In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
Might This Be the Next Fashion Statement In US High Crime Areas?
By Janet Evans
Monday, Oct 6 2008, 11:53 AM
Photo Daily Telegraph UK
Miguel Caballero is called the Armani of armour
It was all the rage in fashion shows this summer…bullet-proof designer clothing..sold to 16 countries.
Why not? If it’s better to be safe than sorry in the crime world, you may as well look good.
South Africa, Columbia..now Mexico….it’s getting closer…
Soon in a department store near you? Probably not, but it will be found somewhere. Maybe it can be found already.
From the International Herald Tribune...
"Tucked on a leafy side street in the Polanco neighborhood is a shop unlike the others, one whose bustling business says much about the dire state of security in this country. At Miguel Caballero, named after its Colombian owner, all the garments are bulletproof.
There are bulletproof leather jackets and bulletproof polo shirts. Armored guayabera shirts hang next to protective windbreakers, parkas and even white ruffled tuxedo shirts. Every member of the sales staff has had to take a turn being shot while wearing one of the products, which range from a few hundred dollars to as much as $7,000, so they can attest to the efficacy of the secret fabric.
"If feels like a punch," a salesman said of the shot to the stomach he received.
Just who is willing to fork over thousands of dollars for these chic shields? Customers include Presidents Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and Álvaro Uribe of Colombia, not to mention assorted royalty, movie stars and other VIP's."
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