Pantalaine
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Pantalaine is a family-owned, Indiana-based clothing company that makes and sells a variety of "plural clothing." It is perhaps the only company of its kind.
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[edit] Plural Clothing
Pantalaine's plural clothing is meant to be worn by two or more bodies at once. The intended wearers are usually human, but the clothes are sometimes meant to be worn, in part, by animals or inanimate objects. Examples include:
- a four-armed "hug jacket", wearable by two people. (All wearers are human.)
- a four-person sweater joined at the elbows. (All wearers are human.)
- a three-person toboggan hat. (All wearers are human.)
- a "couch dress," wearable by a woman and a couch. (One human and one inanimate wearer.)
- a "book-jacket double mitten" wearable by a person's hands and a hardcover book. (One human and one inanimate wearer.)
- a leash-sleeved sweatshirt, wearable by a person and a dog. (One human and one animal wearer.)
[edit] History
Pantalaine began producing plural clothing, in quantity, in 2004. The company's first catalogue appeared in October 2005 as part of the 17th issue of McSweeney's, a literary journal. A Pantalaine fashion show at Los Angeles's REDCAT Theater on February 11th, 2006 was attended by approximately 300 people. Some advertisements for this fashion show referred to Pantalaine's products as "multi-user garmentry."
[edit] Location
The company's bedroom-sized Indiana showroom is temporarily closed to visitors, though the website is still functional (January 2007).
[edit] External links
- Pantalaine, official site
