Get Your Grope On?

Photo by RayHey2

You may have missed the fringe-covered groping hands on Ashish's Spring 2009 runway. (Don't feel bad -- most people did.) But such acts of fashionable 'frotteurism' are gaining momentum as measures to protect against groping (e.g. female-only trains in Japan) are becoming more prevalent. In fact, Chikan (the Japanese word for men who commit acts of non-consensual touching) are such a problem that huge anti-frotteurism signs are posted throughout train stations to stave off would-be gropers. And, while I'm not about to tell people how they should dress, you might as well write "grab here" with a Sharpie across your ass and chest if you decide to wear one of these hands-on designs.

Ashish, Spring 2009

Some famous gropers you may (or may not) remember:

* Prince Harry, photographed cavorting with a blond television presenter. (Pictures of his brother, Prince William, groping a woman also popped up soon thereafter.)

* Don Vito (of MTV's "Viva La Bam" fame) arrested at the Colorado Mills Mall in Lakewood, Colorado after groping three underage girls (two 12 and one 14 year old) during an autograph signing.

* Actor/Comedian Andy Dick, arrested for groping a 17-year-old girl’s breasts and pulling her top down after urinating in a Buffalo Wild Wings parking lot.

* Clay Aiken, photographed groping women in a desperate attempt to prove himself to the world. (God, I'm so glad he finally came out. Nobody should have to pretend to be something they're not!)

Zombie Hands Tee at hottopic.com
'Bring Me The Horizon' Hands Tee at hottopic.com

Hand Print Boyshort by Graffiti Pink

Hand Print Tee at urbanoutfitters.com

Reach Around Tee by Stella Starr
'I Got My Hands Out' Tee by Gongze

Hand in Glove Suspenders by Sancho Fashion

Limited-Edition Skeleton Hand Jeans by Levis Japan

Grabbing Hand Dress by Noritex

Scratching Nails Jeans by Sancho Fashion

B4BC Tee by Sessions

'Grope on a Rope' at iwantoneofthose.com