More Construction Worker Fashion
Metropolis recently wrote about the various underground construction projects happening in Tokyo, including the 47km Central Circular Route city bypass. It was a fascinating article. But what was really interesting was a factoid they just glossed over:
To promote the project, a fashion show was put on for the media, 30m underground, showing off construction-worker-inspired designs by German Bernard Willhelm. This is quite old news, the show happened in Octber 2005, but honestly…where else but Japan?
Actual construction workers paraded the clothes down the ‘runway’ – the actual tunnel they were building. Mannequins were set up to show the designs for later shows. Maybe the workers went on strike?
After seeing that image, I wouldn’t be surprised.
Links:
Metropolis’s article on Underground Tokyo
Mainichi News photo gallery of the fashion show
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May 28th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
“Maybe the workers went on strike?
After seeing that image I wouldn’t be surprised”
That cracked me up. ;]
Some of those outfits did look pretty cool though, from the pictures I’ve seen.
“Metropolitan Expressway claims that only 20 percent of the necessary roads within the metropolis have been constructed thus far.”
They’ll be busy for quite a while then. :/
May 29th, 2006 at 1:15 am
It’s a little known fact that 90% of Tokyo is actually underground.
Well, seems like it anyway. Entire malls, subways, tunnels, now huge rooms for draining water…There’s a lot of Tokyo Underground.
June 30th, 2006 at 8:38 am
What is this 3yen Friends thing, by the way?
June 30th, 2006 at 1:23 pm
Err, not really sure, heh.