Review: Ohmni's Anti-Surveillance Streetwear by M.I.A. Blends Privacy Paranoia with Fashion

Emma Specter

23h ago· 3 min readenReview

Summary

A first-person fashion review of Ohmni's anti-surveillance streetwear collection (designed in collaboration with M.I.A.), which uses reflective and metallic materials to disrupt facial recognition and data collection. The author explores the tension between genuine privacy anxiety and the desire to look stylish, testing pieces like the C U Invisible Trench, Tin Foil Hat, and Liquid Gold Waist Bag. While the concept is compelling, the article notes practical limitations and the irony of wearing surveillance-blocking gear in everyday life.

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I know perfectly well that complaining about the growing presence of generative AI and muttering darkly to anyone who will listen that 'they're watching us' is giving tinfoil-hat survivalist whom everyone avoids in the checkout line at the grocery store.

My anxiety about one day living in a Big Tech-enabled police state is real—but for the most part, it hasn't actually altered the way I live.

Ohmni's C U Invisible Trench, Tin Foil Hat, and Liquid Gold Waist Bag made me look ready to tour Niagara Falls and/or attend an after-hours trance DJ set.

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Ohmni’s C U Invisible Trench, Tin Foil Hat, and Liquid Gold Waist Bag made me look ready to tour Niagara Falls and/or attend an after-hours trance DJ set.

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