Tactical Corsets?
Watch out: Bodice-ripping romance just got a lot more tactical.
Yes, you heard right. Tactical corsets are changing the face of tactical gear — literally. Those who squeeze into the black form-fitting foundation garment are encouraged to strap on pouches that carry fire-engine red lipstick instead of bullets.
Touted as “the new hotness,” TacticalCorsets.com is now taking preorders for its custom-made MILSPEC corset that features MOLLE (Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment) modular pouch attachment webbing. While this site has no affiliation with TacticalPants.com or its sister sites, it was way too ridiculous and creative to ignore.
“For too long, women have had to compromise practicality for beauty,” its website reads. “Men got pants with cargo pockets and built-in knee pads, women got clothes whose only built-in feature was cuteness. But why should men get all the high-speed low-drag tactical toys?”
Yeah! Although we weren’t aware tactical vests were gender specific. Are they?
“I really think girls deserve to have the same kind of functionality,” said creator Alex Peake, in a YouTube interview. “My vest constricted me, and it made me think ‘this must be what a corset kind of feels like.’ But I could never be as beautiful as a lady in a corset, so I had to make something for them to be able to carry the kinds of stuff that I can carry.”
Alex constructed the tactical corset with three main selling points in mind:
- It makes pockets/purses obsolete. Plus pockets “bulge and take away from your beautiful figure.”
- It makes laces obsolete. Instead of the infamous lace-up back, the tactical corset has adjustable plastic buckles. “Laces slow you down and makes you a dependent lady.” And nobody wants that, right?
- Forget buckles, too. Wait, what? The tactical body constrictor features a front quick-release, high-speed/low-drag zipper for special “covert operations.” Sure, uh-huh.
“Your tactical corset is your gateway into becoming a tactical human being,” says Peake.
Now we’d just like to see someone model the tactical corset wearing a nice pair of tactical pants. We’ll be the first to forecast it as the fashion statement of the century.
(Image via TacticalCorsets)
In: Information · Tagged with: clothing, military, new apparel 2010, style, video
on January 28, 2010 at 9:56 am
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