Fashions

For the trendy among us, this will have import on Nov 5th.

In Mexico, shopping for the right thing to wear at the wrong end of a gun

MEXICO CITY: Exclusive clothing boutiques line Avenida Presidente Masarik here. A Burberry coat? A Corneliani suit? A Gucci scarf? Have enough pesos, and they are yours.
But tucked on a leafy side street in the Polanco neighborhood is a shop unlike the others, one whose bustling business says much about the dire state of security in this country. At Miguel Caballero, named after its Colombian owner, all the garments are bulletproof. [snip]

Studies have shown that more and more anxious Mexicans are pouring their money into defensive measures. Families and businesses across Mexico invest $18 billion in private security measures, a recent study by the Center for Economic Studies of the Private Sector found. Some people are trying to get their hands on weapons, which are tightly regulated here but widely available on the black market. To some, bulletproof fashion is the logical next step. [snip]
He points out that the clothing is not designed for the kind of warfare that is breaking out in some parts of Mexico, where drug assassins have used rocket launchers and grenades to wipe out rivals. [snip] (emphasis added)

Of course, even in a bastion of democracy like Mexico, gun control keeps weapons out of the hands of the truly malignant: i.e. the cancerous law abiding. It always works so well.
If the haberdasher cannot guarantee safety against RPG’s and grenades, I should probably request a refund. At least use put the expense on your credit card, so your estate can contest the charge.