Pac-Man Couture

Ephemeral, translucent-skinned fashion waifs took to the catwalks of Milan recently to show-off designer Giles Deacon's latest line of Pac-Man inspired outfits. Ironic: that the sandwich-hungry skeletons would wear fashions inspired by gaming's greatest gobbler.

We know what you're thinking: Photoshop. We thought so too, prompting an urgent international call between Boing Boing Gadget's editorial bullpen, trying to suss out the truth of the matter. Verdict: a curious mixture of realism and ineptitude that could indicate a Photoshop, but actually indicates the hilariously realistic ineptitude of the visual spectrum itself.

Giles Deacon Does Pac Man Couture [If It's Hip... via Gamerfront]

[#1 posted by guy_jin , October 7, 2008 9:19 AM]

I just love the look on the pac-models face; completely unamused that she's walking around in a pac-man helmet.

[#2 posted by michaelportent , October 7, 2008 10:16 AM]

Good, I'm not the only one who thinks this is hilariously horrible.

[#3 posted by SkunkZer0 , October 7, 2008 12:06 PM]

I don't it is shopped because you can see the girl from the top picture in the background of the bottom one, she has the metal ghost helmet on, and its properly out of focus. Either a champion shop job or its real.

[#4 posted by dogmatique , October 7, 2008 12:41 PM]

Why would it be photoshopped?

I worked on this show, it was real. There's plenty of pictures out there - Giles SS09 London Fashion Week show.

[#5 posted by Anonymous , October 7, 2008 1:32 PM]

What's more disturbing is the circumference of her arms...

[#6 posted by Rob Beschizza , October 7, 2008 1:43 PM]

I looked at the originals ate Getty images.

They're all there except for the "red ghost" helmet, which I couldn't find. Coincidentally, that the one that looks the least convincing, making one suspicious of the rest. Perhaps someone took the mirror ghost head and colorized it.

[#7 posted by dogmatique , October 7, 2008 2:22 PM]

The red one: http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l1000724hu9.jpg

And a big pink thing before the show...

http://img158.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l1000672wb1.jpg

[#8 posted by Doctor Popular , October 7, 2008 3:24 PM]

This is something totally out of the Rudi Gernreich school of fashion. I could totally see Peggy Moffitt rocking the pac-hat down a runway in the 60's. It's so cool.

Not to high jack the thread, but I just created a related piece of art: http://www.docpop.org/2008/09/30/every-to-you-emulate-doc-remixes-a-meme.html

[#9 posted by theLadyfingers , October 7, 2008 3:41 PM]

"Ephemeral" or "ethereal"?

[#10 posted by SC_Wolf , October 7, 2008 4:38 PM]

Has anyone told Gabe from Penny Arcade about this?

[#11 posted by sswaan , October 7, 2008 5:29 PM]

#5: What's more disturbing is the circumference of her arms...

Yeah, yikes. She looks like she could tip over.

[#12 posted by Anonymous , October 7, 2008 9:08 PM]

Gilbert Anonymous here:
Whoever designed those helmets must've spent a tour of duty on the weapons deck of the Death Star...

[#13 posted by Garr , October 8, 2008 2:40 AM]

Verdict: a curious mixture of realism and ineptitude that could indicate a Photoshop, but actually indicates the hilariously realistic ineptitude of the visual spectrum itself.

Uh. Yeah... well.. uhm..
So, is it a photoshop or not? O_o

[#14 posted by mlw99 , October 8, 2008 7:19 AM]

If the KC Chiefs wore the red ghost mask helmet, I might consider watching them again. Aargh!

[#15 posted by Anonymous , October 10, 2008 12:13 AM]

Wow! Woman in background actually has meat on her bones.

[#16 posted by Anonymous , October 12, 2008 5:48 AM]

In case it isn't obvious, this was done very tongue in cheek by the designer. It's supposed to be amusing. I'm always annoyed by non-fashion types who see quirky things like this and think they were intended to be 100% serious and are therefore fodder for mockery.