Fashion designer Miguel Caballero understands that if you lead the high life in crime-ridden Colombia, you should be able to look good while being sprayed by automatic gunfire. In fact, Caballero has designed a whole line of bulletproof clothing for men and women, including guayaberas, polo shirts, jackets and even an updated version of the classic bulletproof vest. His leather jacket weighs only a few pounds, and nobody would suspect that you had full protection.
In addition to size runs, customers can seek a specific level of protection -- low will only withstand 9MM slugs and high will take on gunfire from Uzis and other automatics.
A few items sell for as low as $2,000, but you'll have to shell out $10 Gs for the polo shirt that withstands automatic weapon fire.
We just hope the bad guys don't start using flamethrowers.
In case you get hit in the head, check out these badass graves:
Running with the Bulls
Revelers are chased by Conde de la Corte ranch fighting bulls on the first day of the running of the bulls during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Monday, July 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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Revelers chased by Conde de la Corte ranch fighting bulls, not seen, run on the first day of the running of the bulls during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 7, 2008. The 'Los San Fermines' festival, held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 07: Micky Loomey of New Zealand is attended to by members of the Red Cross after being injured during the first San Fermin running of the bulls on July 7, 2008 in Pamplona, Spain. Fighting bulls are run through the old part of Pamplona for eight days in this fiesta made famous by the 1926 Ernest Hemmingway novel 'The Sun Also Rises'. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
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PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 07: A runner leads the pack of fighting bulls around a curve during the first San Fermin running of the bulls on July 7, 2008 in Pamplona, Spain. Fighting bulls are run through the old part of Pamplona for eight days in this fiesta made famous by the 1926 Ernest Hemmingway novel 'The Sun Also Rises'. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
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PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 07: A fighting bull takes the curve during the first San Fermin running of the bulls on July 7, 2008 in Pamplona, Spain. Fighting bulls are run through the old part of Pamplona for eight days in this fiesta made famous by the 1926 Ernest Hemmingway novel 'The Sun Also Rises'. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
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A runner is attended to after being injured during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu (SPAIN)
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A runner is attended to after being injured during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu (SPAIN)
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Runners sprint next to Conde de la Corte fighting bulls during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu (SPAIN)
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A reveller is tossed by a heifer on the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu (SPAIN)
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Runners sprint in front of Conde de la Corte fighting bulls and steers during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu (SPAIN)
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Thursday 31 July
By James Mangle
Funny how it says that the low strength one will stop a 9 mm, and the high will stop an Uzi -- the Uzi shoots a 9 mm....
more proof that those in the media know little/nothing about firearms.
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Tuesday 05 August
By Aaron
The Uzi shoots a .45 you idiot
Thursday 31 July
By gxavier
You'd be better off not referring to bloggers as "the media". If we wanted to be informed, and double check sources, etc, we would be called "journalists".
My bad on the 9MM round. To clarify, the "Low" protection will protect the wearer from a single 9MM round, from a revolver, as opposed to repeated 9MM fire.
here endeth the gun lesson.
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Thursday 31 July
By ruben
i think what they mean by the difference of a 9mm from a hand gun and 9mm from an uzi is that the handgun can at best be semi-automatic, where the uzi fires more rounds much faster. Therefore, i am sure the design of the material would need to be different.
There's a big difference, and you'd know if you've ever participated in paintpall or airsoft arenas. if you've had any experience with those, you'd know it is painless getting shot once, but multiple times in the same place will hurt like a bitch.
1 shot - one material - multiple rounds, stronger material - i see his point. why are people so negative if they dont understand something? just try to find out yourself instead of being so negative? it's just stupid.
i want to have the polo jacket, myself! :-)
Thursday 31 July
By Joe | A New Band A Day
Who cares what calibre of bullet they stop? It's a polo shirt that stops gunfire! You'd feel like Batman! Hooray!
Joe - www.anewbandaday.com
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Thursday 31 July
By Chrono
First come and live in Colombia, then write about how life is here... don't just write "if you lead the high life in crime-ridden Colombia" because of all the bad media we get, start being a good reporter and have some respect for other countries and their people... next time just don't mention any country in specific!
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Thursday 31 July
By gxavier
tengo mucho respeto para su pais. The designer is Colombian and designed his clothing while studying in Bogata. So I guess he must have gotten the idea from the sky, rather than living in a country with a 30-plus-year civil war.
Thursday 31 July
By soupcan
Theres something called muzzle velocity. The caliber of the bullet has a lot to do with how much power the bullet has and so does the speed of the bullet.
Did you honestly think that a revolver is exactly the same as an MP5 except for auto vs single shot?
From Wikipedia:
9mm MP5 muzzle velocity: 400 meters/s
9mm Police revolver muzzle velocity: 220 meters/s
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Friday 01 August
By Blakgun
Since when do police carry 9mm "revolvers" anyway? ROFL
The only 9mm revolvers that have ever been in production were never used as police issue weapons. If you knew what a 9mm revolver was then you would know why no cop would carry one as a service issue weapon. Too funny. I just can't picture cops swapping out half and full moon clips. LOL
I'm sure a 9mm pistol is what was really meant. And as far as Wikipedia is concerned, if a 9mm only does 220 meters/s muzzle velocity from a pistol, revolver, or any other kind of handgun, then they REALLY need to recalibrate their chronographs.
There is a good reason that Wikipedia is never accepted as a credible source of information for anything that really matters. It does make a good info base for conversation, but if you want dependable information then you need to cite a much more credible source.
A fully automatic weapon has no more muzzle energy than a similarly chambered handgun, the cartridges are loaded with exactly the same powder and bullet weights. The only difference is in how many rounds can go downrange with a single pull of the trigger. And you will never see two rounds strike a target in the exact same spot, especially if the shooter is in a high stress situation, like an attack. So the description in the original article really does come across as rather silly given that a submachine gun is simply a fully automatic handgun, chambered for handgun cartridges, that is usually equipped with a buttstock.
This is a rather silly conversation. LOL
Saturday 02 August
By Hey
Don't blame Wikipedia for this asshead's misuse. The benefit to using Wikipedia is that all the sources are clearly labeled and linked, if they aren't then you go somewhere else. If you have qualms about using Wikipedia for information it just shows your own lack of ability to uses sources to verify information.
Thursday 31 July
By Chase
If this thing can stop any bullets I am impressed as hell! Did you watch the video and see how thin and flexible that shit is? I would never need one but it would be sick to say "yea, its bullet proof".
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Thursday 04 September
By BuzzWilder
Do you really believe this? I am sure whoever produced this is laughing thier asses off. Hell - maybe if they get lucky a few you'll even try to do this your to your selves!
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Friday 01 August
By Billy
It would be awesome if they made bullet proof hoodies.. then the ammount of deaths from knife/gun crime in London would go down! And id feel safer wearing one out in London
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