Botanical Shoes – Shoe Fleur, A Footwear Fantasy (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I couldn’t believe what I was seeing when I saw Michel Tcherevkoff’s photographs of shoes and purses fashioned from plants and flowers.

“It all started with the underside of a banana leaf,” Luxu…

Hollow Wedge Sandals – United Nude Mobius Shoes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These gold sandals from United Nude look like something one might image a princess to wear in an Indian palace. The closed-toe Mobius wedges have a hollow heel, yet their rounded shape makes them look…

Mega Flares – Prada’s Checkered Atrocity (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Several designers began rolling flared pants onto shelves, announcing the skinny-jean look of the last few seasons may finally be over. Prada, known for their oft eccentric extremes, really stretched …

Steampunk Jewelry – EDM Designs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ricky Wolbrom of New York is the designer of steampunk jewelry. Her Etsy store is called EDM Designs. She collects vintage Swiss watch parts to make her jewelry. Some designs are so painstakingly put …

Fashion Designers as Actors – Tom Ford Spoofs ‘In Treatment’ (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Fashion designer Tom Ford flaunts his acting skills and shows us a rare side of his personality in this spoof of HBO’s “In Treatment,” a parody created for the recent Council of Fashion Designer…

Lipstick Digital Cameras – The Curventa Compact Fashion Camera (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Commissioned by The Gadget Show, which is a British TV series focusing on the world of technology, the Compact Fashion Camera was created by British design studio Curventa . Their aim was to take an i…

Human Face Bags – Headstrong Hand Bags by Yael Mer

(TrendHunter.com) These bags, embossed with images of human faces, are more than a little creepy, yet somehow they ooze appeal. The quirky totes were created by Yael Mer who makes the mask-like bags in different shapes…

Androgynous Perfume Models – Agyness Deyn for Jean Paul Gaultier’s Ma Dame Perfume (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Jean Paul Gaultier has chosen supermodel Agyness Deyn as the face for Ma Dame, his new fragrance which is described as a fresh floral scent that is electric & sensual. Ma Dame was developed by perfume…

Reusable Grocery Bags – Get Hip, Get Green (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The shift from plastic grocery bags to reusable totes continues to spread into new regions, and it’s the perfect excuse to buy a new accessory. You may not always be able to justify buying a new Dior …

Before & After Greasy Hair Photos – Hairwash Project (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Internet never seizes to amaze me. The latest quirky idea that grabbed my attention is a fun project called Hairwash that shows pictures of people before and after getting their hair washed.

The…

MacBook Air Cases – The Shield (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I am of the mindset that if you buy an ultra slim and beautiful gadget, you should enjoy its beauty and do not uglify it with a case. However, if you own a Macbook Air and MUST protect it, the MacBook…

Symbolic Business Gifts – Nidus Team Work Nest

(TrendHunter.com) Nest – Sammelstiftung, a Swiss independent pension fund company, is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and looked to the designers at BureaudeBank in the Netherlands to design this unusual gift for i…

Naked Sculptures – The Great British Body Finale (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Nudist culture is becoming increasingly popular, and in the UK, it’s helped spur on a new TV show about-self acceptance. Rather than offer people self-esteem through makeovers, plastic surgery or extr…

Banning Size Zero – US Considers “The Beauty of Health” (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Council for Fashion Designers of America may have gotten a wakeup call from Europe, where some governments are banning very, very thin models, the size zero. At London Fashion Week a model was act…

Spock Ear Jewelry – Raja Gondkar’s Strange Earrings (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Raja Gondkar heads up the Design Department of the Indian Institute in Mumbai. As a result, he has a known reputation for 20 years of innovative art and design. Consequently he may not have had time t…

Top 30 Backpacks That Are Actually Cool (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We know you probably wrote backpacks off as fashion don’ts after middle school, but it’s time to reconsider the back-slung bags. A range of designers are bringing them back as alternatives to big, bul…

Real Life Pinheads – Self-Piercing for Olympics

(TrendHunter.com) A Chinese man turned himself into a real life pinhead, not as a demonstration of mind over manner or some twisted form of acupuncture, but as a PR stunt to promote the upcoming Olympics. Dr Wei Sheng …

Vibrating Bracelets for the Deaf – The Vibering for Safety (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Vibering by designers Kwang-seok Jeong, Min-hee Kim and Hyun-joong Kim is a very ingenious sound detection and identification system to help the deaf and hard of hearing capture the sounds around …

Insect Accessories – Princess Beatrice’s Butterfly Bonnet

(TrendHunter.com) Ordinarily when you see an accessory as eccentric as Princess Beatrice’s butterfly hat, you write it off as a very rare, albeit entertaining fashion faux pas. However, one could start to wonder that t…

Commercial Body Painting – John Vargas’ Work (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here at TrendHunter.com, we have featured works of body paint on a few occasions. Now, we want to introduce the work of John Vargas. Vargas is an Ecuadorian artist who does commercial body painting an…