Pants-less man demanded sex during gunpoint robbery: cops - New York Post |
- Pants-less man demanded sex during gunpoint robbery: cops - New York Post
- These Free People Pants Combine the Best Parts of Leggings and Sweats - Us Weekly
- Meet Harikrishnan, the Designer Behind the Internet's Favorite 'Ballbottom' Pants - The Daily Beast
- London's Harikrishnan Explains His Divisive Inflatable Trousers - HYPEBEAST
| Pants-less man demanded sex during gunpoint robbery: cops - New York Post Posted: 04 Mar 2020 10:47 AM PST  A pants-less weirdo demanded sex from a Queens woman as he robbed her at gunpoint, police said Wednesday. The 41-year-old victim was walking home at Shore Avenue and Princeton Street in Jamaica around 10 p.m. Feb. 23 when a man with his pants down at his knees and holding a gun approached her and insisted she perform a sex act on him, police said. Then he grabbed her neck and forced her head toward his private area, according to authorities. The woman screamed and the creep grabbed her purse from her shoulder and ran off, police said. The victim was taken to an area hospital, treated and released, officials said.  |
| These Free People Pants Combine the Best Parts of Leggings and Sweats - Us Weekly Posted: 04 Mar 2020 11:53 AM PST We can identify two different types of bottoms when it comes to loungewear — sweatpants and leggings. Leggings are, of course, more formfitting and tighter than sweats. We can even get away with wearing leggings to work if we style them correctly! Meanwhile, sweats fit looser and tend to be limited to Netflix nights and weekend attire. In an amazing turn of events, we found a pair of lounge pants that combines what we love most about leggings and sweats into one incredibly comfy garment. We don't know if we can officially label these as one or the other, but we do know that we want to buy them in every single color available now!  Get the Free People FP Movement Sunny Skinny Sweatpants for $48, available at Nordstrom! These Free People lounge pants are exactly what you'll want to throw on after a long, rewarding workout. The brand's sportswear and atheisure options are known for being pieces that you want to live in, and these pants are a serious winner! Shoppers say that they're made from a thin material that's been washed down, making it very soft and easy to wear. You'll be able to truly relax when you're enveloped in these form-fitting sweats! These pants fit more on the snug side compared to other sweats that you might have on hand, but that's exactly why we love them. Though they are pretty form-fitting, these sweats still have two fairly big pockets on either side of the hips. What's not to love about having pockets? They're a must-have feature in every single ensemble that we wear — even if we're just chilling at home!  Get the Free People FP Movement Sunny Skinny Sweatpants for $48, available at Nordstrom! These skinny sweats are made from a cotton-blend material that also has a generous 6% of elastane, giving them ample stretch that's more than welcome. These pants are cuffed at the ankle and have a fairly wide waistband. There's a drawstring hidden in the waist that you can adjust to your liking. The Free People pants come in four different colors — army green, classic black, dark heather grey and navy blue. If we're being real, we seriously want these pants in every single color. We don't want to choose just one shade, so we might have to treat ourselves to all of them! After all, the hybrid between sweats and a legging doesn't come around every day — we need to take advantage now! See it: Get the Free People FP Movement Sunny Skinny Sweatpants for $48, available at Nordstrom! Not what you're looking for? Check out more styles from Free People FP Movement and shop all of the sleep and lounge wear available at Nordstrom here! Check out more of our picks and deals here! This post is brought to you by Us Weekly's Shop With Us team. The Shop With Us team aims to highlight products and services our readers might find interesting and useful. Product and service selection, however, is in no way intended to constitute an endorsement by either Us Weekly or of any celebrity mentioned in the post. The Shop With Us team may receive products free of charge from manufacturers to test. In addition, Us Weekly receives compensation from the manufacturer of the products we write about when you click on a link and then purchase the product featured in an article. This does not drive our decision as to whether or not a product or service is featured or recommended. Shop With Us operates independently from advertising sales team. We welcome your feedback at ShopWithUs@usmagazine.com. Happy shopping!  |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2020 04:11 PM PST  Voluminous has become one of the most-used adjectives in fashion. You can use it to describe the Japanese designer Tomo Koizumi's piles of pastel tulle, which turn his lithe models into couture Candyland characters. Or the sweeping shoulder accents seen on Pierpaolo Piccioli's Valentino ball gowns that extend women's wingspans by at least a few feet. Or the oversized Chanel suit Billie Eilish wore to the Oscars, which probably could have fit two of her. Call it a trend made for Instagram, or one that encourages women to take up more space. Regardless of any sociological implications, one thing's for sure: voluminous sure is fun to look at. The young designer Harikrishnan (who goes by a single name) reminded us of this in his graduate thesis collection at the London College of Fashion, which went viral on Twitter and Instagram this week. He sent male models down his runway in gigantic latex bellbottoms that were fitted at the ankle, making the trousers look overblown with the help of Photoshop. But the pants, which the art magazine Dezeen first reported on, are made of 30 panels of latex inflated with an air machine. Harikrishnan, who is 26 and originally from Kerala, India, told The Daily Beast it takes about five or six minutes to blow up each pair. "You put on a base garment, then you put the pants on and inflate it," Harikrishnan said. "Once the air is in there, it fits on the body, and doesn't move." But he warned that the style can only be worn "for an hour or two, maximum." "I wouldn't recommend wearing them for too long," he said. "It's not meant for that. You can sit in them, no problem. It's even more fun when you sit." Harikrishnan has never tried the pants on himself, but describes the models who went down his runway as giving off a "floating feel." "During casting, one of the models said he couldn't walk in them because he'd laugh," Harikrishnan added. The latex Harikrishnan used was sponsored by the UK manufacturer Supatex. He began working with the material about six months ago. "There's this thing when you put latex in a collection, it just sexualizes it," Harikrishnan said. "I was scared [at first], because it seems to give you a fetish vibe instantly. But that didn't happen. The end result was a playful vibe." Playful, but a little penile, or at least according to the Internet. "Testicles, but make it fashion," Bitch Media founder Andi Zeisler wrote on Twitter of the drooping shape. Others dubbed them "ballbottoms." "I never saw that," Harikrishnan laughed. "It's a new perspective for me, but now I can't unsee it. It just looks like that." "Insiders, those in fashion, those who do art and cultural studies, they don't see that," he said. "Their eyes are trained to see it in an artistic way. For outsiders, that's not in my hands. That's the relationship between the designer and the common man. You condition your eyes to see in a different way." In reality, Harikrishnan said he was inspired by his pug, Kai, while they were playing in his garden. "I was on the floor, talking to him," he said. "He's a small dog, and I wondered how he would see me. Is my leg looking like a big thing to him? I do a little pet sitting, so I'm into dogs. That's where it started." While researching for his collection, he began reading about optical illusions in contemporary art. He fell in love with the work of Jean-Paul Goude, a French photographer perhaps best known for his many images of Grace Jones (and Kim Kardashian's 2014 "Break the Internet" Paper cover). "He celebrates the beauty of body, the beauty of distortion, and that's where this came from," Harikrishnan said. "When you see the collection, I designed it in a way where some elements should surprise your eyes, and other elements should give you good feelings." Along with the scene-stealing pants, Harikrishnan made beaded shirts and shorts. These came after a month he spent studying and working in Channapatna, India, known as "The Town of Toys" for its wooden craft industry. "I went and lived in that village, with the community, and created the wooden outfit in this collection," he said. "[In the future] I want to work with more women in that village, maybe build something like an NGO. That's more of a plan right now." He came to London two years ago to get his masters from the London College of Fashion, after interning as a t-shirt designer for a soccer club in India. For now, Harikrishnan is fielding inquiries into his work, which is not yet for sale. "I would love to create custom pieces if anyone is interested," he said. A few stylists working on music videos and in theater have already reached out. "I am still working on the price," the designer added. Latex is a "good material." Harikrishnan would like to use it more in future collections. "I can imagine it on coats and jackets," he said. As long as you stay away from sharp edges.  |
| London's Harikrishnan Explains His Divisive Inflatable Trousers - HYPEBEAST Posted: 04 Mar 2020 09:01 AM PST Last week, 26-year-old Harikrishnan's inflatable trousers set the internet alight, as critics derided and delighted over the young London College of Fashion student's graduate presentation. The hand-crafted latex pants wholly transform the proportions of the lower body, enlarging certain areas and minimizing others in a dramatic demonstration of body warping. HYPEBEAST France spoke with the mononymous designer about his divisive wearables, design ethos and artisinal craftsmanship. HYPEBEAST FRANCE: Can you explain your fashion journey so far? Harikrishnan: I'm 26 years old. I am from Kerala, one of India's southern states. Growing up, I was influenced by my father's collection of drawings, I always tried to reproduce them. Because I was very interested in anatomical drawings, I then attended the National Institute of Fashion Technology before working for [2015 International Woolmark Prize winner] Suket Dhir. I've just completed my Masters in Menswear Design at the London College of Fashion. You created inflatable pants for your last show. What did you want to express with this particular piece? The idea [came about] when I was playing with my pet dog. I was aware of dogs' vision and differences compared to humans, but the interesting aspect was the exaggeration of objects viewed from such a low angle, reminding me of fisheye lens images. Visualizing the world through his eyes was exciting and humorous with strange possibilities in terms of proportions. The thought of him seeing me as a giant figure or not seeing my head was quite puzzling. So, I decided to visually distort the people around me, inspired by his eyes. It lets me perceive the world differently, like another reality entirely-detached from the stereotypical notions of the human perspective, arousing curiosity for new proportions over pre-determined ones. However, my challenge with this collection was to seek the essence of the human form in a dimension that goes beyond the normal, yet not grotesque like the illustrations of Jean-Paul Goude. Celebrating the extremes of the human form. 1 of 3  2 of 3  3 of 3  [I am] celebrating the extremes of the human form. Can you describe your savoir-faire? How do you inflate the pants? My cutting methodology for inflatables was adopted from morphing, the traditional method of distorting photographs obtained by assembling fragments of the same subject taken at different perspectives. The 3D forms of trousers were visualized with a mini clay model and then sliced into fragments. These fragments were graded and cut in latex, stuck together in various angles with high contouring to create these anatomically-impossible forms. The panels were then arranged in contrasting stripes to make the forms more profound, a set of moving sculptures, [simultaneously] directing the viewers' eyes. It took nearly 48 hours to complete each trouser. Once completed, air is pumped in through an inflation valve attached to the hem. How would you describe your style? Fashion with the right amount of humor and silliness. I attempt to blur boundaries between clothing and high art; disruption is at the centre of my work. What do you want to express in fashion? I believe in the power of imagery and narrative. [These pants are] a speculative approach in the context of fashion to critique the current proportions and visualizations. Out of all the senses, the visual perception is key to comprehension, information transfer and memory. Most of my thought process depends on my visual consumption. I want to change the way people see themselves. Any final thoughts? Personally, a fashion collection is like a movie: it should be a well-formulated mix. It should excite people, and make them think, speak. I want to create something that speaks to the viewer rather than just passing through their visual horizon. I wanted their eyes to stop and think for once. And when they go close, I have stories to tell about each piece. I believe that people will only start questioning the usual when they see the unusual. Within this collection, I attempted to compose aspects of tailoring and craft along with the inflatables to create something surreal. Each aspect of this collection is unique and has a distinctive story to tell. Most of the inflatables were created using roll-ends and dead-stock contributed by the UK's leading latex manufacturer, Supatex. The tailored pieces were made of 100% wool, [individually-]dyed in collaboration with artisans from New Delhi. Also, a bicentennial toy-making craft from the south of India was reinterpreted through wearables [like the hand-beaded vests and pants] to create new lifelines for the community.  |
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