Rihanna does a Goth!

Above:Rihanna attending Fashion's Night Out

If Maison Martin Margiela's mono-lens sunglass was a bit on the edgier side, what would you say to Rihanna's spiked blinders? I agree Fashion's Night Out had the entire New York city brightly lit but was the city this blinding? And whats with those super spiked earrings and that bracelet piercing right through her flesh (see picture below), not to forget the black gloves with extreme black claws? If recession made it tough to afford body guards then maybe its not a very bad strategy! As for those blinders, well Rihanna seems to believe in the adage that appearances can be deceptive and decided to sense fashion and not get deceived by the brightly lit stores and the huge posters trumpeting the event! And with those spiky spikes would anyone dare to touch those blinders?

To muse, would you do an extreme Goth? Well she's a singer and all that, so its understandable that the need to grab attention and stand out could play an important part in her wardrobe choices.Apart from that can you give a thumbs up to this look? Eccentricity for eccentricity's sake or avant garde fashion? Do let me know.

Above:Rihanna attending World of Giuseppe Zanotti on Fashion's Night Out

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Style this!

We are no strangers to the "mystery man of fashion" Maison Martin Margiela's futuristic, quirky designs expressed through the most unusual of materials ranging from wigs to sealing tapes! That the latest offering from Monsieur Margiela should be mono-lens sunglasses while coming as no surprise, still challenges us to find means of sporting it! The important question is how do you wear this? Like his Spring 2009 collection, should we cover our faces all over with hair(a novel way of protection from the sun) so that this mono-lens could offer an x-ray vision?Is it meant to cover the entire nose as well?

Would you wear this, if so how and which celeb do you think is most likely to sport the mono-lens? Any thoughts? Lady Gaga sure hits me as a likely candidate, anyone else?

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Partners in Crime?

How else to describe this pair? The monochrome dress trend has caught up so much with the fashion crowd that there isn't one celebrity who has not been spotted in a black and white color combination.Despite designers throwing a ton of monochrome dresses on the Spring runway, it makes me sad to see Lara Bingle end up in something as insipid as this one.And please, so we need a designer to make this dress, any corner shop tailor in any part of the world would be able to stitch together a piece each of black and white cloth and if we are good enough to listen to our grannie's cribbing, then maybe even she could make this dress for us!!

As for Justin Tranter, he should think of other ways to show off his toned lean legs and I can only pray to God with all my heart that the meggings(leggings for men) trend doesn't catch up with the vast majority of male population and is restricted to few eccentric men who think themselves cool enough to walk around in pointed heels.Otherwise imagine the many Pickwicks who would be going about their business deluding themselves of how trend savvy they are, while being entirely ignorant of the many eyesores they would be causing!! Boy, even the very thought catapults me into Antarctica!!

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Ragamuffins or Fashion Freaks?

Looks like everyone in Hollywood wants to have a go at the rags!! Being mentally prepared and even getting used to a bit of poverty wouldn't hurt anyone, any detractors?

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A Sign of Bad Times?

When Hollywood A-Lister's walk around in rat eaten denims, that really gets you thinking as to where we are heading financially?

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Much Mismatch!!

How many of us have faced the frustrating situation of finding only one of a pair of socks just when we have timed ourselves to get the 8 'o clock metro to work, with only few minutes to spare? If you have a regular corporate job to attend to, then after much cursing and ransacking of the closet, you either get lucky or you decide to find a totally new pair of socks.But those with a fashion job especially on their way to attend a fashion show when faced with the same situation, just put on whatever comes their way and declare to the world that they are the most fashion forward in starting a trend that was there to stay!! Don't believe me? See for yourself what happened during the fashion weeks on the streets of Paris...

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Going Green

Taken literally...

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Two for one

Hail the new Muppet street hawker in town!!This reminds me of how they sell soft toys in India.On any busy road where cars are parked in serpentine lines, one would invariably find a car overflowing with soft toys and a vendor patiently waiting for some passer by whose eyes have been smitten by that sight to walk up and buy a cuddly for themselves. Jean-Charles de Castelbajac has taken it one step further by making the selling of soft toys more eco friendly by taking advantage of the very nature of soft toys, they are indeed a pleasure to carry around.Cool marketing ideas from the runway.Anyone up for the job?

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Bull / Bear

No, no, no I'm not talking about stock markets, share prices or even about the fashion industry's future in the current economic climate, I guess that's best left to nerds who call themselves economists or whatever.Fall 2009 Ready-To-Wear show witnessed two designers almost at the opposite ends of the spectrum, while Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's show was all cheery and bright radiating optimism, Alexander McQueen's was gloomy, dark, vampired and pessimistic. Whose side do you take?

Pom Pom Girls

Pom pom girls

Make many swirls

With their golden curls

Flashing sweet pearls

Seeing them, you unfurl

Your sorrows which you hurl

Down a deep whorl

Leaving them to twirl...

We all can do with some cheer in our life, and who else but fashion designers can dish that out to us in such a refreshing manner? Two designers, same pom pom inspiration, different expressions.Whose do you like more?The elaborate one of On Aura Tout's or the subtler one of Galliano's?

P.S:The left pic shows a dress from On Aura Tout's Spring Haute Couture 2009 collection whereas on the right is one from John Galliano's Fall 2009 Ready-To-Wear collection.

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Uplifted, quite literally!!!

At 11 inches what else would it be? Picture this, six feet something models walking in 11 inchers, and hello did someone just say a model's job is the easiest in the world ?

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Humabrella!!

This is what happens when you rub a genetic engineer the wrong way!!!

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Mad Hatters

There is no better time to stress the importance of nest eggs than during economic recessions, but its quite another idea to carry them around and flaunt it.Girls, do you hear me?

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Sunny Side Up!!

Anyone for an English breakfast?

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Play Me

Red piano, Elton John are you listening?

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