4 août 2006

Liam Yates portant sa création à Londres le 3 août

Un vrai costume de ville

Voilà peut-être le costume idéal pour le travailleur de ville tel qu'inventé par l'artiste conceptuel Liam Yates.

Sa création nommée Commute suit a fait fureur dans les rues du centre-ville de Londres plus tôt cette semaine.

Le concept unique de ce costume permet notamment de rester au frais toute la journée grâce à des ventilateurs et des bouteilles d'eau intégrées.

La sécurité de celui qui le porte est également assurée par de nombreux clignotants et ailerons bien visibles.

3 août 2006

Laura-Claire Corson

LONDON - An English performance artist on Thursday unveiled an absurd solution to the record heat bedeviling Britain this summer: a "commute suit."

Liam Yeates, 36, incorporated gadgets he said were useful for subway travel, including a fan in a briefcase, a built-in water bottle, and perfume bottles sewn into the shoulder pads to mask the smell of sweat.

"I'm a commuter super hero," Yeates boasted of his creation, which he donned outside a major London subway station. "People are always peeved off on the crowded Tube or bus and suffer in the heat. This is a bit quirky, fun and will make me cooler, too."

London temperatures peaked at 95 degrees during an exceptionally sun-baked July. On July 19, temperatures on the Tube - as London's subway is more commonly known - reached an estimated 117 degrees.

Yeates said he wanted to address artistically what people were suffering while commuting during the heat wave.

The suit has blue, orange and red spring-mounted balls that are designed, Yeates said, to keep fellow commuters at least 6 inches away. There is also a bowler hat with a bright, flashing yellow light on top; Yeates said it served no useful function, but was included simply to attract attention.

While Yeates said he hoped his design would inspire people to be cool and comfortable on the Tube, passing commuters expressed reservations.

"I might consider wearing that suit if it kept me really cool," said David Chambers, a 30-year-old recruiting consultant, who laughed at the sight of Yeates.

"The trains, Tube and buses are really hot, so it's good that he's making a statement," said Chambers, who commutes an hour each way in and out of London. "But, man, it would take a lot to wear that."

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