Are you ready for clothing made out of human skin?
posted at 1:46 pm on October 2, 2007 by Allahpundit
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It’s cheap, it’s conservationist, the material “breathes” (literally!), and just think of the lives that’ll be saved now that serial killers don’t have to make their own dresses.
No, just kidding. The good news is, it only looks like real human skin. The bad news is … it looks like real human skin.
Conceived by French designer Olivier Goulet, these curiously familiar clothing items and accessories first attract by their unique look & feel, then repulse when their calculated resemblance to human skin is noted, then attract once again when it is realized that they are indeed crafted from synthetic materials…
SkinBag’s clothing and accessories come in a variety of colors and “scarifications” that give their surfaces extra texture. Some of the items are even marked in the fashion of tattoos!
Olivier Goulet seems to have made a conscious effort to copy certain aspects of traditional leatherwork that try to use the original form of the animal when creating a finished piece. Therefore, SkinBag sells sacks and pouches that startlingly resemble cured scrotums and breasts!
Christmas is right around the corner, boys. This year, get her the gift that says, “I love you — and I’m deeply disturbed.”
Exit question: Hoax or not? I’m saying hoax.
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disgusting.
trailortrash on October 2, 2007 at 1:46 PM
Dahmer
JiangxiDad on October 2, 2007 at 1:50 PM
SkinBag? No thanks. I’m waiting for Amanda Marcotte’s line of GodBags.
saint kansas on October 2, 2007 at 1:50 PM
Art!
Michelle on October 2, 2007 at 1:50 PM
Hey, it’s bodysuit man!
/Costanza
James on October 2, 2007 at 1:50 PM
God, please, please tell me they aren’t planning to put out lampshades.
Bad Candy on October 2, 2007 at 1:51 PM
I’d investigate the hoax angle, but no way am I googling “skin bag”.
TexasDan on October 2, 2007 at 1:52 PM
The French can be a weird, weird bunch. Culture of death anyone?
BillLalor on October 2, 2007 at 1:53 PM
I’m thinking hoax on this one…..
If it were true, do you think it would be distributed by Mufti Enterprises?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 2, 2007 at 1:53 PM
Guaranteed to be worn by the likes of Cameron Diaz, Alicia Silverstone, et al on a red carpet soon.
Brat on October 2, 2007 at 1:54 PM
Nah, Ed Gein was the one who made an skin outfit from dug-up corpses.
Tanya on October 2, 2007 at 1:54 PM
Puts a new spin to the term skinny dipping! You can buy someone a gift of a new birthday suit!
This has got to be the most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard of. Will they have a full Ed Gein line?
stonemeister on October 2, 2007 at 1:54 PM
Only the French could turn hirsute into hairsuit.
James on October 2, 2007 at 1:55 PM
Just how far were Allah’s wisdom teeth impacted? Ack….this is just gross!
JetBoy on October 2, 2007 at 1:55 PM
Some questions don’t really have to be asked, now do they?
Can I get mine without the back hair? My wife will be thrilled.
ej_pez on October 2, 2007 at 1:56 PM
This is a good thread to let all of you know that cultural depravity knows no bounds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y9em7Sf-e0
jihadwatcher on October 2, 2007 at 1:56 PM
The unanswered question…will the Islamic modesty police beat you for showing too much of someone else’s skin?
James on October 2, 2007 at 1:57 PM
Oh, and I don’t think hoax, sadly. Look at the “sellers” page. (Not that it’s proof, but the locations seem legit and realistic.)
Tanya on October 2, 2007 at 1:57 PM
Yeah,Tanya got it, it was Eddie from Adam=Friendship WI that was the template for this sort of thing.
Tastes like venison is what the neighbors he had over for dinner said.
bbz123 on October 2, 2007 at 1:58 PM
I’d better not get one or I’d never leave the house on weekends.
Hollowpoint on October 2, 2007 at 1:59 PM
i just did one of those whole body shivers and gagged
Defector01 on October 2, 2007 at 1:59 PM
I would say hoax too, but looking at the rack of “skin purses” from the article, none are the same and the shadows match.
Unless of course they made a whole bunch of purses for the hoax. They look like they are hand-made as well.
mojowire on October 2, 2007 at 1:59 PM
I googled “skin bag” and came across links on the first page with order forms.
I was going for ‘real’ anyways. Between what I read here, from Michelle and on LGF, very little surprises me anymore.
Canadian Infidel on October 2, 2007 at 1:59 PM
it puts the lotion in the basket.
thebrokenchair on October 2, 2007 at 2:01 PM
I don’t want to spoil any surprises, but I think I know what the world’s greatest boss is getting for her birthday…
Allahpundit on October 2, 2007 at 2:01 PM
Well, I’ve never heard of French designer Olivier Goulet, so it must be a hoax.
(Freako high-concept shock performance artist Olivier Goulet? Now him I’ve heard of.)
Michelle seems to have nailed it, although she gets a point off for not putting quote marks around “art”.
see-dubya on October 2, 2007 at 2:03 PM
PS: I’m outraged!
see-dubya on October 2, 2007 at 2:04 PM
450 Euros. Wow, the price of an I-Phone.
Michelle’s worth it!
Canadian Infidel on October 2, 2007 at 2:07 PM
btw…PETA must be absolutely thrilled!
JetBoy on October 2, 2007 at 2:07 PM
Once you’ve tried black you’ll never go back.
pedestrian on October 2, 2007 at 2:08 PM
Say bye-bye to the I-Phone man
conservnut on October 2, 2007 at 2:09 PM
I’m going to order one for my friend who just got divorced and lost the skin off his back.
fogw on October 2, 2007 at 2:11 PM
Not. Now, if the details about certain parts of the anatomy had not been included, I would have been more-inclined to believe it was a hoax.
steveegg on October 2, 2007 at 2:12 PM
AP I think you should get her the “cured scrotum” bag. That would score you some Big Brownie Points
conservnut on October 2, 2007 at 2:12 PM
No thanks, I don’t need my clothes to make me look any bigger than I do now.
James on October 2, 2007 at 2:14 PM
Eeww, if it’s not a hoax it’s mighty digusting!
4shoes on October 2, 2007 at 2:16 PM
If you can have fake human meat, called Hufu, why not fake human skin clothing?
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on October 2, 2007 at 2:17 PM
Certainly not. Michelle has it right. One of the biggest deals in the art world is being “transgressive.” And when you check out the various models pages, some of the pics show wearers beyond post-modern, beyond post-structural, maybe all the way to post-existence.
eeyore on October 2, 2007 at 2:19 PM
Ewww!
Well, I guess the Skinbag laptop cover is kinda cute.
Michelle on October 2, 2007 at 2:19 PM
You want to be really transgressive? Make stuff out of realistic California Condor plumage or Blue Whale bones.
And slap a moveon.org logo on it. Wooooo!
see-dubya on October 2, 2007 at 2:22 PM
Actually, when you consider people like Lizard Man, this stuff is pretty mild.
eeyore on October 2, 2007 at 2:26 PM
If you wear it outside during the day too long does it get a tan?
Lone Star on October 2, 2007 at 2:29 PM
Might be kind of fun though to paint a big scorch mark on the chest and claim it was from a suicide bomber. (Allahu Akbar)
Lone Star on October 2, 2007 at 2:30 PM
Or…
Get one that’s three sizes too large so it drags the ground and claim it was from Rosie’s tummy tuck. Hey, waste not, want not.
Lone Star on October 2, 2007 at 2:33 PM
What, no nipples?
Blacklake on October 2, 2007 at 2:35 PM
Or…
Wear it to a cafeteria and when people stare, just tell ‘em you’re a Jewish rabbi and a part-time tailor. You’ll go straight to the head of the line.
Lone Star on October 2, 2007 at 2:37 PM
Or…
Wear it in an elevator and talk to it like it’s your pet while rubbing it gently. (”There, there. It’s a little cold today isn’t it, my sweet.”)
Lone Star on October 2, 2007 at 2:41 PM
Well, just be sure to look for that union label…
rw on October 2, 2007 at 2:41 PM
Silence of the Lambs?
Wade on October 2, 2007 at 2:43 PM
Clip the ends of the suit, fill it with water and then you have suit that is an “ugly bag of mostly water.”
Live long and prosper.
Then again, be sure to look at the label. It just might say “Made in China” and only then will you pause for a second and think.
Kokonut on October 2, 2007 at 2:57 PM
Always wondered what the Predators do with the skins after a hunt…
http://www.predatorstuff.com/gallery/images/mojoresin/predator_1945/314646420kyyseb_fs.jpg
allie on October 2, 2007 at 2:57 PM
Okay. If you wear it with no clothes underneath and walk out in public with it on, will you get hit with an indency charge?
Kokonut on October 2, 2007 at 2:58 PM
I know.
Send those skin suits to Iran’s president saying the skin came from captured Iranians in Iraq by our troops tortured at Abu Ghraib.
Kokonut on October 2, 2007 at 3:00 PM
And now…in retrospect. Maybe make the Gitmo prisoners wear that explaining to them that they’re from pig skins.
Kokonut on October 2, 2007 at 3:01 PM
They’ve been around for a long time. They have an apron, too.
This video SFW, be careful with rest of site…
http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=2121
Mazztek on October 2, 2007 at 3:03 PM
This will make shirts vs. skins games really confusing.
James on October 2, 2007 at 3:04 PM
And now, I’m wondering. Do these skin bags or suits require an SPF-50 tanning lotion if exposed to sunlight?
Kokonut on October 2, 2007 at 3:05 PM
BILL SKINS FIFTH
unamused on October 2, 2007 at 3:23 PM
Wait, what?
Neo on October 2, 2007 at 3:45 PM
Ugh!
jeanie on October 2, 2007 at 3:47 PM
Is it Jennifer Anniston’s ?
DoctorDentons on October 2, 2007 at 3:58 PM
“It puts the lotion on it’s skin or else it gets the hose again!”
Joey1974 on October 2, 2007 at 4:05 PM
“Yes it does Precious. It gets the hose.”
/couldn’t help myself…
unamused on October 2, 2007 at 4:09 PM
I know what Chris Crocker wants for Xmas!
RightWinged on October 2, 2007 at 4:55 PM
I’m selling just the right soap to use on this clothing.
thuja on October 2, 2007 at 5:44 PM
“How does one start to covet, Clarise?”
Next - toe earrings and ear necklaces.
Hey! Maybe we can borrow John F-ing Kerry’s necklace as
an example. I’m sure it’s still in his box of Nam memorabilia…
Timothy S. Carlson on October 2, 2007 at 5:52 PM
Fixed.
Wingo on October 2, 2007 at 6:16 PM
Dahmer
JiangxiDad on October 2, 2007 at 1:50 PM
Are the accesories edible?
Joey1974 on October 2, 2007 at 6:27 PM
“Are you ready for clothing made out of human skin?”
Nope.
Kevin M on October 2, 2007 at 6:36 PM
Hoax or not? I’m saying hoax.
I hope its a hoax.
Maxx on October 2, 2007 at 7:07 PM
Well, I’m for takin’ up a collection to send that skinbag Harry Reid one, and we’ll even spring for the cured scrotum so Nevada can be represented by a pair. Plus, he’ll have something new to wear the next time he makes an ass of himself on the senate floor.
thebookkeeper on October 2, 2007 at 7:28 PM
A few years ago my father gave my brother and I leather bomber jackets made in China.
Given how China treats its prisoners, I’ve always wondered just how many legs the animals our jackets came from stood on.
Lancer on October 2, 2007 at 8:18 PM
If that is art, then I am a potato chip.
hillbillyjim on October 2, 2007 at 11:47 PM
Is it reversible?
Like my stomach after seeing/reading about it.
profitsbeard on October 3, 2007 at 9:10 AM
No, sorry. Only George Clooney’s Bat-suit was allowed to have nipples…
BTW, if this makes you squeamish, don’t rent the art-house film “The Pillow Book.” Despite copious amounts of occupied skin by the fetching Vivian Wu, you have to sit through many shots of Ewan MacGregor’s pre-Star Wars “lightsaber,” and then a finale stunningly close to the subject of this post… You’ve been warned.
Captain Scarlet on October 3, 2007 at 10:56 AM