LED Eyelashes Designed to Make Asian Eyes Bigger
For some Asian women, appearing more Westernized through having larger eyes is a very real concern. Short of plastic surgery and makeup, there are not many effective ways to give off the appearance of being more in tune with the Occident than the Orient.
Designer Soomi Park has thus developed LED eyelashes to give Asian women the appearance of larger eyes and to satisfy their desire to become cyborgs. They can be controlled with subtle head movements, allowing the wearer to turn them on and off with only a simple tilt of the head.
Unfortunately, the LED eyelashes do not come equipped with laser-shooting capabilities. The video below gives an accurate demonstration of their use and how they actually look when on an Asian woman.
By Lycurgus on 13-11-2009
Comment by Pamela
November 13th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
GOOD GRIEF!!!!!! That is about the dumbest thing I have seen lately.If you want them that bad,there is a new prescription brush on application that makes the eyelashes grow longer.
Comment by kenny
November 14th, 2009 at 1:11 am
its very sad. You are born with the eyes you have and wanting bigger eyes to look more westernized is ridiculous.
Comment by Lou
November 14th, 2009 at 1:46 am
I think they're pretty cool, but it must suck to have a flashlight pointed at your eyes 24/7.
Comment by James
November 14th, 2009 at 1:09 am
What a total ass these people look like. Give it up!!!
Comment by Chip Weber
November 14th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
always a new fad going around…
Comment by Glassman
November 14th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Kenny – you must be hating all the people who sunbathe…
Comment by Lucy
November 14th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Fuck sakes bigger eyes doesn't equal trying to look westernized. Bigger eyes is a universal standard of beauty not just a WESTERN standard.
Comment by Andy
November 16th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Large eyes is not an indication of wanting to be westerners. Just as shaving off cheek hair is not an indication of a westerner denying his hairy heritage for a clean Asian look.
Comment by rob
November 16th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
“…and to satisfy their desire to become cyborgs.”
w.t.f. ????
Comment by Jinra
November 16th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
They're not produced for mass consumption — they're actually art pieces, which in turn, could be seen as a social statement against the obsession with bigger eyes. I covered this last month:
http://blog.girlybubble.com/2009/10/25/led-eyelas...
Comment by Anonymous
November 25th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
That's just about the most stupid thing I've ever seen on. Honestly, their eyes look bigger without the eyelashes.
Comment by applepie
November 27th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
why the heck do they have a japanese song behind the video background
Comment by StonedCamaro
November 29th, 2009 at 4:43 am
They look kinda cool and cyborgish, except that looks blinding– not just from spots before the eyes from the lights either. Too much direct light exposure=cataracts at a young age.
Comment by inomunique
December 3rd, 2009 at 11:52 pm
they dont want longer eyelashes. they wanted bigger eyes
Comment by Casey
December 6th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I bet that hurts your eyes after a bit.
Comment by Megan
December 8th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
The only time I could see someone using this is at a rave. Lol
Comment by not a fool
December 9th, 2009 at 8:07 am
complete fools to try to look westernized. They so ignorant
Comment by babyleo
December 12th, 2009 at 4:06 am
at it doesn't look as stupid as fake boobs
Comment by athf
December 13th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
all your comments are null… did you see jinra's comment? This isnt some attempt to look westernized or attempt to get bigger eyes… its just an artist's creation… literally. look at the link… some much of the world loves to think that asians envy westerners, I guess. BTW I'm a white americian before you all go saying I'm biased or something.
Comment by JCD
December 14th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
when i look on this i remember jordy (joint optical reflective display by NASA) close to what Giordi La Forge of star trek. Anyway its fashion to the limit and how the general public react.
Comment by Danny
January 20th, 2010 at 7:04 am
It's human nature to want to be different then what you are in one aspect or another. It's learning to accept who you are that's the tricky part.
Comment by Karoliina
February 1st, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Longer lashes = larger looking eyes
Comment by lamo
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:43 am
well… it is beautiful by western standards (there is a fad going around where wide eyes are found beautuful_
Comment by Eunice
March 1st, 2010 at 5:48 am
what is this….
i havent seen any koreans in my life having their makeups done like that.
the reporter better research some more
Comment by Hjkl
March 10th, 2010 at 7:39 am
This is real ugly. Where has the sense of beauty gone?
Comment by Jasmine
May 12th, 2010 at 7:35 am
Stupidity is in the eyes of the beholder.
This is nothing more than a sad, pretentious attempt to be artistic.
Comment by midna
May 17th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
their eyesdon't look bigger, actually they cannot be seen from the light
Comment by spyro
June 14th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
i agree
Comment by sally
July 24th, 2010 at 5:22 am
im white and would totally buy these – and wear them
Comment by john
September 2nd, 2010 at 10:14 am
no. not necessarily. its a logical fallacy.