Most of the designers represented agreed that the fashionable woman of the future will be wired for sound, with sending and receiving equipment built into her costume. Fabrics will be treated to be warm in winter and cool in summer. Some will screen the sun to allow tanning without burning while others, used in bathing suits, will make them unsinkable.
See also:
Miss A.D. 2000 (Chicago Tribune, 1952)
Waitress of the Year 2000 (1939)
Evening Fashions of the Year 1952 (1883)
Anyone put into suspended animation (an equally Paleo-Futuristic concept) and awakened seven years ago would have been disappointed...as the iPod was put on the market in 2001. :-)
ReplyDeleteAlso...hello! I hope to visit again soon!
Cheers,
Ryan
Paleo-Future?
ReplyDeleteMy girlfriend is a part of the Cyber/Industrial subculture, with whom wearing superfluous goggles as a headband is part of the common fashion. Well, she just ordered a pair of goggles which have speakers instead of lenses. The goggles have a cord which can plug into an iPod.
But then, as a Cyber, she looks like she's from 2150 anyways ^_^
S'funny what of this has actually come true in comparison to so many other bits of paleo futurism.
ReplyDeleteWe have tan - through bathing suits and glasses that adjust to light levels. We've had portable sound devices for some time.
On the other hand, I want my flying car. They've been saying we'd have 'em by now and I'm pissed.