A party dress with a hemline that automatically rises and drops along with the stock market. My man Bill discusses.
Stock Market Skirt
November 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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2 responses so far ↓
1 Tom // Nov 9, 2008 at 9:50 am
“Nothing foregrounds agency like a robot”
That totally needs to be on a t-shirt. Possibly with a pipe-smoking, tweed-jacket wearing robot.
2 Rob // Nov 9, 2008 at 10:09 am
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