Post-Mortem Shoe Problems? No More!

See the story at Cult of the Weird on shoes for rigor-mortis affected feet.

Pangolin-Scale Shirt

Way back when, I had a post about beetle wings being used as sequins in a historical dress.

Here, pangolin scales were used as armor on a coat for George III

Here is evidence of an antique precedent depicted on Trajan's Column

Oh, and here's a pangolin for reference:

{Yes, they're cute. Don't make armor out of them!}

T-Shirts, the body, and vision

Check out these designs by Pablo Garcia:

Beach Bods

Looking for a new swimsuit? You have to be willing to bear it all:

Danke, MF

from Morbid Anatomy

Fashioning the Recently Deceased

A very cool story via The Chirurgeon's Apprentice on one woman finding new, meaningful ways to dress the dead:

Drop dead gorgeous: fashion design for deceased

More Torture in the Name of Fashion

For more images of the ridiculous, see CVLT Nation's "It Hurts to Be Beautiful"

Didactic Tights

Byssus, Sea Wool, Mermaid Silk

Never heard of it? Me neither, until now. It is the "beard" of a mussel--fibers that anchor it to a spot--but that were used for luxury textiles in the middle ages. When dried, it apparently looks like Donald Trump's hair:

Thinking Caps