Ghillie Suits

BLDGBLOG discovers the fantastic Ghillie suits. These suits used as camouflage by hunters and paintball enthusiasts go beyond patterned fatigues, to rendering the wearer as an actual part of the landscape, not unlike the Swamp Thing.

As Geoff puts it: “I’m embarrassed to admit this, because it now seems obvious, but I had never actually thought of hunting as a local repertoire of earth-replication techniques, techniques through which you can become as much like the surface of the earth as possible. This then distracts and fools other organisms – and allows you to step in for the kill.”