A number of years ago, I came across an article about Japanese fashion designer Aya Tsukioka and the dress/vending machine disguise she created as a form of self defense. I thought it was an interesting look at how art and everyday life shape each other. In this case, Tsukioka was responding not only to growing rates of street crime in Tokyo but also to the prevalence of vending machines in Japan as a whole.
http://gizmodo.com/313221/japanese-anti-rapemugging-dress-transforms-into-vending-machine-disguise
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/world/asia/20japan.html?_r=0
Aya Tsukioka's website
Semi-relevant video: Yakuza Tattoo Artist explains the significance of body art to the Japanese Mafia
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