Would you buy a shirt that you would not physically own?

Or anything? Is this going to be a new thing? Are people this gullible?

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“Contactless fashion” line Tribute Brand is banking on customers happily forking over $699 for their “Zezy” shirt, a plasticky-looking blouse with flared short sleeves in either neon green or red — that they’ll never physically receive.

What they get instead is a “photo they have uploaded, with the digital garment fitted to it” according to Tribute’s Web site, plus a “digital certificate of authenticity as a proof of owning the digital product.”

Basically, you’re paying to have someone digitally superimpose a piece of clothing onto a selfie.

While it’s unclear if anyone has purchased the $699 shirt yet — designers were on vacation and declined to comment for this story — the brand does offer pieces priced more like Dillard’s than Dior.

Joe Garcia, a Pasadena, Calif.-based stylist, shelled out for a tight silver top and green trousers with futuristic ruffled cellophane-like overlay, each for $29, after seeing Lady Gaga’s stylist Nicola Formichetti model the line on Instagram.

“I get people asking me where I got those pants when they see my picture,” said Garcia, 38. “They don’t even realize that they’re cyber.”

The fact that the clothes don’t exist adds to the cool factor, said Garcia, who didn’t even have to get off the couch to peacock for his 1,157 followers.

“I was on my day off just hanging out,” he said. He chose pieces that caught his eye and uploaded “a good selfie and another full-body one. I already had both pictures on my phone.”

He waited patiently while Tribute, which promises a finished look in one to five work days, digitally sewed on his fantastical new wardrobe using software to create a lifelike look, with shadows, creases in the right spots, and a snug fit.

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I'm thinking about getting into the virtual real estate game. What do you think? Any of you baws interested in a $500,000 beachfront home? You send me some selfie pics and I will send you tons of pics of you in and around the beautiful home so you can post them on facebook and twitter for your friends to see.

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