UPDATED: Synchronicity strikes again.
This just popped into my Google Reader. This is getting a little creepy.
Why not? Actually, there is method to the madness. This blurb from the NYT is almost creepy, it so closely mirrors my own thinking.
“Elvis Presley, with his assortment of bedazzled jumpsuits, may be the king of one-piece dressing, but thankfully he wasn’t the inspiration for this season’s styles. Designers like Miuccia Prada and Alexander McQueen were more interested in the functional garments first worn by workers and pilots; Dsquared went for pit stop mechanics; and Calvin Klein’s futuristic versions brought to mind “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Levi Strauss introduced denim “Koveralls” for children in 1912; Lee followed the next year with its Union-All suit, intended for farmers and factory workers. World War I pilots wore flight suits based on Lee’s adaptable model, and avant-garde artists zipped up after the war: the Constructivist artist Alexander Rodchenko had a two-piece “productivist” outfit designed to look like a jumpsuit. In the 1940s, cartoonists added fantasy to the onesie, outfitting the Flash and Green Lantern. But it took man walking on the moon to usher in the “golden age” of the jumpsuit — the 1970s. Soon, entertainers kicked it up a notch: David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust wore outrageous versions; Evel Knievel was sometimes carried into the emergency room in a star-studded red, white and blue leather number. Devo performed in yellow jumpsuits. (And don't forget Pete Townshend's white Woodstock-era jumpsuit!- nikkos) And in the early 1980s, retro-futurist designers like Thierry Mugler introduced styles with padded shoulders. Oddly, it was President Bush who refocused the public’s attention on the flight suit when he modeled one in front of the infamous “Mission Accomplished” banner in 2003. And let’s not forget shackled terrorists and their orange prison suits. The latter can be had for $13.95 at nationaltextile.us. Surplus flight suits on eBay are $30, and a repro of Elvis’s Sunburst suit is $3,300 at b-k-enterprises.com. Zip carefully, my man.” -ROBERT E. BRYAN
I could not have said it better myself. Just ordered my jumpsuit from nationaltextile.us. I'll report back once I receive it...
