animal tendencies

would you be caught dead in goat's feet? or horse's hooves? either way, expect peta diehards to go for the kill. i mean, it's one thing to trample upon animal rights, but literally?

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paper to wear

nothing shouts summer-is-over louder than these. those who think back-to-school is not cool won't love them surely.

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plants vs. shoebies

"the book project shoe fleur: a footwear fantasy began with a picture of a leaf I had taken for a client,' says michel tcherevkoff. 'the leaf was turned upside down and I remember saying out loud to no one in particular, ‘that leaf looks like a shoe.’ And, after a move here and a twist there, I had created my first shoe fleur..."

*****

the flowers, er, shoes are exquisite. in form, they could rival the manolos of this world and turn misters louboutin and choo a little green with envy. luckily for the three kings of shoebizdom, they have no reason whatsoever to compete with these objets d'art for they exist only in the mind of the artist tcherevkoff and all the lovely, lovely pictures he took.

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sneakers = snickers

the chewing gum shoe. walking on real gum is a lot of trouble. but a fake one pretending to be a heel at an angle like this? now that's double trouble.

the high heel-less chucks. 5 stars for ingenuity. 1 star for usability.

of course, they're witty. nobody said they aren't. but the thing is, they belong exactly where they are right now which is at the museum.

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hate the birkin, love the other

[1] the birkin is a whopping 10000 usd; the other birkin, a mere 25 usd.

[2] the birkin is like a high-maintenance girl that requires a lot of moolah to keep her looks. the other birkin is more like your simple wash and wear kinda gal.

[3] the birkin is an investment so pricey you could end up broke in the next 5 years or so. the other birkin is hardly an investment. but it won't mess up your bank account either.

[4] with the birkin comes a certain image and that means more cash flowing out of your wallet. the other birkin is down-to-earth so no pretensions and, therefore, no extra expenditures necessary.

[5] most times there is a long wait for the birkin, given its importance and limited supply. on the other hand, the other birkin is extremely accessible. in fact, it could be your very own diy project.

[6] finally, anything that comes with a high and mighty price tag is no laughing matter. so the birkin is, most definitely, not among the funniest things on earth. meanwhile, the humble other birkin is made with a healthy dose of humor. it could bring a smile even to a frustrated birkin lover's face.

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skirt and the city

i must admit sjp was close to perfect in her neon yellow number at the satc2 nyc premiere. but when she started all that skirt lifting and swirling, she became the picture of an aging prom queen who was all too worked up about her valentino.

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shoo the shoes

thanks to the makers of the wildly popular uggs and the equally popular crocs, the world has become a doubly unsightly place where everything ugly comes in pairs.

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not all supermodels are super

...as proven by exactly the same outfit on the model on the left and the one on the right, the supposed supermodel naomi campbell.

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kelly without grace

a mother toting a birkin, followed by daughter, walks into an hermes store. click! mother and daughter stand behind a kelly. click! daughter tries the kelly over one shoulder. click! mother pays for the kelly—in cold cash. click! mother and daughter pose in front of the store with purchase dangling from daughter's arm. click!

can anything be more nouveau riche than this?

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whoever said age doesn't matter was lying

fashion rules are made to be broken. or our planet will be a trifle too boring. but breaking some of them can sometimes lead to disastrous results. like that particular rule about dressing one's age.

superstars can pull it off. think madge.

celebs—though not all of them—may not always be as lucky but will be forgiven all the same. say, kim cattrall.

but you cannot expect the same kind of treatment for ordinary mortals like well, your mom, perhaps? the world can be terribly unkind to the obscure individual so this semi-elderly or simply elderly person you may know runs the risk of being called a thousand words. from tacky to loud. from silly to ridiculous. from outlandish to garish. from unrefined to unsightly. from cheap to trashy. from pathetic to miserable. whew, i can sit in front of a thesaurus all day and never lack for ways to describe this, uhm, tragedy.

meanwhile, our offender could do herself a favor and add a new word to her vocabulary: class.

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glad about gladiators, not!

while it took a good 8 years for gladiator sandals to take off after the blockbuster movie, these sandals have held on for quite some time now and have metamorphosed into new forms. my personal opinion, they have overstayed their welcome and should be left alone with maximus and comrades before the shoe world takes another step to ugly.

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heel-climbing hazards

girls, beware.

you could end up dead in your to-die-for stillettos, no joke. it's happened so many times before, to supermodels who nearly died from the shame of it all and even to some people i know, particularly a friend whose heel got caught in a street gutter and was almost run over by a cab.

so if you're the type who perpetually fall in love with one sky-high pair after another and won't stop at anything till you get 'em, don't wait to fall hard in them. they aren't called killer heels for nothing, you know.

when class 'met' trash

the 2010 costume institute gala celebrating "american woman: fashioning a national identity" at the met (metropolitan museum of modern art) in nyc.

uhmm, what was katy perry thinking?

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of men and trunks

there is nothing more hate-inducing at the beach than the hideous sight of men in those very, very out-dated swimming trunks. so what if they're gifted with six-packs, broad shoulders, lean hips or even plain youth? for chirst's sake, haven't they ever heard of board shorts?

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cover cover-up 2

another cover disaster.

another pretty girl made ugly.

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all hail mcqueen, in spite...

i have no wish to engage in dead-bashing but the late bad boy of british fashion's controversial armadillo pair raises a lot of questions.

like how did models, trained as they were, manage to catwalk in them?

how did demi moore, with or without photoshop assistance, climb a spiral staircase wearing them?

how did lady gaga, the proverbial shocker, walk and even dance in them in one of her music videos?

the great alexander mcqueen was a genius who had the gift of foresight. but if his armadillos are any indication of what tomorrow might bring, then present-day alarmists are probably right. the future, whether we like it or not, is simply not going to be livable.

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it's over!

who:

girls in killer heels, little fab dresses

and heavy make-up

what:

girls night out

where:

movies

ooOoo

fashion credo they hate the most:

it's better to be underdressed than be overdressed

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oh (bryan) boy!

i hate bryan boy. i hate the bright, bright yellow mulberry bag he got for free. i hate the super gorgeous feather zara coat he got for a song. i hate all the attention he got — still gets — from the international fashion world. in this case, hate = highest form of flattery.

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cover cover-up

so what's with all this photo retouching? don't you just hate it that for quite some time now we haven't really seen "real" girls on magazine covers? i mean, pretty girls are pretty-fied further only to be alienated from their god-given looks. and not-so-beautiful ones are manipulated to appear like the beauties that they never were and never will be only to look like they have gone to photoshop hell and back.

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fashion overkill

there is something utterly pathetic about women who think they're so fashion-forward they wear too many trends in one go. they have delusions about having a special place in the upper echelons of the style strata when, in fact, they belong in the lowest rung, rightly reserved for fashion murderers cum victims who are way beyond redemption.

verdict: not worth-hating.

images grabbed from here.