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I don't think it's crazy to suggest the creation of fashionable items with enhanced protection.

At the high-end, bulletproof suits and luxury vehicles certainly have a market that already exists today.

You still have to dissipate all of that energy. All a kevlar suit jacket is going to do is allow you to easily pull the bullet out of your chest. Getting shot while wearing a vest still causes immense bruising and can still break bones. Kevlar clothing would be more stab and slash resistant.

But they could still protect you from a whole bunch of accidental injuries. Eg stepping or falling onto a rusty nail or sharp glass or a rock. Protective clothing that would double as regular clothing could make you safer against that.

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