Photo: Jean Paul Gaultier, Spring 2007Last year, the divine Virgin de Guadalupe was alive and well on Jean Paul Gaultier's Spring '07 runway. (Who could forget?) More recently, she's been spotted on the side of a tree in Tegucigalpa, the side of a rock in Brooksville, Florida, and inside the fleshy wound of a Monterey, California man (which formed after wrecking his motorcycle). Now, Wednesday the...

For those of you who answered "MC Hammer pants," I'll give you an 'A' for effort. But the truth is, Hammer pants had a fullness never before [and hopefully never again] seen in fashion. They also had a curved silhouette from the waist to the knee, and miles of excess fabric draping the hip region. (Wow, that sounded a little too know-it-all for my liking. Sorry.)This new hybrid "drop crotch harem p...

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When I die, I want to go out in this body bag dress from Valentino's fall/winter 2008 collection (because you won't catch me alive in one of them!) I even have the perfect bag to go with it.Valentino Couture Collection Fall/Winter 2008Coffin Handbag at twistedgrins.comTrend de la Crème - Indulge Your Trend Obsession...

For Spring 2009, the young design team of Christopher Brooke and Bruno Basso decided to take their devotees on a venerable trip down memory lane. The collection, a retrospective of their collections from the past four years, featured a dizzying [yet captivating!] mish-mosh of colors, textures, and forms eclectic enough to give John Galliano a run for his money. According to the Mercedes Benz Fashio...