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  Patterned Public Promotions - Liverpool Gets Stripes for Onitsuka Tiger Store::The city of Liverpool has been covered with tiger stripes to mark the arrival of its new Onitsuka Tiger store. The iconic Liver Bird has even been transformed into a Liver Tiger.
Other iconic buildings… [MORE] |
  Macabre Men's Neckpieces - Cyberoptix TieLab::If you always have problems finding a perfect gift for that relative you hardly ever see, and hate to have to resort that old standby present, the tie, fear not--the guys at Cyberoptix TieLab have you… [MORE] |
  Permanent Ink as Female Empowerment - The Tattoo Baby Doll Project::Sherri Wood embroiders tattoos on fabric dolls as a part of her Tattoo Baby Doll Project. All the tattoos have been drawn by female professional tattoo artists. So essentially, she is reproducing others'… [MORE] |
  Helicopter Hair - Extreme Coiffures::Normally found within the exclusive domain of the fashion catwalks, extreme hair is catching on in a massive mainstream way.
Out of this bunch, I love the helicopter image for many reasons, but primarily… [MORE] |
  Denture Crown Jewels - Gold, Diamond and Ruby-Studded False Teeth::Just when we thought we had seen just about all of the blinged-out dental jewelry there is, here are 16-carat gold dentures studded with rubies and diamonds.
I mean, these are not even natural teeth.… [MORE] |
  Cultural Wedding Couture - Falguni and Shane Peacock Bridal Collection::We've had an influx of Trend Hunter articles featuring styles from countries in Asia, so searching for wedding couture from such a rich culture was inevitable. I've fallen in love with India's wedding… [MORE] |
  Fake Aging - Vogue's 'From 10 to 60 Years' Uses Only Makeup, Lighting::Vogue Paris proved that using an exceptional model teamed with an exceptional makeup artist and exceptional lighting expert, a person can represent six decades of beauty.
The editorial is by Inez van… [MORE] |
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  HD-Ready Cosmetics - High-Definition Makeup by Cargo::High-definition is not just for TV anymore. Thanks to Cargo's upcoming make-up line, high-def now has everything to do with beauty.
Since the creation of digital HDTV, there has been a push by celebs… [MORE] |
  Fictitious Jewelry Endorsements - Santa Claus Recommends Icelink Watches::Before he really gets busy preparing for Christmas in his workshop, Santa Claus took a moment to stop by and promote Icelink’s very icy new watch.
As Luxist reports, Icelink’s detailed press releases… [MORE] |
  Fur-Loving Fashion - Designer Couture That Protests PETA::Lindsay Lohan may get flour thrown all over her for wearing fur; unless you are an A-lister, however, chances are good that PETA doesn't know you or particularly care if you wear fur.
Ann Coulter and… [MORE] |
  ‘80s Hairstyle Revivals - Louis Vuitton S/S 2009::Seeing the photos of Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2009 makes me reminiscent of the eighties even though I tended to stay away from the outrageous styles.
Vuitton implements bold and solid color patterns in… [MORE] |
  Fashion Icons as Dictionary Designers - Karl Lagerfeld Illustrates 'La Petit Larousse Illustre'::France, the ever-famed fashion capital of the world, has taken its emphasis on chic fashion a step further by asking Chanel legend Karl Lagerfeld to design their 2009 edition dictionary.
This dictionary,… [MORE] |
  Fireside Fashions - Cozy Chic Sweater Dresses::Sweater dresses are a perennial must-have for colder months, and celebrities have taken to the streets with this cozy fireside style.
I love Heather Graham's beaded nylons paired with a black and grey-striped… [MORE] |
  13 Violent Photoshoots - From Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt to Shockvertising Campaigns::Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt highlighted our culture’s obsession with violence a few years back in their “Domestic Bliss” photoshoot with famed photographer Steven Klein for W Magazine.
Three years later,… [MORE] |
  Family Themed Seasonal Ads - GAP Holiday 2008 Campaign::While everyone is looking for Black Friday ads to prepare for the Black Friday 2008 shopping madness that is about to come, The Gap keeps things in the family with Jennifer Hudson and a family-themed set… [MORE] |
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  PET Bottle Jewelry - Mana Bernandes' Eco Designs::Brazilian artisan Mana Bernandes makes the most amazing eco jewelry from PET bottles, the containers commonly used for beverages and water. She cuts them up and then groups them into necklaces, bracelets… [MORE] |
  Visor Toupees - ‘Flair Hair’::The ‘FlairHair’ combination visor/hairpiece from Kotula’s is so bizarre that it’s perfect. Bald golfers, coaches and outdoor sportsmen everywhere no longer need worry about exposing their dome to the elements.… [MORE] |
  Cartoon-Branded Appliances - The Hello Kitty Kitchen Set::If you had ever told me that someday I would be writing about a Hello Kitty kitchen set, I would have promptly laughed at you and thought of a rather creative expletive to respond with.
Yet, here it… [MORE] |
  Internet-Inspired Customized Jewelry - The Bajca Emoticon Keyboard::The Bajca Emoticon Keyboard is an intense combination customizable jewelry kit and smiley keyboard.
When the Emoticon Keyboard is connected to a computer, it conveys the typeface equivalents of the diverse… [MORE] |
  Nude Suede Shoes - 2009's Must-Have Footwear::Let's be honest. Nude tones are always hot, and if you like the look of bare feet, these hot new boots are for you! These pale suede boots, complete with peek-a-boo toes, are all the rage in Hollywood… [MORE] |
  Gender-Bending Editorials - Hedi Slimane's "Land of the Rising Sun" in Vogue Homme Japan::In addition to his impressive fashion design resumé--creating the line and world of Dior Homme for Christian Dior and relaunching YSL Rive Gauche Homme, for example--Hedi Slimane is an amazing and bold… [MORE] |
  Tech-Obsessed Timepieces - The 'Cycle of Life' Watch::Andy Kurovets pokes fun of the lifestyle of most people who work with computers with this watch. He has broken the day down into a few actions: Wake up, drive to work, go on your computer, go back to your… [MORE] |
  Environment-Inspired Couture - Alexander McQueen Spring 2009 Collection::Soft and bold colors as well as unique and interesting patterns are combined to adorn Alexander McQueen’s Spring 2009 collection.
In the video above, we learn that McQueen is extremely passionate… [MORE] |
  Pop-up Sportswear Stores - The 'Reebok Flash'::This bold, brightly colored pop-up store was designed by American designers Formvision for sportswear brand Reebok.
Reebok's first ever pop-up store 'Reebok Flash' is located in a 3,000-square-foot gallery… [MORE] |
  Modern Retro Clothing - Revamped Vintage Designs from Kate and Kass::Look what I found! Kate and Kass! It's a line that takes me back to the '60s and '70s, featuring A-line, empire-waist and baby-doll dresses that were featured in Life and Look Magazine, on 'The Ed Sullivan… [MORE] |
  Romantic Winter Dresses - The ‘Lover’ Line::The designers that Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams love are selling the ‘Love Bomb’ collection in stores now. Susien Chong and Nic Briand started the ‘Lover’ brand clothing line in a tiny cubby in… [MORE] |
  Credit Crunch Superstitions - Yellow Underwear Means Money::Brazilians believe the colour of their underwear worn at midnight on New Year’s Eve will dictate their fortune for the following year. As the colour yellow represents money, yellow underwear has been selling… [MORE] |
  12 Examples of High Fashion Culture Fusion::True cross-cultural fashion fusion is a blend not just between different areas of the globe, but of the ideologies and motivations associated by each region's native people.
The high fashion fusions… [MORE] |
  Dior in Chinese Eyes - ‘The Stranger In The Glass Box’ by Quentin Shih::China’s “Christian Dior and Chinese Artists” exhibition explores the beauty of the French fashion house through the eyes Chinese artists with more than twenty art works from China’s hottest artists such… [MORE] |
  Fashionable Teen Stars - Kristen Stewart Covers Teen Vogue::Kristen Stewart has quickly risen from a young Hollywood actress into a worldwide movie star with the huge buzz and success of Twilight, the cult vampire movie.
With that success comes magazine covers… [MORE] |
  Rent A Supermodel Yogi - Cameron Alborizan As Your Guru::OK, so I have strange taste in men and don’t find this man at all attractive, but I am strange, so normal ladies out there, this one is for you.
Former supermodel Cameron Alborizan swapped the catwalk… [MORE] |
  Woven Steel Accessories - Ines Schwotzer's WIred Jewelry::Ines Schwotzer is a freelance designer in Germany. She creates her jewelry and accessories from the most basic of materials; in the case of the pieces here, they're made of wire. By using techniques associated… [MORE] |
  Jewelry to Offend Vegans - The Pig's Ear Bracelet::They say you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, but just try telling that to artist Arthur Hash. His Pig’s Ear Bracelet is an interesting take on the inventive use of unusual materials for jewelry. The… [MORE] |
  Eco Cable Winding Gadgets - The Magneat::Have you noticed how some of the best ideas are the simplest ones? Ideas where you find it amazing that no one has come up with them before, because they are – simply brilliant?
Magneat is one of those… [MORE] |
  Desert Superhero Fashion - Cat Power in V Magazine::V Magazine jumps on the superhero bandwagon with a Catwoman themed editorial in its V56 Winter issue entitled, ‘Cat Power’.
However, instead of just one supermodel Catwoman, as we saw in recent shoots… [MORE] |
  Holiday Jinglevertising - The Gap 'Merry Mix Carols'::Always seeking to capture the imagination (and, of course, your shopping dollar) The Gap is no stranger to innovative advertising. Just in time for the holidays, their Merry Mix Carols, Tis the Season… [MORE] |
  Cosplay Kickboxing - Nagashima's Cartoon Fighter Suit::Taking cosplay to a more aggressive level, an Otaku kickboxer, Youichirou Jienotsu Nagashima, crushed his opponent after entering the ring as cosplay character Hatsune Miku! In previous bouts, the bone-breaker… [MORE] |
  Chest Charging - Bouncing Breasts to Power Gadgets::Aside from providing terraflops of images for Google to index, and providing sustenance for tomorrow’s leaders, boobs aren’t doing much to benefit mankind. Adrienne So, a writer for Wired, thought the… [MORE] |
  Celebrating Scruffiness - Hugh Jackman Named 'Sexiest Man Alive'::Hugh Jackman’s selection as People Magazine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ officially marks the resurgence of the five o’ clock shadow. The perpetually scruffy actor, singer and dancer plays Wolverine in the ‘X-Men’… [MORE] |
  Rockstar Fashion Guides - Brandon Flowers' Tuxedo How-To in GQ::The new GQ “Men of The Year” issue shows you how to buy a tuxedo and wear it like a rockstar with the help of Brandon Flowers, the lead singer of one of my favorite bands, The Killers. Brandon was chosen… [MORE] |
  Anthropomorphic Fencing Fashion - 'Skorpions' Collectino by Joanna Berzowska::Although the influence of fencing on fashion has been with us for a while, the artistic version of Joanna Berzowska’s most recent project, the “Skorpions”, takes the interpretation to an extreme. Her… [MORE] |
  Male Breast Support - Bras For Men::Oboy, a challenge! How to write up an article about men’s bras without offending men who have gynecomastia? These are premium bras that come in three lovely colors, white, black and pink. They are soft… [MORE] |
  Silhouetted Models - Lily Donaldson in Vogue Nippon December 2008::Photographer Alasdair McLellan took some very striking black and white photos of UK model Lily Donaldson for Vogue Nippon’s December 2008 issue. However, what stands out as unique and fresh are images… [MORE] |
  Bejeweled Lips - Artistic Mouth Glitter::This collection of flaming and bejeweled lips are very artistic and extremely provocative.
I particularly like the jewelry-encrusted lips on the first image in the gallery, with the black nails, the pale… [MORE] |
  Romeo and Juliet Fashion Editorials - 'Love of a Lifetime' in Vogue::Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz created this gorgeous spread for Vogue US called 'Love of a Lifetime.'
The theme of the spread is Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy about two young… [MORE] |
  Retro Radio Timepieces - The Flud Boombox Wrist Watch::The Flud boombox wrist watch will not play music like those really annoying, humongous radios people used to carry around next to their ears, apparently oblivious to the beating that their eardrums were… [MORE] |
  Unconventional Rock Style Editorials - Kate Moss in Vogue China::It’s the dream of any model to score a Vogue cover, let alone two… in the same month!
The new issues of Vogue China and Vogue UK feature this rather rare achievement that only a Supermodel of the stature… [MORE] |
  China's Answer to Victoria's Secret - Aimer Lingerie for S/S 2009::The Victoria’s Secret Lingerie Show in Miami wasn’t the only hot catwalk lingerie show held recently. Aimer showed their lingerie for Spring Summer 2009 at China Fashion Week in Beijing.
Aimer comes… [MORE] |
  Pleated Fashion Knits - Simone Shailes for TopShop::TopShop is a glorious fashion heaven for many shopaholics on the high street, but to design for ‘the worlds largest fashion store’ is an absolute dream for a young designer graduate starting out in today's… [MORE] |
  Origami Inspired Fashion - Papercraft Spring Collections::The influence of Japanese culture on all matters fashion is self evident, not least in the case of origami inspired dressing.
The images above were compiled by Trend de la Creme from the Spring 2009 collections… [MORE] |
  Lumberjack Underwear - Paul Frank's Logtastic Skivvies::Somehow I think there might be more females wearing this lumberjack underwear than guys. No, they will not be lumberjills, because lumberjills are for real.
Paul Frank decided that soft red stretch jersey… [MORE] |
  Match-Making Underwear Ads - Interactive Bjorn Borg Campaign::The new Fall/Winter 2008 ad campaign for Bjorn Borg Underwear gets a bit creative with a theme of finding your love match.
The ads show sexy men and women out and about in their underwear looking pretty… [MORE] |
  Retro Futuristic Robotics - Set Designs by Laurent Desgrange::Laurent Desgrange is an artsy design company in Paris that excels in creative services such as styling, illustration, fashion design, set designs and writing. What really caught my eye were these amazing… [MORE] |
  Magazines That Mock Financial Crisis - Dazed & Confused Cover Asks You to Smile::While Bianca reported on fashion magazines capitalizing on the credit crunch and the spiraling economy with money-saving and budgeting headlines, the December 2008 issue of Dazed & Confused laughs at the… [MORE] |
  Machine Gun Jewelry - The Russian Jewelry Collection::Citizen K Russia is not a very well-known magazine in the fashion industry yet. The high end fashion magazine which was launched in Russia about a year ago, is published in Paris on a quarterly basis.… [MORE] |
  Monster Couture - 'It Is A Dream In Colours' By Yang Du::Fashionable art, or arty fashion?
These fabulously weird, award-winning outfits blur the borders between art and fashion. Chinese designer Yang Du is described as a surrealist fashion creator and already… [MORE] |
  Surrealistic Fashion Birds - Gaby Herbstein’s Aves Del Paraiso::Gaby Herbstein in an Argentinian photographer whose work spans 17 years.
Herbstein, who is a very prestigious and much sought after photographer in the fashion industry, has also done work for such… [MORE] |
  Organic Botox Alternatives - Foreskin Injections::Remarkably, the practice of circumcision is on the decline, and the anti-circumcision lobby is gathering followers.
This may soon change, however, if the new anti-aging treatment from Intercytex, Vavelta,… [MORE] |
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