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A (questionable) fashion design exploit of a luggage-restriction loophole

By Rain Noe - July 5, 2010

in Object Culture

Time has a way of exaggerating things in your memory, but I seem to remember that airlines once had pretty lax carry-on restrictions, and I could swear everyone showed up for flights loaded up like Jed Clampett's truck on The Beverly Hillbillies.

Those days are long gone, of course, and current airline restrictions have put the kibosh on scale-breaking carry-on bags, but there is a loophole: There's no limit placed on what you can carry on your physical person.

Travelwear company Scottevest is allegedly about to exploit this loophole with their supposedly forthcoming Carry-On Coat. (I say "allegedly" because I'm still not convinced this isn't a gag.)

As you can see in the diagram, the insane amounts of pockets and compartments basically turns your body into a storage locker. Practical problems are manifold--while wearing the jacket you're not going to sit through a flight, we'll see if they let you stuff it in the overhead bin--and you sure ain't gonna hug Granny Moses when you land, unless you want to fracture her pelvis with your iPad.

"You look like an idjit in that thang."

via engadget

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Astrid

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I love all the pockets! I already have a jacket with lots of pockets but this coat is amazing!

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wsying

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there are different names of plants that I could ever count, and the author made them alive, like animals, people, and monsters

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