Gun Shoes – Chanel Vice Heels

(TrendHunter.com) Women complain about their killer heels all the time, but stop when they see Chanel’s latest buzz-worthy shoes. Karl Lagerfeld seemed to be mocking women for their love-hate relationship with heels when he collaborated with a shoe designer to come up with the “Miami Vice” shoes.

Designed by Laurenc…

22 Fashionable Weapons for Women (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Guns, grenades and other weapons were typically designed for men, but now that women are more involved in combat, both in Hollywood and in real life, an influx of stylish weaponry has hit the market. While not all of the following stylish items are actually functional, all are inspired by weaponry. …

Fashion Designers As Art Icons – Marc Jacobs as Andy Warhol for Interview Magazine (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Continuing the trend of fashion designers posing as models, Marc Jacobs channels his inner Andy Warhol in a very interesting and unique shoot featured on the cover and inside the pages of the upcoming June/July 2008 issue of Interview Magazine.

The special feature is a celebration of Andy Warhol’s…

Slimming Fitness Sandals – FitFlops (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Just in time for summer, here’s a sandal that helps you tone up your gams. FitFlop recreates the feeling of walking barefoot in the sand, working the calf, hamstring, thigh and gluteus muscles. The multi-density foam soles also have health benefits like reducing joint strain and possibly aiding with…

Controverisal Fashion for the Blind – Braille Tees

(TrendHunter.com) If one day you decide to wear the Blind Tee, designed by Barbara Loomis, do not blame the visually-impaired for reaching out to touch your breasts. Chances are, he only wants to decipher the message written on your clothing.

Because the blind can and do appreciate art, it is with designs like the …

Hummingbird Fashion – The Protege Collection (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Project Protégé was created in Italy through the vision of Franca Sozzani, Editor of Vogue Italia; an idea that sees some of fashion’s most prominent figures identify and mentor promising, talented protégés over the months leading up to the launch of their collections. Designer Kristian Aadne…

Top Male Models – Highest Earners in Fashion (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Quick, name an industry where women earn more than men! According the the Financial Post, there is only one, and that field is modeling.

Ask anyone into fashion who the top earning supermodel is, and they’ll quickly blurt out Gisele Bundchen. Ask them about the top male supermodels, and you’ll lik…

Sliding Catwalks – Neon Makes Strutting Even Harder (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Massive gloves, rockin’ bathing suits and heart-shaped glasses skid across the catwalk for Neon’s fall/winter 2008 show. Models may have had a harder time balancing even though stilettos were replaced by flats for this the technologically advanced moving sidewalk. With a strong focus on urban be…

Sun Goggles – Eyewear Of The Future

(TrendHunter.com) Sunglasses are the most important summer accessory, and with the prominent use of fluorescent colours, exaggerated angles, curves, and metallic detail shown in this summer’s collections, I’ve been in search for the perfect pair of sunglasses to accompany the futuristic look. The problem I found …

Recycled Soda Can Jewelry – Eco Art by the Disabled (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Most people know about fair trade coffee, but there are also fair trade artisans who stand to gain a better standard of living if what they produce fetches fair prices. The Mombulu Workshop in Mombasa, Kenya is a group of disabled artisans who make some pretty funky jewelry out of recycled soda pop…

Fantasy Fashion For Charity – Agent Provocateur at Life Ball 2008 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) They surely weren’t the typical Victoria’s Secret angels strutting on the catwalk of Life Ball 2008. Agent Provocateur tested the limits of how much eroticism the attendees could take without self-combusting or melting down from the heat of a mind-blowing, conceptual 30 minutes fashion and fantasy s…

Eiffel Tower Bags – Sex and the City’s Next ‘It’ Bag (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) According to the Patricia Field site, the Eiffel Tower Bag by Timmy Woods is going to be, “next year’s ‘it’ bag.” Carrie Bradshaw is said to be rejoicing her love of all things Parisian by accessorising with a Swarovski crystal encrusted version in an early scene of the highly anticipated …

Fake Makeup Massagers – Touch-Up (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) How would you like to enjoy good vibrations at the makeup counter? More women must be toting their ‘personal massagers’ around these days. That would probably explains these new discreet designs by Touch-Up, made to throw into your makeup bag. (They can probably bypass the security checkpoint at th…

DJ-Themed Accessories – Mini Turn Table Rings & More (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The CD may have rendered the turntable obsolete, but jewelry and fashion designers are finding unexpected ways to reincarnate it. And, according to Trend de la Creme, you don’t have to be a DJ to appreciate the nostalgia (or the creative ingenuity) of these designs.

Sculptures for the Sole – Couture Shoes by Marloes Ten Bhömer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Dutch designer, Marloes ten Bhomers’ radical shoes beg belief when you see them for the first time. Their highly sculptured lines are far removed from what we think of as shoes. Indeed, some of her designs need a second look just to make sure they are shoes.

“I never let functionality get in the…

Tassled Tights – Bebaroque Roxy Tights with Fringe

(TrendHunter.com) Always being one to love the fringe, these tights from hip Scottish leg wear designers Bebaroque caught my attention. The Roxy hosiery collection has black fringe hand embroidered down the backs of either black, cream, dark purple or hot pink 80 denier tights.

The gals from Bebaroque say, “When on…

Dual Heel Shoes – Alexander McQueen’s Geisha-Style Footwear

(TrendHunter.com) These shoes were designed by Alexander McQueen, and look as though they were inspired by the recently popular, traditional Japanese Geisha look.

I have to say I have never seen anything more hideous than this double-planked aberration.

“I’m surprised he actually got a model to wear (and probab…

Recreating Magazine Covers – Esquire’s Most Iconic Issues Madeover (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) To celebrate their 75th anniversary, Esquire magazine asked the world’s most influential fashion designers to recreate some of the magazine’s most iconic covers.

With the exception of one, all these pieces are based on covers conceived by esquire’s long time art director George Lois, who hel…

Athletes as Fashion Journalists – Sean Avery Interns at Vogue (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s not just young women that dream of interning at fashion magazines — Sean Avery, a forward for the New York Rangers, is said to be starting an internship at U.S. Vogue.

The 28-year-old NHL player reportedly starting his unpaid position this week. Considering he’s used to a $1.9 million salary…

33 lb Gowns – Blake Lively in Christian Dior

(TrendHunter.com) Blake Lively, seen in the photo, is the actress who plays Serena van der Woodsen, the beautiful protagonist, on the CW’s salacious hit series, Gossip Girl. She is posing for a Vanity Fair shoot with a heavily jewel-encrusted, ultra luxurious, 33 lb yellow Christian Dior gown.

The haute couture s…