Japanese women could be "safer" at night by wearing vending-machine disguises


	Japanese women could be "safer" at night by wearing vending-machine disguises

stay_away357

10-21-2007 12:29 AM

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japanese, vending machine, coke

stay_away357 says:

Really, Japanese people invent such weird stuff.

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10-21-2007 9:21 AM

mona

i sincerely hope this is a hoax!

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A Japanese designer has proposed that women alone could walk in greater safety (though, in reality, Japanese crime levels are in decline, despite national anxiety to the contrary) by disguising themselves as vending machines:
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Deftly, Ms. Tsukioka, a 29-year-old experimental fashion designer, lifted a flap on her skirt to reveal a large sheet of cloth printed in bright red with a soft drink logo partly visible. By holding the sheet open and stepping to the side of the road, she showed how a woman walking alone could elude pursuers — by disguising herself as a vending machine.
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The wearer hides behind the sheet, printed with an actual-size photo of a vending machine. Ms. Tsukioka’s clothing is still in development, but she already has several versions, including one that unfolds from a kimono and a deluxe model with four sides for more complete camouflaging.
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