Plastic Armor is The New Black!

Manolo says, “First he girded his goodly greaves about his legs, making them fast with ankle clasps of silver; and upon his belly he set the cumberbund which Byblos had designed for him as the fashion frippery.”

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17 Responses to “Plastic Armor is The New Black!”

deja pseu Says:
June 27th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Looks like what we used to wear to play field hockey.
Cat Says:
June 27th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Manolo, you are a god among men!
Sharon Says:
June 27th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
These to me are the height of ugliness. I would imagine they would take forever to tie up like that.
LaVida2 Says:
June 27th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Now how is one to interpret retail fashion from such nonsense that comes down the runway.
Cone Says:
June 27th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
“Remember who commended thy
yellow stockings, and wished to see thee ever
cross-gartered”
-twelfth night, act II scene v
sabrina Says:
June 28th, 2007 at 12:47 am
Is he going to be up at bat next? That’s the only possible explanation for the shin guards…

Of course, sliding into bases is going to be *murder* on that white shirt.
toad Says:
June 28th, 2007 at 1:34 am
I don’t think you could sell those to the SCA crowd.
Obi's Sister Says:
June 28th, 2007 at 10:04 am
He stole Beck’s shin guards!
Phalene Says:
June 28th, 2007 at 10:30 am
The effect looks like ’samurai suit’. Am I the onlyone who thought this was pretty, if impractical?
dillene Says:
June 28th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Come to think of it, Achilles was pretty emo. I don’t know, maybe this is appropriate.
chachaheels Says:
June 28th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Plastic armour whatever…I can’t get past the dress socks whose toes have been slit open and pulled back on the foot in order to allow their use with patent leather thong sandals.

The most terrifying thing I’ve seen in some time.
abi Says:
June 28th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Yes, it does remind me of a samurai. The silhouette of the pants and the footwear are very samurai, and I do think it looks cool, in concept.
MissMarj Says:
June 29th, 2007 at 5:18 am
Socks & sandles people! Socks and sandles!

*runs screaming to the hills*
Sue F. Says:
June 29th, 2007 at 8:36 am
I thought at first that it was a prosthetic leg.
Ed Driscoll Says:
July 1st, 2007 at 12:36 am
At last–the footwear that perfectly compliments the Utilakilt!
steve.w Says:
July 1st, 2007 at 1:00 am
Please forgive me as a new manolo devotee, but is the term “cumberbund or cummerbund”?
taro Says:
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:10 pm
It looks like some sort of weird ninja-pirate hybrid outfit with influences from suck.