{"id":2259,"date":"2004-03-22T07:46:41","date_gmt":"2004-03-22T11:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2004\/03\/22\/haute-couture-or-hoax-du-jour\/"},"modified":"2004-03-22T07:46:41","modified_gmt":"2004-03-22T11:46:41","slug":"haute-couture-or-hoax-du-jour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2004\/03\/22\/haute-couture-or-hoax-du-jour\/","title":{"rendered":"Haute Couture or Hoax Du Jour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The
\n accompanying photos were forwarded by an ESL teacher in Japan. He reports
\n that the latest fashion craze among young Japanese
\n women are these print skirts, which appear to be see-through but actually
\n are designs printed on the fabric. While we do not know the sender personally
\n and thus cannot vouch for the authenticity of the report, it seems like
\n an original and attractive style to us. But then, the Dowbrigade has been known to leave the house in a cumberbund and bunny slippers, and little else….<\/p>\n

How could we NOT post a story featuring a titillating
\n optical illusion that pokes fun at the Japanese AND that monumental waste of resources which some call
\n the fashion industry? These are a few of my favorite things!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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