Boda Bodas are the ubiquitous motorbike taxis of Nairobi; Boda Boda drivers are in an arms-race to produce the most elaborately decorated motorbikes in order to differentiate themselves from the competition.
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The Picard sweater
Chicago’s Volante (previously) bills itself as “streetwear for superheroes,” and I love their clothes. They’ve just released an addition to their existing canon of Star Trek-themed, cosplay-adjacent clothes: the Picard Sweater, a stretchy knit tribute to Jean-Luc himself, the perfect thing to wear while you’re watching Wil Wheaton host “The Ready Room,” which airs after every episode.
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58″ long CVS receipt scarf is only slightly shorter than actual CVS receipts
Kathryn Hughes’s $19.95 CVS Receipt Scarf sends up the company’s infamously absurd receipts — at 58″ long, the handmade/hand-cut scarves are only slightly shorter than the real thing! (via Kottke)
Coop’s Randotti skulls: now available as tights!
Artist Coop’s revival of the outstanding skulls of the Randotti Corporation (as seen at Disneyland and Walt Disney World!) continues with a line of tights featuring Haunted Skull, Voodoo Skull and Pirate Skull.
Coop’s tribute to Randotti Skulls, from the golden age of Haunted Mansion merchandise
‘Leopard print’ shirt is actually tiled portraits of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Infuriate your racist Facebook uncle this Thanksgiving with a Leopard RBG shirt.
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Haunted Mansion/Ikea mashup tee
Nothing conjures up the eldritch geometries that are the secret fuel of Disney’s Haunted Mansion like the hair-pulling geometrical puzzles posed by Ikea assembly instructions: hence, Spöke Håus, $20 and up on Teefury, proving once again that trademark violation is your best entertainment dollar.
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Tee: You can’t fix democracy by turning it off and on again
Cartoonist Phil Foglio (previously) writes, “I designed a cool t-shirt!” They’re $22 from Offworld Designs.
Her Universe launches a line of licensed Haunted Mansion clothing
The last five years have seen a renaissance of merchandise related to Disney’s Haunted Mansion, hearkening back to the glory days of amazing fright masks, magic tricks, and novelties from Randotti (my personal faves).
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Adversarial Fashion: clothes designed to confuse license-plate readers
Adversarial Fashions have a line of clothes (jackets, tees, hoodies, dresses, skirts, etc) designed to confound automated license-plate readers; one line is tiled with fake license plates that spell out the Fourth Amendment (!); the designers presented at Defcon this year. (via JWZ)
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