[Photo by Thecobrasnake]
I often wonder what will be next after shutter shades. What type of glasses will take shuttershades’ non-functionality to the next level while maintaining a mass-market appeal? Fortunately, this innovative AZN was able to usher in the post-shuttyshades era!
How Innovative r u when it comes to products & trends?
On this graph:
- AZNs/Japanazns/It Girls/designers/alt-celebs = innovators.
- AltBros who read too many blogs = Early Adopters
- AltBags/AltBros = Early Majority
- Mainstreamers + Maltstreamers + entrylevel alts= Late Majority
- Cool Dads + PostMainstreamers wearing costumes = Laggards
[Please help me revise the theory behind this graph!]
I remember one of the most astounding technological innovations in the history of the Alternative Economy was the creation of a pair of glasses without traditional lenses that still offered u the opportunity to block the sun from irritating ur retina. The Shutter Shades were one of the most amazing products some1 has ever designed, kinda like an iPhone or a Pringles can. It’s just good to know that glasses makers are still pushing forward, trying to find something new.
It’s good to know that Innovators are still willing to take risks, and keep introducing trends into the alternative trendosphere.
Does n e 1 else miss the golden age of Shutter Shades?
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r those butt plugs on his knuckles?
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truth
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Inuit-shades!!!! Being inuit is going to be the new “it” thing for fall 08.
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Totes on the Inuit fad, although I think trailer-park/ white trash gypsy will by a quite popular look in 2k9.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8
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Wondering where you can order the chess pieces rings.
InuAlt4L.
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tokio hotel <3
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OMG! AZNs are rly zany!
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I wish I could be an AZN, so my zaniness/originality could be automatically accepted/justified.
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post more pics of yourself carles…
in slipknot t shirts.—- big in 2k10.
http://thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos/frisk/IMG_1101.html
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fuk i just got my first pair of shutters last week
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diffusions of innovations gave me nightmares in apparel design classes.
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haha japan is STUPID
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asymmetrical glasses, hot in 2K8.?-2K9.2
made in IT by ITaliens
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found shutter shades in my mnstrm friend’s purse during chem class…
ew
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you have beautiful mind, carles, but way behind on trend. reading rainbow reflectovisers will define altheadgear in the next decade. star wars memoribilia helmets will battle halo replica heads for brand supremacy. cashmere sweaters will merge with ski masks in american apparel winter lines, with breathable burkas the staples of the fall. peace, god
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it girls are NOT innovators unless you are chloe sevigny
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its not slipnot shirts that are the trend for 2k10 its all goodwill/thrift store shirts that normal people would wear but because your alt you make it quirky and kuete and def the new thing to do
i got my garth brooks shirt a few weeks ago
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Geordi La Forge
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Um, shutter shades are like 25 years old. And Inuits only count if they’re made from whale bone.
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if anyone says that AggyDevyn is an innovator, I’m going to alt-fist some shutter shades into someone’s alt-butt.
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Shutter shades are like being able to make urself azn times ten since it’s ten slants instead of two eyeholez
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We (in Tokyo) now have half-shutter/half sunglasses (so you can actually see out of them and they serve a purpose) and glasses with different color frames and sides. Some are clear lenses with UV protection. There’s also new glow-in-the dark frames that keep selling out. Even though these glasses are EVERYWHERE, few people actually wear them in public, especially dudes. It kind of sends a I’m-trying-too-hard vibe. Mainly club wear.
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go azns rlly need to make their eye more slitty????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????/
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Dear Carlesto Flocksheart,
Don’t AltBags adapt before AltBros? AltBags, through their entrepraneurial spirit and complete disregard for tuggies (other than tug-o-wars with themselves) leave them with ample time to adopt a new trend at the drop of a dime, seemingly before AltBros have time to read about them on AltBlogs.
What are your thoughts?
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