Maison Martin Margiela- ‘Artisanal’ Collection

Here is a special Spring 2011 collection by  Maison Martin Margiela called  ’Artisanal’. Each piece took hours of work and was handcrafted with Liberty prints, ribbons, flower garlands, colored plastic bags and leather to name a few. Usually I bust on Maison Martin Margiela, but today I feel generous. The artistic factor involved with this [...]

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Is the world coming to end??

And here I am still writing and scratching my ass. These are some ominous masks that can scare the hell out of anyone sane. I guess that’s why I’m not scared. This gem of a collection is belongs to Giulia Pozzuoli from Polimoda, Italy. Although I can appreciate the actual clothes in the collection, especially the [...]

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Bitching rings & Jackets by Di$count

Australian designer Di$count are probably the punkiest punks that ever punked! Studded leather jackets- check! Jewelry that can pry out an eye- check! Hair that would make a clown weep- check! I love every bit of their work, especially their tongue-in-cheek take on high fashion-Note the faux Chanel lining in that snakeskin motorcycle jacket. Every piece [...]

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Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair

No, I’m not talking about that cobbler with a closet for a store that smells like feet and leather. I’m talking about Swedish fashion house Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair. They design pretty laid back clothes, but their couture collection, “By the No” (I have no idea what that means, I was lost at Fifth Avenue [...]

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A diamond in the Ruff….

See ! I got your attention with ‘Diamond’…, but alas, there are no diamonds. Sorry for the cheap lure. Anyway, Lake And Liberty designed these leather Elizabethan ruffs for your gymp in waiting. NO! They’re just Elizabethan ruffs done tastefully in leather. I always thought those ruffs resembled those cones that dogs wear after visiting [...]

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Wear your horse on your sleeve…

Designer Martin Lamothe amazingly molded horse heads on the sleeves of jackets and dresses from his latest collection. This is like one of those optical illusions that leave you baffled for an entire afternoon! (Hey, I get amused very easily.) It almost looks as if a horse run into the sleeve like in a Tom [...]

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Iris Van Herpen x United Nude

United Nude and Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen have teamed up for these unusual shoes that sort of remind me of those Alexander McQueen shoes that look like lobster claws. They match her Fall 2010 collection of dresses made of looped fringe and what looks to be metallic leather. Don’t quote me on that. Actually never [...]

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Sculpted Leather by Sarah Heulwen

These leather pieces are made by British designer Sarah Heulwen. Her collection was inspired by cancer. I don’t see it, but whatever. I think it looks pretty cool. I love when a top has sculpted boobs. I also like the arm cast. That metal thumb could do some damage. I will take one of each! [...]

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Oh, that silly Dominatrix Barbie!

British artist (it seems it’s always the British) Nancy Farmer has designed a series of greeting cards with Barbie doing normal things with gimps,whips, leather and latex. You know, like, hanging out listening to music with a gimp as a cocktail hostess. Or Barbie having afternoon tea on some chick’s back. Or like chaining and beating [...]

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Human Trauma through Bound Leather

Award -winning artist Ùna Burke has fashioned flesh-toned leather into a magnificent work of art ‘depicting a series of eight human gestures associated with the cause, the physical and psychological effect and the healing stages of human trauma.’ I’ll give you eight human gestures of human annoyance! You only need your hands. Anyway, I have [...]

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