ryan duffy: hey,i'm ryan duffy. and a few years ago, i got ona plane, went to bogota, colombia, and asked a manto shoot me in the ribs. the tailor's name wasmiguel caballero. he prefers his nickname, whichis the armored armani, which
snake proof boots for sale, is pretty good. i mean, i don't blame the guy. he took us on this big tour andhe showed us a facility in the warehouse where hedid the shooting,
and he did the testing. and it's a proper place withsoundproofed thing and the whole thing. i figured we'd be goingdown there. all of a sudden, we're justhalfway through the interview, and we're sitting in his office,and he goes, ok. you want to get shot? i was like, yeah, we mightas well do it. and i went to go get up,and he's like, no, no.
i got it right here. pulls it out of his desk drawerand stands up and shoots me in his officefrom six feet away. so here it is, my mom's leastfavorite piece of all time. vice presents "the bulletprooftailor." so we're here in bogota,colombia, and we're about to go see miguel caballero,who's been called the armored armani. he makes bulletproof gear, buthe makes fashion-forward
lightweight bulletproof gear. so a nice blazer or anovercoat, and even a bulletproof tie. the basic deal is for bodyguardsand for kind of vips, people who want to lookgood and somewhat sharp and be comfortable while they'rebeing shot at. you would think that with thedirection of world events, miguel will probably be verybusy for a very long time. so we're going to go talk tomiguel, see how everything is
made, and see if he won'tlet us take some of it for a test drive. so this is the tailoringarea of miguel's shop. all these women are working onbulletproof vests and shirts and jackets for unitednations, for various presidents, for localpolice outfits-- pretty much anyone who thinksit's a reasonable possibility that they'll get shot. where did the idea ofincorporating elements of
actual fashion and design,rather than just your standard bulky-- ryan duffy: do you think thiswill be everyday street wear at some point in thenot-so-distant future? that everyone will want to feelprotected, just in case? ryan duffy: jesus christ. [knocking] ryan duffy: and so doesthis one have plates in there, or no?
female speaker: yeah. ryan duffy: yeah. female speaker: the plates do. ryan duffy: oh, wow. female speaker: howdo you think that? ryan duffy: it's bulletproof. it's about as heavyas a wool sweater. almost frighteningly so. ryan duffy: and we've heard thatall employees get shot.
is that-- is that partof the deal? everyone tests it out? ryan duffy: now we're in theballistics area here, and we're seeing where they kindof test out all the vests. so apparently the deal is theydrop the material here, and then this plaster backgroundhere serves as kind of a fill-in for the body so theycan see how much impact, whether the bullet's puncturingin too far or whatnot, based on the markson the plaster.
did you get shot? do all employees get shot? female speaker: yes. ryan duffy: really? that's part of the rule? this is the [inaudible]. ryan duffy: we gotta takeit for a test ride. let's fucking shootme, miguel. and how do you do that?
how can the weight be somarkedly decreased? so-- so much smaller? female speaker: kimono. this is for a special designfor steven seagal. ryan duffy: so this, stevenseagal came and said, i-- what's his-- who's shootingat steven seagal? do you know? wow. he's a big motherfucker,isn't he?
god damn. so this is, stevenseagal said, i'm really into this design. can you guys make this? and this was custom-madefor steven seagal. we can mail your designwherever you want. super light. but this has the paddingin it, right? ryan duffy: so
female speaker: and look at--this is very flexible. ryan duffy: yeah,it really is. you sure that stops bullets? of course. ryan duffy: steven seagal. who are some of the other namesthat we would know? ryan duffy: where elseare your big markets? ryan duffy: if i was goingto go into the boutique in mexico and just--
i needed something. what does an averagejacket go for now? ryan duffy: so where am igetting shot, exactly? female speaker: here. ryan duffy: here? really? that's ok? it ends right there. ryan duffy: this isnot heavy-duty.
miguel caballero: one. one. ryan duffy: one miguel caballero: one,two, three, boom. one, two, three, boom. ryan duffy: [exhales] miguel caballero: yeah, ok. that's all. ryan duffy: ok.
ryan duffy: oh, that'sjust muscle? miguel caballero: yeah. ryan duffy: but if it goesthrough there, we have a bit of a problem, right? there's a bunch of organsand shit in there. [laughter] miguel caballero: becool, my friend. be cool. ryan duffy: man, i look cool.
i can't not be coolin this jacket. it is suede. i wonder if it's waterproof. oh, you like that with thecollar up a little more, huh? ryan duffy: we've been toldthat miguel here is the world's premiere bulletprooftailor. but you know, there's a lot ofbullshit in advertising, so we're gonna take itfor a test ride. miguel caballero: ok.
uno, dos-- [gunshot] miguel caballero: tres. come out here to-- ryan duffy: a little sneakattack there, huh? very clever. miguel caballero: checkthe bullets. that's only-- nothing?
ryan duffy: nothing. miguel caballero: you feltsomething like this, yes? wasn't bad, man. oh. my knee is shaking. miguel caballero:that's for you. it's a souvenir. ryan duffy: oh, my souvenir. look at that.
miguel caballero: it'sthere, you know? ryan duffy: that's whathe just shot me with. miguel caballero: no,no, don't worry. ryan duffy: that didn'thurt nearly as much as i thought it would. so that's the bullet andthat's how it ends up. that's fucking crazy. he did the pediatrician trick,like when you go to get a shot when you're little, and he'slike, on three, i'm
going to stick you.
and you go, one, two, andthen he sticks you? he did that to me. just now. and it worked.
