Questionable $2,500 hoodie makes you look like you were plucked out of Minecraft

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/questionable-2500-hoodie-makes-you-look-like-you-were-plucked-out-of-minecraft/

by PaulHoule • 3 years ago

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pdntspa• 3 years ago

All they need is some rapper to look confidently ridiculous in it and voila... instant fashion (gag)

In my opinion this looks super-cool and there is nothing questionable about it, unless you reject luxury goods in general for whatever reason. Obviously, it's not for everyone.

PaulHoule3• 3 years ago

Fashion has a way of trickling down. IP laws aren't a particularly strong barrier in fashion

https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/04/article_0006.h...

There will be a cheaper version of this.

What I'm trying to figure out is how they make the dark fringe, I'd assume that they are sewing dark rectangles onto the edge of the document so they stand out. To get that effect you've got to be looking from the right angle and have the right lighting.

Bouncingsoul1• 3 years ago

on the product page https://www.loewe.com/eur/en/women/womenswear/blouses-and-to... scroll down within the picture, next will come a vid showing the product from all sides, revealing the effect

Nursie• 3 years ago

I mean, the stuff with the edging looks quite striking in its own way, pretty awful to my eyes but it certainly creates an effect.

When you get to the 'pixellated' denim, I'm not seeing anything particularly special there, and there seems to be prior art (from 2011 - https://piximus.net/fun/8bit-clothes )

karmakaze• 3 years ago

Love the look. The pixelation appears to only be applied in a plane.

It needs to be voxelized otherwise it's somewhat a Mario-effect than Minecraft.

meowface• 3 years ago

Looks cool. Costs way more than I'd ever pay for it, but I imagine there's a market for it.

data_eng_dude• 3 years ago

I think it works better as a pattern (like the denim & bag) rather than changing the silhouette. Wonder how well they're picked up by computer vision?

PaulHoule3• 3 years ago

The pattern is completely easy to do.

klyrs• 3 years ago

Heh, my first thought was to run these photos through an upsampler to see what they hallucinate.

xwdv• 3 years ago

The blue jacket and skirt might be kind of cool for a woman but everything else sucks.

krebby2• 3 years ago

A little bit more in-depth on the hyper-reality fashion trend: https://shrehyagarwal.medium.com/what-is-hyper-real-digital-... (and micro-trends more generally https://www.instagram.com/p/CplXeGpLK7K/) for those interested in this kind of thing.

Overall we're seeing with pixelation and MSCHF's Big Red Boot a reclaiming of video game and cartoon aesthetics where the clothes you purchase feel more like Fortnite "skins", and an attempt to make the real world feel more like the simulation.

zokier• 3 years ago

Digital fashion, what your article is describing, is fascinating topic but I don't really see the connection with it and the fashion items in this thread.

krebby2• 3 years ago

These might give more context: https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/fashion-cartoonification-hype... https://thenextcartel.com/discover/cartoonification-hyperrea...

SeanAnderson• 3 years ago

I like 'em. I wish they were cheaper. I would buy and wear these articles of clothing at a lower price point. They remind me of 2D backpacks: https://2dbags.co/

motoxpro• 3 years ago

Super cool.

svilen_dobrev• 3 years ago

that's too high resolution.

see what Salvador Dali did in 121 pixels..

https://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/123485420936

kh_hk• 3 years ago

Clothing line for popular streamers I guess

CoBE10• 3 years ago

Blue skirt and jacket combo looks best among the presented pictures. Second picture of the brown pants looks like she shat herself.

Questionable $2,500 hoodie makes you look like you were plucked out of Minecraft

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