Weird Universe Blog — April 23, 2024
Balenciaga Towel Skirt
Balenciaga recently debuted a "towel skirt" that retails for $925. It's been receiving quite a lot of attention.
Ikea spoofed if by coming out with a "VINARN towel skirt".
A writer for Vogue tried wearing it on her morning commute. She wrote, "It looked like I’d locked myself out of the house while doing the bins... Only the bins were across town."
Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 23, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion | Overpriced Merchandise
Les Fo’Plafonds
Somewhat, ah, unique instruments.Their YouTube channel is here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 23, 2024 -
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Category: Hobbies and DIY | Inventions | Music | Europe
April 22, 2024
Miss Dial
In 1949, Terry Leah won the title of "Miss Dial" in a contest sponsored by Dial Soap. As far as beauty titles go, this one wasn't that unusual. But what was unusual was that, as part of the responsibility of being Miss Dial, Terry had to take a bath, using Dial Soap, in the window of Eckerd Drug Company in Charlotte, North Carolina.Adding to the public exposure, Dial promised that the person who took the best photo of Terry as she bathed would win $25.
Charlotte News - July 7, 1949
Charlotte Observer - July 8, 1949
Young Dickie Higgins was determined to win that prize. I'd bet that was the most exciting day of his life up until then. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find out who did win the photo prize.
"Dickie Higgins takes a shot of dancer Terry Leah, who is posing in a bubble bath in a Charlotte, North Carolina, store window advertising a new line of bath soap."
NY Journal American - July 28, 1949
(left) Greenville News - July 9, 1949; (right) Raleigh News and Observer - July 14, 1949
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 22, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests | Hygiene | Photography and Photographers | 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #593
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 22, 2024 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism | Destruction | Movies | Advertising | Fantasy | Twentieth Century | Cars
April 21, 2024
Tails for humans
Millions of years ago our ancestors had tails. Design student Cheng Chang believes that when humans start living in space they'll need tails again. So he built one.When our hands and feet are no longer suitable for the task of controlling our movement in zero gravity. we need a new form of body extension
More info: Royal College of Art
Posted By: Alex - Sun Apr 21, 2024 -
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Category: Body Modifications | Space Travel
Sounds of the Office
Relaxing disc at home after a long day at work.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 21, 2024 -
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Category: Offices, Business Supplies, Institutional Regulations | Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings | 1960s
April 20, 2024
Astronaut Space Suit
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 20, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion | Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy | 1960s
Dr. MacDonald’s Astrological Dream Book
Read the whole thing here, and see what fate has in store for you!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 20, 2024 -
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Category: Dreams and Nightmares | New Age | Rants, Warnings, Jeremiads, Prophecies and Cassandra-like Figures | Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal | 1920s
April 19, 2024
Wizz Air to fly on human waste
So there really is a European airline named Wizz Air (I had to check wikipedia to make sure it was real), and it recently announced that by 2030 "up to 10% of its flights could be powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) derived from human waste." From msn.com:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 19, 2024 -
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Category: Excrement | Air Travel and Airlines
French Fry Injector
Why slather your fires with ketchup or cheese or mayo like a peasant, when you could laboriously inject the condiment into each individual fry?Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 19, 2024 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough | Inventions | Patents | Junk Food | Twenty-first Century
