@thewildbunny sent me this pic of an amazing pic….
Any ideas about how the picture was created? Will post the answer later today.Also, a signed copy of 59 Seconds goes to the person who comes up with the best caption!
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@thewildbunny sent me this pic of an amazing pic….
Any ideas about how the picture was created? Will post the answer later today.Also, a signed copy of 59 Seconds goes to the person who comes up with the best caption!
November 18, 2009 at 6:44 am |
yes i did, as that seemed to be the only possible way that pic was real! cool pic.
November 18, 2009 at 6:44 am |
Yeah, I figured it out. But I’m a girl, so I think it’s in my genes. Very cool, though.
November 18, 2009 at 7:39 am |
2 midgets with superconducting magnets.
November 18, 2009 at 1:53 pm
very clever – thanks
November 18, 2009 at 7:42 am |
Black tights!
November 18, 2009 at 7:44 am |
I agree with Fergus!
November 18, 2009 at 7:49 am |
She has no stomach or she is wearing black underneath.
Other than that, who knows !
November 18, 2009 at 7:57 am |
I think that she is wearing a black pants (and, of course, she is very thin)
November 18, 2009 at 8:07 am |
It is possible, at least in theory, to do something /like/ this with optical fibres, lots of them, each curling around the model so that the ends are pointing 180 degrees from each other.
November 18, 2009 at 8:09 am |
Cut and pasting the photo of the model onto one where she wasn’t located there and not cutting the whole outline. Done in a couple of steps.
November 18, 2009 at 8:11 am |
Apparently there’s controversy about “size zero” models, but I guess this is the next logical evolution in the series – models with parts missing.
November 18, 2009 at 8:11 am |
Perhaps Derren Brown has taken to hiding in skirts and is using his amazing psychic powers to hold her in place? Just a thought :p
November 18, 2009 at 8:12 am |
Caption : Fashionistas are very excited about the latest trend for size -2 catwalk models
November 18, 2009 at 8:13 am |
Half-way down the runway, she realized that her corset was way too tight.
November 18, 2009 at 8:14 am |
Caption: I went to see Penn and Teller and was never the same again.
As for the picture, I am have two thoughts on it. Need to think more.
November 18, 2009 at 8:14 am |
She’s wearing a black sheath skirt under the tutu, and the lower half of the tulle is suspended from that.
Caption: She moves in mysterious ways.
November 18, 2009 at 8:17 am |
I think she’s wearing black between the two “Skirts”.
“Sweetheart, I told you to stop playing with that scythe!”
November 18, 2009 at 8:17 am |
Caption – The Catwalker Haunting caught on film!
November 18, 2009 at 8:18 am |
It seems that this magician’s assistant is not payed well enough and has to take a side job as a model.
November 18, 2009 at 8:19 am |
Second thought on the picture: It’s a composite of two pieces from the same show. First (base layer) is the mannequin wearing tiny tutu over black sheath; that’s how you get the runway continuity and the layers of ruffles on the top portion. Then paste the bottom of the long skirt from a different model over the mannequin’s legs.
November 18, 2009 at 8:20 am |
Caption – The best thing since sliced bread.
November 18, 2009 at 8:22 am |
‘Close encounters of the third kind’
November 18, 2009 at 8:22 pm
haha
)
I liked this one
November 18, 2009 at 8:22 am |
“Katie finally lost her epic duel with the laserbots”
November 18, 2009 at 8:22 am |
Ralph Lauren takes Photoshop to the next level.
(Context: http://boingboing.net/2009/10/08/searching-for-the-sk.html)
November 18, 2009 at 8:23 am |
“See – I’m not an airhead”
November 18, 2009 at 8:23 am |
“Models keep getting skinnier.”
November 18, 2009 at 8:24 am |
Caption – Davros decides to out himself.
November 19, 2009 at 2:47 am
XD PERFECT! ((applause))
November 18, 2009 at 8:24 am |
“The brief for ‘The Gap’ catwalk show was taken a little bit too literally”
November 18, 2009 at 8:26 am |
“The only way to get a date with Phil Plait is to achieve full 1st stage separation”
November 18, 2009 at 8:28 am |
Caption – The only thing better than sliced bread…
November 18, 2009 at 8:31 am |
Caption: Heidi wasn’t enjoying her catwalk premiere, she had a splitting headache …
November 18, 2009 at 8:36 am |
After being sawn in half by Copperfield, his assistant came in very handy as a toilet roll cosy.
November 18, 2009 at 8:43 am |
That was weird… I wonder if the illusion was intentional or was a matter of being in the right angle with the right lighting at the right time.
And oh, caption: Recession is really this bad.
November 18, 2009 at 8:43 am |
‘I decided the best way to lose that little bit extra they kept tellin’ me to was just to cut me legs off.’
November 18, 2009 at 8:45 am |
‘I got fed up bein’ labelled just anuvver a leggy blonde…’
November 18, 2009 at 8:50 am |
Caption: Model says: “I went out last night and got legless”
November 18, 2009 at 8:55 am |
Does my bum exist in this?
November 18, 2009 at 6:50 pm
HA! I vote for this caption! Best ever ^.^
November 18, 2009 at 8:57 am |
“Dr Brooke Magnanti’s life is once again split by her alter-ego”
November 18, 2009 at 8:59 am |
Caption: “The dress is strictly sold on a ‘no strings attached’ policy”
November 18, 2009 at 8:59 am |
Magician jailed, as the sawing a lady in half goes wrong, she continues work as a model.
November 18, 2009 at 9:00 am |
Sinister magical powers?
I hope no-one see’s my pants.
November 18, 2009 at 9:05 am |
“Ninjas strike at fashion show. More at 11.”
November 18, 2009 at 9:10 am |
Caption: Marie soon realised why she shouldn’t sit on the guillotine
November 18, 2009 at 9:14 am |
Told to lose more wieght, one model went a stage too far
November 18, 2009 at 9:22 am |
Caption: I’ve always said that supermodels are not all there.
November 18, 2009 at 9:33 am |
Coming up next on Channel4 “Extreme Stomach stapling”
November 18, 2009 at 9:35 am |
Supermodel loading – 35% complete
November 18, 2009 at 8:25 pm
haha
)
November 18, 2009 at 9:44 am |
Caption: Models Are Getting Thinner! Is Size -6 A Step To Far?
November 18, 2009 at 9:46 am |
“When I said I wished I was taller, I meant ALL of me!”
As to how it’s done: bringing the picture into Photoshop and bringing the midtone levels almost down to zero reveals a very faint shadow of the model’s waist (which is indeed slim) in black underwear.
November 18, 2009 at 9:46 am |
“I defaulted on my liposuction payments and they repossessed my hips.”
November 18, 2009 at 9:52 am |
Conceptually, the levitating, two piece, robot fashion show was deeply flawed from the beginning.
November 18, 2009 at 9:55 am |
“This new zero diet really does take the biscuit!”
November 18, 2009 at 9:56 am |
The London Fashion Show: Sponsered by Gap.
November 18, 2009 at 9:57 am |
Frankie: ‘Does my bum exist in this?’
Brilliant!
November 18, 2009 at 10:00 am |
wow, this is awesome. Great find.
November 18, 2009 at 10:00 am |
Magic-themed caption: It’s lovely to see another survivor of the ill-fated ‘saw-the-lady-in-half-trick’ disaster find work.
November 18, 2009 at 10:03 am |
Caption: Which half is the better half?
November 18, 2009 at 10:03 am |
Caption: Hehe, I can make limbo dance without leaning.
November 18, 2009 at 10:09 am |
Caption: Fashion! Am I missing something?
November 18, 2009 at 10:18 am |
Is the Model saying “Let’s split up we can do more damage that way”?
November 18, 2009 at 10:19 am |
“With sudden apprehension, Lola realized that she had left her middle section backstage. . . again.”
November 18, 2009 at 10:24 am |
The two simplest explanations not involving Photoshop are either that the model is standing behind a table with a skirt like cloth. Or she’s pushing a very flamboyant pram.
Caption: She lost a few inches
November 18, 2009 at 10:27 am |
Caption: Belt design inspired by the large Hadron Collider proves to be a little too accurate in it’s reconstruction
November 18, 2009 at 10:28 am |
Caption: Designer who took up fashion after 10 years of working at ‘Subway’ proves that old habits die hard…
November 18, 2009 at 10:31 am |
This is not my proper job – I am just doing it during a gap year
November 18, 2009 at 10:31 am |
I am not a professional model – just do it half-time
November 18, 2009 at 10:37 am |
caption – “Latest designer dresses, NOW HALF OFF!”
November 18, 2009 at 10:43 am |
“Does my bum look big in this?”
November 18, 2009 at 11:21 am
Just saw Frankie’s entry….!@#! much better!
November 18, 2009 at 10:52 am |
Black clothes under short dress. Other thing looks like part of the dress but isn’t. It is separate in front of her. Angle and lens makes it look they are together.
Caption: Bridging the gap between fashion and haute couture
November 18, 2009 at 10:54 am |
Simplest explanation: She’s a maglev amputee.
Caption: Richard Wiseman arrested in connection with “Optical Illusion” murders
November 18, 2009 at 10:57 am |
“God of the Gaps felt the need for another argument”
November 18, 2009 at 5:05 pm
omg! that’s amazing!
November 18, 2009 at 11:03 am |
Dress designed by ‘The Gap’
November 18, 2009 at 11:04 am |
“Explosive Diarrhea”
or, slightly less tasteless, “Wind Shear”.
November 18, 2009 at 11:11 am |
‘I’m not half the person I used to be’
‘Crikey I’m half cut on the job again’
‘Sometimes I feel like the top half of my body doesn’t know what the bottom half’s doing’
November 18, 2009 at 11:12 am |
‘She doesn’t half look great’
November 18, 2009 at 11:19 am |
Caption: Underneath that skirt is one enormous toilet roll.
Not sure if everyone will get that, maybe its too much of a 70′s/80′s memory!
November 18, 2009 at 11:21 am |
“When you said I was going to be wearing a see-through dress I didn’t think you meant this. I got my lady-bits waxed especially”
November 18, 2009 at 11:28 am |
New fashion divides models
November 18, 2009 at 11:50 am |
Feed me! See more.
November 18, 2009 at 11:55 am |
Caption: Sweden realise it was probably a bad idea to let Ikea submit their candidate for the Miss World contest.
November 18, 2009 at 11:57 am |
Caption: Feminist radicals underestimate stubbornness of supermodels after stringing razor wire across the catwalk
November 18, 2009 at 12:17 pm |
Caption: New range of Ralph Lauren Biscuit barrels described as ‘elaborate’.
November 18, 2009 at 12:33 pm |
Caption: The new Engineering breakthrough; Supermodular Supermodels
November 18, 2009 at 12:37 pm |
Caption “I know I said to take a little off the waist but this is ridiculous!”
November 18, 2009 at 12:51 pm |
Caption: Sawing a lady in half is easy. Putting her back together? That’s more difficult.
November 18, 2009 at 12:54 pm |
“So much for ‘and the two shall become one flesh….’”
(This refers to a Bible verse that is commonly read during weddings. I know that’s not a bridal dress per se, but it could still work.)
November 18, 2009 at 12:57 pm |
I hope that I am not the only saddo to copy the picture name (m203751939-copy.jpg) into Google images to find for the answer before I even tried to work it out for myself… The Googlereflex strikes.
November 18, 2009 at 1:58 pm
I did the same, with the same results…
November 18, 2009 at 1:11 pm |
SUPER
November 18, 2009 at 1:13 pm |
you can see a little outline of her hips, or lack there of, in the picture….A tight black sheath underneath… Or photoshop…. =P
November 18, 2009 at 1:22 pm |
caption: I love my job, but it doesn’t complete me.
November 18, 2009 at 1:24 pm |
This seems to be Mr. Copperfields Ex.
The trick was called “Sawing in Half”, not saw and restore…
I think she is wearing black and the dress is really designed like this.. for whatever reason.
November 18, 2009 at 1:26 pm |
A little forced perspective near a table might work, here.
Caption: Never let an economist tighten your belt!
November 18, 2009 at 1:33 pm |
Caption – Finally, I lost a few pounds of pesky legs.
November 18, 2009 at 1:47 pm |
Boring: Green screen technology – a green band around the dress and one camera; a second camera taking a background shot; and combining the two to subtract the green band making it look transparent.
But in Reality: Scientists at CERN switched on the Large Hadron Collider earlier than expected today. In testing the equipment, they spun protons in a particle beam. However, in a bizarre twist to the ongoing story, a second catastrophic failure occurred in which the protons were accelerated beyond the speed of light – something that was thought to be impossible according to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
During the catastrophic failure of the LHC, the superluminous protons escaped containment as continued outward, passing through a nearby fashion show in the process. Unfortunately, one of the models was caught in the path of the beam and her midriff was transported back in time and remains “out of phase” with normal spacetime by an estimated 2.6 microseconds; enough to give the illusion that here waist has been infinitely thinned.
November 18, 2009 at 1:57 pm |
Caption: ” …and … CUT”
November 18, 2009 at 1:58 pm |
Yeah, I figured it out. But Im a girl, so I think its in my genes. Very cool, though.
November 18, 2009 at 2:01 pm |
Caption: Marie soon realised why she shouldnt sit on the guillotine
November 18, 2009 at 2:06 pm |
Madman Opens Fire with Disintegration Ray at Fashion Expo!
Like a few people have mentioned, I’d imagine it’s done with black leggings, and the bottom half being suspended by wire or such. Nice pic!
November 18, 2009 at 2:10 pm |
Black leo underneath, skirt suspended from waist – oh, wait, no waist on someone that thin; attached to the leo..
Caption:
“Look Ma! No Abs!”
November 18, 2009 at 2:10 pm |
Caption:
Bowie?
November 18, 2009 at 2:11 pm |
or on that same vein:
“Nothing will keep us together…”
November 18, 2009 at 2:11 pm |
“Does this dress make me look fat?”
November 18, 2009 at 2:15 pm |
Caption: Fashion Cuts! The visible recession.
November 18, 2009 at 2:16 pm |
Caption: “This week on ‘America’s Next Top Model’ …”
November 18, 2009 at 2:16 pm |
I think it’s a composite of two different pictures/dresses, and probably a third picture with the empty runway.
As for the caption: ‘She decided to show the world the truth about her cellulitis’
November 18, 2009 at 2:20 pm |
YOU SPLIT MY GUT
November 18, 2009 at 2:21 pm |
easy! one model was attacked by sharks and lost her legs. she is suspended by wires, while her twin small person sister walks inside the giant tutu… she always wanted to be the stripper inside the cake, but it’s hard to find giant cakes with stairs inside.
November 18, 2009 at 2:23 pm |
Half n Half
November 18, 2009 at 2:31 pm |
Trick: black tights and careful camera work?
Caption: Top half of dress: $995
Bottom half of dress: $2250
Launching a thousand ‘thin model’ jokes: priceless!
November 18, 2009 at 2:37 pm |
wow it’s amazing .i want to how to make like this?
November 18, 2009 at 2:40 pm |
Caption: And so the world’s first true mid-drift has been invented!
November 18, 2009 at 2:41 pm |
Caption: “True cutting-edge fashion!”
Divides people’s opinions……and people!
November 18, 2009 at 2:41 pm |
Caption: Candy didn’t have a clue what everyone was starring at, they had told her to do the splits!
November 18, 2009 at 2:46 pm |
Caption: Why some people wear suspenders
Caption: Fashionable suspenders
November 18, 2009 at 2:48 pm |
there is no spoon!
November 18, 2009 at 2:56 pm |
“Split Personality”
November 18, 2009 at 3:00 pm |
Caption: “The supermodel emphatically denied that she was dating Edward Scissorhands”.
November 18, 2009 at 3:03 pm |
“Dresses half off at the GAP!”
November 18, 2009 at 3:04 pm |
“Next time we get a model whose legs DO go all the way up!”
November 18, 2009 at 3:20 pm |
The models today are so thin that they are invisible. This picture, that is for sure real, is a proof! (he he he)
November 18, 2009 at 3:25 pm |
Caption: VICTORIA PARTS WITH HER LEGS IN A SPIRITED ATTEMPT TO LOSE THOSE LAST STUBBORN 5LBS.
http://www.theprettyproject.com
November 18, 2009 at 3:35 pm |
Caption: “Wow, when I said you needed to cut weight, that’s not exactly what I had in mind!”
November 18, 2009 at 3:37 pm |
Caption: VICTORIA PARTS WITH HER LEGS IN A SPIRITED ATTEMPT TO LOSE THOSE LAST STUBBORN 5LBS. http://www.theprettyproject.com
November 18, 2009 at 3:41 pm |
Liza was not only a fashion model, but also a lover of logic. However, she had a taken a very literal interpretation of the law of excluded middle.
November 18, 2009 at 4:05 pm |
Caption:
It’s said that “the camera adds ten pounds”.
This camera subtracts that.
November 18, 2009 at 4:18 pm |
I’ve worked out a fashion-forward solution for population control!
November 18, 2009 at 4:21 pm |
Black leo underneath, skirt suspended from waist oh, wait, no waist on someone that thin; attached to the leo..Caption:Look Ma! No Abs!
November 18, 2009 at 4:35 pm |
the biggest loser.
November 18, 2009 at 4:36 pm |
Caption – This Christmas’ must have dress guaranteed to make your bum look 100% smaller*
*Individual results may vary, Gap clothing holds not responsibility for loss of feeling in legs or any other such conditions, wear at the buyer’s own risk.
November 18, 2009 at 4:38 pm |
Caption: 90-60-0
November 18, 2009 at 4:41 pm |
Caption: Have you had an accident at work?…
November 18, 2009 at 4:54 pm |
Caption: The only escape Anna never could master was the stigma of being a magician’s assistant.
Topical Caption: The economic downturn has forced even the fashion industry to make serious cutbacks.
LOLCaption: Leggy supermodel is all out of leg.
November 18, 2009 at 4:55 pm |
Created in Photoshop
Caption: Mint Meringue Barbie had to cut her calorie intake.
November 18, 2009 at 5:01 pm |
The dress is by viktor and rolf, dutch designers.
November 18, 2009 at 6:00 pm
and you can see this dress in the video of their latest collection. Looking at the other dresses in the collection the effect they are going for is “sculpted” rather than the specific illusion above.
November 18, 2009 at 5:06 pm |
Quantum mechanics applied to fashion with splitting results.
November 18, 2009 at 5:27 pm |
I’m just to skinny to carry legs and a dress.
November 18, 2009 at 5:40 pm |
it seems one model has taken the size zero concept to an all new physical level…
November 18, 2009 at 5:45 pm |
It’s all done with mirrors. Oh a lot of photoshop.
November 18, 2009 at 6:02 pm |
caption: they say this industry can take your soul, but apparently it doesn’t stop there.
November 18, 2009 at 6:13 pm |
yes, black tights. I love the look on her face! here’s my caption:
“Now look what you’ve done. You put that light saber away this minute!”
November 18, 2009 at 6:13 pm |
Definitely black garment underneath, suspended skirt. No photoshop required.
November 18, 2009 at 6:17 pm |
Photoshopped as you can see for yourself.
Model going up in thin air ..
Model on hoovercraft
A top model and a leg model ..
Models never seen to check where their feet are going ..
You can see right through a model, that skinny they are ..
The ideal figure of a nowadays model ..
What you see if you look at models while wearing x-ray glasses
Models .. alll about looks, not about the content?
Hungry models start feeding theirselves on eachother’s bodies ..
Models .. just an optical illusion ..
November 18, 2009 at 6:43 pm |
Caption: After a disastrous career as a magicians assistant Lorita finds new success as a model.
November 18, 2009 at 6:47 pm |
Caption: A cut above the rest.
November 18, 2009 at 6:57 pm |
Caption: Magician’s Assistant Models Dress
November 18, 2009 at 7:04 pm |
Caption: I’ll meet you in half…an hour.
November 18, 2009 at 7:21 pm |
Caption: Size zero takes on a frightenly new extreme definition.
November 18, 2009 at 7:41 pm |
Caption: Shrinking into nothingness!
November 18, 2009 at 7:43 pm |
anorexia at its best
November 18, 2009 at 8:32 pm |
Caption: With tremendous dedication to her modelling career, Amanda resorted to extreme measures to shed those last few troublesome pounds.
OR:
Caption: Amanda was thrilled to be able to use her previous experience as a magician’s “top half” girl in her new catwalk career.
November 18, 2009 at 8:36 pm |
Caption: Model legless after too much backstage champagne
November 18, 2009 at 8:38 pm |
Caption: Meet me halfway!
November 18, 2009 at 8:42 pm
It’s the name of “Black Eyed Peas” latest song, probably describing this pic:))
November 18, 2009 at 9:03 pm |
Caption: After. LaserLoss™
November 18, 2009 at 9:10 pm |
photoshop!!!!
November 18, 2009 at 9:34 pm |
Caption: “As you can see in the graph of this model there is a horizontal asymptote at y=bum”
November 18, 2009 at 9:35 pm |
amazing pic indeed
November 18, 2009 at 9:50 pm |
Not photoshop. See video here: http://www.viktor-rolf.com/_en/_ww/index.htm
Horrible flash based web design, skip everything you can, click fashion, play latest video, skip video, finally you’ll see the fashion show with this dress. It’s about three quarters of the way in.
November 18, 2009 at 10:31 pm |
Caption: “Not satisfied, the borg queen decided to try on a new pair of legs.”
November 18, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Hahahaha!!!
November 18, 2009 at 10:40 pm |
I told her not to eat that polo!
November 18, 2009 at 10:59 pm |
“Half the woman she used to be”
“Half the dress for twice the price”
“New designer dresses- half off”
“I HALF to get that dress!”
November 18, 2009 at 11:42 pm |
Clearly a phot shop job, different res, cut line and shading.
November 19, 2009 at 12:28 am |
Caption – Latest victim in the chain saw massacre killings. On prom night no less.
November 19, 2009 at 12:43 am |
Caption: “Wub wub wub.”
November 19, 2009 at 12:55 am |
Caption – “Richard Dawkins finds missing link at fashion show…..”
November 19, 2009 at 2:14 am |
“What?? The rules said no midriff showing!”
November 19, 2009 at 2:26 am |
Knitted toilet-roll covers achieve terrifying levels of realism.
November 19, 2009 at 3:31 am
omg- it does look like one, doesn’t it?
November 19, 2009 at 2:27 am |
Caption: Jenny learnt the dangers of excessive hula-hooping the hard way.
OR
Caption: The crew capsule of NASA’s new Moon rocket has a somewhat less menacing appearance.
November 19, 2009 at 2:47 am |
“Learn the professional’s secret to completely eliminating your waist!”
November 19, 2009 at 3:25 am |
Caption: It was a day like any other, only something was missing.
November 19, 2009 at 3:46 am |
(Drum-roll)…….and for Chris Angel Mindfreak’s next illusion: crotchless super model model!!!
November 19, 2009 at 4:56 am |
However it was done, it clearly did not involve sandwiches.
November 19, 2009 at 6:30 am |
Caption: Some assembly required.
November 19, 2009 at 8:09 am |
@Hannah: Yes, that’s what it means. Although it’s kind of hard for me to diagnose the problem if I can’t see the exact code. Could you possibly paste the code of your current functions.php file to some sort of pastebin? Something like http://pastebin.com – thanks!
November 19, 2009 at 9:21 am |
A tailoring of two halves!
November 19, 2009 at 9:58 am |
oh mantap bgt
http://arepsmart.blogspot.com/
http://skripsijurnal.wordpress.com/
like u me
November 19, 2009 at 1:57 pm |
So simple, just a spot of cloning of the backgrounds onto the dress to make it appear like she has been cut in half. Takes minutes to do.
Stephanie x
November 19, 2009 at 1:59 pm |
Thats hot….amazing photo..i dunno the answer
November 19, 2009 at 2:19 pm |
wow! i am confused! really! increadible photo!
November 20, 2009 at 2:43 am |
Caption: “Sorry, have to cut it short.”
November 26, 2009 at 1:05 pm |
It is definitly an editing picture…
i’m sure of that…
but anyway this a weirdest blog that I’ve ever seen…
great job
January 31, 2010 at 3:28 am |
Only stumbled upon this blog today but I’ve been working in fashion for some time now so it’s exciting to see the hype around this dress. The full collection features many more of these gowns in a similar vain and is from Viktor and Rolf Spring 2010 runway. They used excessive amounts of tulle and chainsawed it accordingly… quite simple but very effective.
May 24, 2010 at 3:54 am |
wow
they are so nice
i’m very satisfy with it
June 23, 2011 at 4:42 pm |
Complete and utter idiots! If you’re a fashion designer you should know about this, she is wearing a black mini lutepi under the dress with the netting and underlaying over each other. The only reason it looks like an illusion is that the drip tray and the guests are wearing dark colours.