Classic Characters in Modern Couture – Przemek Sobocki’s Fantasy Fashion (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Przemek Sobocki combines fictional and fantasy characters with the fashion world’s hippest designer footwear and accessory pieces in these dazzling illustrations. The images are pieces from his most…

Golf Fashion for Women – Golf Magazine Devotes Entire Issue to Fashion (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tiger Woods was quoted as saying, “Hockey is for white guys, basketball is for black guys, and golf is for white guys who dress like pimps.”

Tiger is no fashion slouch, but women golfers are not leaving…

Dresses Made of Iron – Luana Jardim’s Specular Collection (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Fashion designer Luana Jardim showed a collection of dresses, Specular, made of iron at Fashion Rio. If these gowns needed alterations, would you need a welder or a blow torch? Using iron as a fabric…

Stereotyping Ads – Are These VIP Magazine Ads Homophobic? (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Let’s get this straight. If you think “Brokeback Mountain” instead of “Once upon a time in the west” when you see two cowboys sharing a moment at sunset, you are not a real man. Well, that is what this…

Crystal Figurine Purses – Leiber’s Luxury Evening Bags (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) American luxury brand Leiber hand crafts these extravagant Austrian crystal encrusted handbags in the United States. Talk about a statement piece. The snake bag, called the Rattle minaudière, is 4 1/2”…

Chain Link Neckties – Eric Glennie’s Gothic Ties (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Whether chain link neckties are fashionable is up for debate, but they definitely are an innovative take on the typical tie. Eric Glennie creates these gothic-inspired men’s chain link neckties in a…

Shredded Denim – Supermodels in Ripped Jeans (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This season the distressed look has been taken to the level… barely there, shredded denim fashions. During the Seattle grunge scene in the 90’s, torn jeans were the fashion, but the look was symb…

Shoes Made of Rice – The Secret to Olympic Gold?

(TrendHunter.com) The secret to winning Olympic gold may lie in an innovative new shoe made with grains of rice.

The Japanese sneakers, custom made by Hitoshi Mimura, will be put to the test by United State distance …

Sending Your Hair to Celebrities – PETA’s Birthday Idea for the Trollsen Twins (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) PETA is known for doing some pretty outrageous publicity stunts, but their birthday idea for the Olsen twins is more funny than disturbing, yet it still makes the point very clear: stop wearing fur, i…

Father Daughter Ads – Sophia & Francis Ford Coppola for Louis Vuitton (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Fashion darling Sophia Coppola and her acclaimed Godfather director father Francis Ford Coppola star in the latest Louis Vuitton Journeys ads. The campaign is part of a series photographed by famous c…

Ultra Thin Notebooks – Envy 133 (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The carbon-fiber Envy 133 by Voodoo will provide some serious competition for Apple’s MacBook Air and Lenovo’s X300. I have to say that even though I am a big Apple fanboy, I would surely go for t…

Ancient Japanese Denim for Modern Times – Diesel Okayama Project

(TrendHunter.com) Diesel, the much-loved Italian fashion brand, has launched yet another phenomenal denim innovation. Seeking inspiration from Japan, the Okayama Project incorporates denim woven using ancient methods o…

Weightloss Shoes – Chung Shi Footwear (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Chung Shi is the maker of an innovative new footwear promising to aid in weight loss. The fitness shoes have a built-in “Pilates System,” and promise to stimulate and build new muscles, thereby boosti…

Handbag-Inspired Yoga Bags – The RoZCoo Ahimsa

(TrendHunter.com) RoZCoo LLC, (pronounced Rosie Ku) introduced luxury yoga mats back in 2005. Since then, they have continued to make stylish everyday accessories for men and women, including the yoga mats that made th…

Multi-Time Zone Luxury Watches – The Icelink Bikini (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The watch brand Icelink makes luxury timepieces. One of their coolest collections are their six time zone watches for trendsetters who jet all over the world. Wealthy trendsetters who can afford the $…

Van Gogh Inspired Fashion – Max Azria’s Starry Night Gown (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Unlike Lubov Azria’s boudoir-inspired 2008 Fall Collection, there is an unspoken dreaminess in the recently released Max Azria 2009 Resort Collection, rumored to have been inspired during her desert i…

Sweat Stain Fashion – Armpit Shirt (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Matt Fargo has created a very unique piece of fashion art in the form of a polo shirt made entirely from armpit stained fabric. The Armpit Shirt’s stains were collected at the Manhattan Salvation Army…

Hand-Carved Wood Glasses – Urban Spectacles (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Made from such hardwoods as cocobolo, bloodwood, and purpleheart, the glasses from Urban Spectacles are made-to-order, being custom-designed and hand-carved. These pieces of art are real eyeware that …

$26,000 Crocodile Skin Phones – “Lady Dior” Mobile

(TrendHunter.com) In case the $5,000 My Dior phone was too cheap for your taste, Christian Dior has unveiled a $26,000 mobile model that’s even more high end. The upscale version features crocodile skin and a whopping …

Guns as Ubiquitous Accessories – Open Carry Movement (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Again, I find myself stunned by what I didn’t know. According to an article in the L.A. Times a number of gun owners in the U.S., “are part of a fledgling movement to make a firearm as common an acc…