker face will be enough to camouflage her mortification.

  6. Scuzz says:

    Is it even possible for the only person in the picture to also be the “face in the lower right”? I mean, look at her. She KNOWS this is dumb as hell. But she also knows she’s getting paid more to walk up and down a little path than most of us will see in our lifetimes…

  7. SRK says:

    is this where we begin our search for metallic tights? check dancewear sights. fuchsia is pinker. these look more magenta

  8. Demidan says:

    except that the lemon would curdle the aioli.

    • j. says:

      Nah, aioli shouldn’t have any dairy in it. Some regular aioli recipes actually call for it, though my favorite’s flavored with smoked paprika. :D

  9. Hannerz says:

    The tights are brill. :)

  10. Long before dawn says:

    Another fashion designer convicted of torturing and degrading women.

  11. einah says:

    Fashion shows are more art shows than anything. Clothes on the runway generally aren’t made for mass production or the consumer market – they’re art pieces. Sometimes convenience is the last thing on these designers’ minds.

  12. smbolt says:

    It’s not that great to look at……but at least it’s practical !

  13. Snookie_Townshend says:

    I agree. The tights and shoes rock. I like the colors together, too.

  14. sciencesusan says:

    Where are her arms?

  15. minty says:

    I love it! Like most of the uber crazy runway stuff you see, it’s art, not street wear and not necessarily meant to be taken seriously.

    And Demidan, there’s no dairy in aioli so no curdling … it’s egg yolk, oil and whatever herbs and seasoning you toss in. YUM! ;)

    • maglindracia says:

      Yep the lemon actually helps hold it together as an emulsifier. Basically, its fancy Italian mayonaise.

      • ron says:

        Is it? I thought is was…. I am pretty sure that is avacado, and cornnnn chips come to mind with the guacamole.

        On a better note, there is something strangely appealing about that.

  16. fish eye no miko says:

    She’s trying out for the sequel of “Robot Holocaust”.

  17. ShadowHeart says:

    Garlic-Lemon Aioli o_o? Ive always eaten artichokes with butter…

    The outfit… maybe the contest was to design an outfit that looks like a vegetable?? I really have no idea…

  18. Lady Anne says:

    Okee-dokee. Where does one GO in this outfit? (Besides up and down the catwalk) Theater? Beach? Shopping? orship services?

    Too short for winter, too confining for summer, and heaven help us if she has to reach for a hankie to blow her nose. How does she eat? Yeah, yeah, I’m far too practical. If I could afford the dress, I could hire some one to spoon feed me, too.

  19. Ana Conda says:

    It’s an anaconda’s severed head, walking on its tongue.

  20. Jon says:

    She looks more like a durian than an artichoke to me. And her tights match the color of Malaysian durian flesh.

    http://edwindwianto.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/durian-ternyata-ada-yang-berwarna-merah-juga-lho-d/

  21. Geisha_Girl says:

    I think it’s gorgeous. Haute couture is for a designer to show off his or her talent, creativity and craftsmanship, not for wearing directly off the runway. Toned-down versions of this (probably a short, simple dress printed with the fish scales) will sell in stores.

    The tights are hot! WANT.

    • maglindracia says:

      yah, the burgundy metallic tights are freakin awesome. WANT. Shoes, also awesome. and the color of the veggie dress is great with the tights, it realy pops! Of course, its art, but if it were a skirt and top set made of the same color and the little petals/leaves on the skirt, it would be really fun ;) And agreed, it will be toned down and sold as more real clothing, less conceptual artwork.

  22. omgcheez says:

    And this lovely outfit is from my “Avocado” period.

  23. madeline says:

    she looks like the robot assitant from super jail. just a green version instead

  24. wozzle says:

    With you on the tights!

    Actually, I like the whatever-it-is she’s wearing, too. I’d wear it if it was constructed a bit differently. Of course, I could never afford it!

  25. Charles says:

    Sure it’s crazy but it would look great in a Star Wars movie.

  26. Veran says:

    i like the tights (even though i never wear tights…) but i honestly think this outfit looks like a silent hill monster… its just so mindboogingly wrong/strange that if you changed the colors to grey/rusty red it would glide right in in silent hill…

  27. katre says:

    i would take those tights on a date.

  28. Geisha_Girl says:

    Fully agree, wozzle – if I had the money, I’d wear the stuff right off the runway, too!

  29. pix says:

    Absolutely ridiculous..unless it’s to be worn by a kid playing a Cactus Fruit in their school play.

  30. paulina says:

    Want those tights!!!

  31. Yamabushi says:

    Most likely Japanese designer, Yamamoto or my guess Miyake. This identical piece will never make it to ready to wear, but the technical expertise needed to bring this from concept to garment, as unpractical as it is, is amazing.

    Love the shoes, love the tights and the green is an awesome match to the garnet tights.

    And I agree she does look like a prickly pear cactus…a very, very expensive prickly pear cactus!

  32. N1c0L3774 says:

    I bet if you stare at it long enough a 3D image will appear.

  33. BreakingTheEclipse says:

    The leggings and shoes are seriously nice. I bet we can find them, but they wouldn’t be such quality. They would probably either be too transparent when stretched to wear or not shiny enough. The shoes on the other hand are easier, we just have to find some sling backs in that color.

    Now, the artichoke snuggie on the other hand gots to go.
    It looks pointy and dangerous.
    I’d wear it when walking home at night over my clothes.

  34. Banny says:

    I want this whole outfit.

  35. jeannot says:

    Aioli is garlic + oil you twat. So it can’t be a Garlic- Lemon ailoli, same as vinegar en oil cant be with extra oil flavor.

  36. Bajilla says:

    looks like a pokemon to me…

  37. Luckycrown says:

    Actually, I bought some tights identical to these in texture (although they were black) at Dillard’s (dept. store) last year. I’ll try to find them and see the label, maybe they make them indifferent colors. Will keep you posted.

  38. pandagirl says:

    Booooooobaaaaaaah!

  39. Lillian Xader says:

    Kermit the Frogs last words were, and I quote, ‘Please *gasp* not a dress.’

  40. JLK says:

    Probably an art piece, but could definitely be a concept for a Lady Gaga costume.

  41. Fimmtip says:

    Does it remind anyone else of a russian doll or something?

  42. sciencequeen says:

    Ugh seriously who would even be caught dead in that?

    • jonboy25 says:

      I don’t know, it might keep you alive. That being because I think Calvin Klein Has a new Ghillie suit line out, this is the main model of it. :D

  43. OlderInoMoon says:

    I want the avocado thing with the tights, but not the shoes, i have some awesome sandal/slipon sneakers that would look perfect..

  44. Ancient Spoilers says:

    Silly people, outfits like this are crazy for the sake of being crazy! Ever heard of a thing called art? Sure, I wouldn’t wear it in public, but as for serving it’s purpose, I have to say that is a pretty damn awesome cowl-dress-thing. Clearly whoever designed this knew what they were doing, the color coordination is awesome.

  45. GiggleGirl79 says:

    and here you see what you will be wearing as punishment from now on. lol

  46. Ritmetal says:

    New ghillie suit introduced at japanese conference…

  47. Amanda says:

    The tights are 31 flavors of awesome… I also can’t get over how incredibly skinny her legs are!

  48. sourkraut says:

    if you pop the top off. there is a smaller version inside. and a smaller on inside that. so on and so forth


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