Kotaku: dress

Here's What PlayStation 3's Dress Looks Like

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:20:43 MST

Sony introduced Dress to Japanese PlayStation 3 owners today, the fashion application that allows users to design new clothing and dress up their avatars — for a price, of course. How does it look?

Well, the clothing looks good, considering Sony has partnered with real-life brands like Puma and Beams to give Dress users ready-to-wear goods that are already successful in the real world.

Sony also gives Dress purchasers the option to lay out their own designs using pre-made stencils and assets from PlayStation brands like The Last Guy and Aquanaut's Holiday. There are even a couple of built-in mini-games that will let Dress owners unlock new wearable goods.

It was originally planned to integrate with PlayStation Home, but plans for sharing outfits between the two applications looks like it's still up in the air.

Reader Levi has forwarded us a couple YouTube clips of his own experience with Dress, an app that sets the owner back about 2000 yen. Check them out and enjoy the silence.

Playstation Dress Hands-On Video 1 [YouTube]
Playstation Dress Hands-On Video 2 [YouTube]
Playstation Dress Mini-game 1 [YouTube]
Playstation Dress Mini-game 2 [YouTube]

Nintendo Power Glove Returns as Fashion Accessory

fdemarco — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:00:00 MST

Kotakuite Sam P. sends in this pic he snapped while out on a date with his girlfriend who espied this Power Glove on a mannequin in a shop window. I've never really thought of the Power Glove as the perfect accessory for a simple black dress, but what the hell do I know, I'm no Tim Gunn. But, it's nice to know the old Power Glove is still getting some work unlike that lazy Konami LaserScope.

Sony To Get Dressy?

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:40:09 MDT

When we're not posting about what we've eaten for breakfast, we're often found trolling the US Patent and Trademark Office for exciting new registrations. One of the more interesting such items to pop up recently is Sony Computer Entertainment's Dress, with the logo shown above.

So what the hell is Dress? Is Sony readying their own version of Sega's dress up and shopping game Love & Berry? Are budding Home citizens about to enjoy the labors of digital seamstresses? Is this Sony's answer to Project Runway? Whatever Sony's recently registered trademark for Dress will be, we're pretty sure it's going to be... interesting.

Most of the trademark's goods and services registrations seem totally inappropriate for Sony's gaming division. For example, Dress is registered against things like "X-RAY TUBES", "GYMNASTIC INSTRUCTION", and "ELECTRIC HAIR-CURLERS FOR HOUSEHOLD USE" which I doubt we'll see. But some of the registrations seem much more likely to apply to a PlayStation game or application.

Some of the more interesting, more telling services that Dress is registered against include:

PROVIDING EXHIBIT SPACE OF VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS IN THE INTERNET FOR COMPUTER GENERATED 3-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN OF CLOTHING

ON-LINE RETAIL STORE SERVICES FEATURING DOWNLOADABLE VIDEO GAME SOFTWARE, SOFTWARE FOR CREATING DRESS AND WEARS FOR VIRTUAL REALITY AVATARS, SOFTWARE USED FOR CREATING VIRTUAL REALITY AVATARS, AND SOFTWARE FOR COMPUTER GENERATED 3-DIMENSIONAL CLOTHING FOR AVATARS

ENTERTAINMENT IN THE NATURE OF FASHION SHOWS

A lot of this sounds very much in tune with Phil Harrison's Game 3.0 mantra, providing gamers with a suite of tools that would aid them in the design of online avatar threads. With that adorable heart-shaped button graphic, it would seem that Dress will come with a slightly more feminine bent.

Of course, Sony, like many companies, registers plenty of trademarks that never see the light of day. Beats. for instance was trademarked by the company in the first quarter of 2007, then rated by the ESRB, but not a peep has been heard about the game.

We'll be tapping the shoulders of our favorite Sony execs in Tokyo next week to bug them about it, hoping to learn more.