adidas unveils new running shoe, page-5

"Almost", meerkat? The Onion IS a spoof magazine, but I like the idea of those Adidas shoes in principle.....

This morning I jumped up from my computer when the phone rang, believing it to be a "margin call", and slipped on the blood on the floor (not mine, yet, but running out from the bottom of my screens) as I turned to grab my briefcase and passport to flee....
My Adidas imitations were not up to it & I slid...

But more seriously, in this dangerous world of today, one can zip down to Mexico and buy a fashionable bullet-proof leather jacket or polo shirt, tried and tested....
The manufacturer, Miguel Caballero, has been expanding his outlets throughout the world....

"From those beginnings, he turned his attention outward toward the larger world, first toward Venezuela and eventually setting up distribution channels throughout South and Central America, Europe, Hong Kong, Qatar and elsewhere. Today, Caballero, known widely as the "Armani of bulletproof clothing," dresses political leaders and royalty, business tycoons, movie stars and others in the limelight who might be the target of a vengeful attacker. In 2002, he opened a corner in Harrods — London's premiere luxury department store — where customers may order a range of custom-tailored apparel. His first independent bulletproof boutique opened in 2007 off of Avenida Presidente Masaryk in Mexico City's premier shopping district. "
http://www.textileworld.com/Articles/2012/January/Jan-Feb_issue/Armored_In_Style.html

Brilliant, I reckon. You could sneer at the guy with the gun pointed at you.

GZ