You guys might have seen this in the papers and e-mail not so long ago...
"Subject: Japanese Fashion Craze: Imitation See-Through Skirts! ...
Another Crazy Fashion from Japan
What you see below are not see-thru skirts. They are actually prints on the skirts to make it look as if the panties are visible and the current rage in Japan. "
"This is latest fashion craze in Japan? I don't buy it, and not just because I couldn't find a single legitimate press report verifying the claim. These images show definite signs of being Photoshopped.
Elements of the superimposed
panty image can be seen cutting
across the straps of the purse
For starters, in every one of the photos the contours of the "imitation" legs and panties match the poses of the models exactly, which shouldn't be the case if they're printed on the surfaces of the skirts. What we see instead are passable representations of what it might look like if the clothing were really transparent.
Secondly, whoever manipulated the images made subtle errors, most notably in Photo #5, where, when the image is enlarged, lines and shadows belonging to the superimposed legs and panties cut visibly across the model's purse straps (see detail at right). All the examples, examined closely, give the impression that the panty images were overlayed directly onto the photographs, not imprinted on the clothing.
Japanese fashion designers do have a reputation for cutting-edge — even wacky, at times — ideas, but ersatz see-through clothing isn't one of them. Yet. "
Elements of the superimposed
panty image can be seen cutting
across the straps of the purse