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Blinged-Out Gas Masks

by Evan Shamoon on April 10, 2008 at 07:40 AM




Do you look to SWAT teams for fashion advice? Are you worried about how you're gonna look when we find ourselves on the slippery, apocalyptic downward slope that's sure to begin shortly after we hit peak oil?

Well, have we got the gas mask for you.

Artist Diddo Velema, along with Gucci and Louis Vuitton, showed a series of very expensive gas masks at the Luxury Show 2008 in Bucharest.

Says Velema:

"We are in a state of perpetual war -- with ourselves and with the eco-system that sustains us. Perpetual war breeds perpetual fear. In the present context, this fear stems from our extreme desire for authenticity and manifests itself in our collectively insatiable culture of consumption. Deep down, we are afraid we may never be satisfied. An expanding archive of branded myths and icons feeds this fear. Designer Gas Masks is an attempt to visualize this state of mind. Because it is only by first acknowledging and then challenging fear that we will all be able to breathe a little easier."

Ahem.

FYI, the matching diamond-encrusted Hazmat suit is gonna cost you extra.

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