Caption Contest: Chanel and the art of Robocouture
At least Daft Punk now know they have a fallback career.
Karl Lagerfeld's love of technology runs deep. For his latest fashion show at the Grand Palais in Paris, Chanel's Creative Director celebrated the surreal beauty of information infrastructure by anointing his fashion runway with data center aesthetics. Lagerfeld even went so far as have some of his models don robot helmets like high-fashion Cybermen. But what was going through those models minds as they were crammed inside those robodomes?
Well, that's for them to know and you to make up, because it's time to play Caption Contest! The rules are simple: Tweet us (@engadget) with the hashtag #EngadgetCaptionContest whichever funny, weird or oddball idea you think they're talking about and we'll retweet the best submissions as well as add them to this post. You'll be internet-famous! Unless, of course, you decide to act like a major hoser and engage in personal attacks or lascivious conduct, in which case we'll mute/ban/ruthlessly mock you. Here are some suggestions by our staff to get your creative juices flowing.
Cherlynn Low: "Presenting the tributes from District 1 for the 77th Hunger Games!"
Billy Steele: "New IT uniforms are FIERCE."
Devindra Hardawar: "Pulling. It. Off."
Dana Wollman: "Which is it, ladies? Are you a Jackie or a Marilyn?"
Andrew Tarantola: [extremely Darth Vader voice] *Shkoooooooo-kahhhhh, Shkoooooooo-kahhhhh* "Luke, I am your tailor."
Jessica Conditt: "Brr, I'm getting the chills. I hope I don't have a virus."
David Lumb: "Grids are SO in this year"
Roberto Baldwin: "The Downton Abbey reboot seems to be going well."
Jon Fingas: "We think Daft Punk could use a few fashion pointers."
Christopher Trout: "This season, try replacing your sun-kissed skin with hard, white plastic. You'll save on hair and makeup AND be the envy of all your kitchen appliances."
