Nov 13 2009I'll Be The Prettiest Girl At The Ball And Everyone Will Notice Me!: LED Dress
Just to let this chick know that her LED wedding dress doesn't hold a lumen to a REAL LED dress, somebody went and created the GalaxyDress, which is being touted as the world's biggest LED-covered dress. Yay? Hip hop hooray? Ho -- hey -- ho. I'M NAUGHTY BY NATURE!
The GalaxyDress was constructed using 24,000 LED lights and, to add an extra bit of glitter, another 4,000 Swarovski crystals were included in the silk garment's design.
The dress is currently on display at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry as part of the FastForward: Inventing the Future exhibit.
Funny story about inventing the future: God did it. There used to only be past and present when he thought to himself, "God, you know what would be super sweet? Flying cars". POOF!: the future. This is the word of the Geekologie Writer. Boomshackalacka.
GalaxyDress: The biggest LED dress in the world debuts [dvice]
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Reader Comments
1. Re - November 13, 2009 10:35 AM
Google bought Gizmo5
2. Acadia - November 13, 2009 10:37 AM
This dress will make seeing lady parts while they are getting out of limos with no underwear a lot easier.
Thanks, science.
3. Rocketboy - November 13, 2009 10:40 AM
Not first! yay!
This gives new meaning to the popular phrase "you light up stuff"
What? That's not a popular phrase? Sorry...
4. PorcelianPop - November 13, 2009 10:42 AM
the dress could be cuter
5. 24-bit whore - November 13, 2009 10:43 AM
The dress looks like what I'd picture the screen on the tv to show if metroid crashed.
6. JADE - November 13, 2009 10:50 AM
You could see me cumming......
7. jeff - November 13, 2009 10:53 AM
ridiculously slim waste
8. Rich Waffle-U - November 13, 2009 10:58 AM
God, that dress is tasteful. It's so unbelievably elegant that I imagine a swan must have puked it up after eating too many jelly beans. Or possibly a ballerina crapped rainbow drops all over a dust sheet.
Sophistication knows no limits.
9. bladedemon - November 13, 2009 11:08 AM
You wouldn't want to be hugging her in the middle of a rainstorm though, would you?
10. Pat - November 13, 2009 11:08 AM
@8 You took the words right out of my mouth.
11. naas - November 13, 2009 11:16 AM
It looks like skittles, starburst & tucan sam had their way with her before the photo shoot
12. FDS WHY? - November 13, 2009 11:24 AM
WOWOWOWOWA
@ 6
you had BETTER be an actual person of the woman variety. Otherwise I got all excited for nothing.
13. Boozie - November 13, 2009 11:52 AM
@ 7 I agree with you, it looks like the sides are photoshopped out or something. No way someone can wear that unless she is Barbie.
14. Panda - November 13, 2009 12:01 PM
This dress is at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago; I was happy to see it in person ;3
15. JADE - November 13, 2009 12:11 PM
@12 yes indeed. Glad I got someone excited today.
16. Closet Nerd - November 13, 2009 12:19 PM
Push her in the pool
17. Gabe - November 13, 2009 4:40 PM
Yes, I live in Chicago and saw this on display. And then when I saw this post I thought why didn't I tell the GW writer about this earlier, and then have him thank me and say some joke at the end of his post. Oh well.
18. Samir Notgonaworkhereanymore - November 13, 2009 6:38 PM
I see raves making a comback.. nahh, fuck that... coolass dress though!
19. Octopus Pie - November 14, 2009 5:15 AM
I wonder what it looks like when it's not lit up. That we have no pictures of that makes me believe that the dress itself is incredibly ugly if the lights aren't on.
20. Octopus Pie - November 14, 2009 5:21 AM
I found a video of the dress in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX9FOGFxN9A
The thin waist actually isn't as thin as it looks- it looks like it's brought in to look very skinny, but in reality it's just where panels were cut out for a peekaboo look.
When it's not on, the dress itself is actually pretty plain & boring looking. I don't know if it's supposed to wrap around or if there's anything behind the two big panels, but in the video it looks like it's one big panel & there's nothing to cover the bride's butt. If there isn't, then it looks like that would help entertain the bored wedding attendees. Either you are entertained by the dress or you are entertained by whatever underwear (or the lack of) the bride chose to wear during the wedding. Everyone wins, I guess.