Air Quality Detecting Fashion – EPA Dress

(TrendHunter.com) With increasing pollution in urban communities, it would be great to have clothes that alert you when the air quality gets really poor, allowing you to take precautions to protect yourself.

Designer Stephanie Sandstrom’s EPA Dress, which is currently showing at the 2nd Skin Exhibition at San Franc…

Customizable Android Phones – Mimique (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) With Google’s new open source Android OS expected to be out soon, we are seeing more and more mobile phone designs and concepts that utilize the much anticipated platform.

One example is the Mimique touchscreen phone concept by RKS design consultants of southern California that looks like the lov…

Flannel Shirts Return – Dolce & Gabbana Pre-Fall 2008 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) While we’re just starting to warm up to the Spring and waiting for the Summer, Dolce & Gabbana are already over it. The uber stylish fashion brand are wetting our appetite for the cold season with these brand new Pre-Fall 2008 ads.

Shot by famous fashion photographer Mario Testino, the campaign fea…

Recycled Robot Jewelry – Obvious Front (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) D Young, the artisan behind Obvious Front, makes the funkiest robot earrings, pendants and ornaments from recycled parts of old TV and VCR. The quirky, humorous bots are assembled from capacitors, wires, resistors – anything that can form the body, arms, legs and head of his little creations. He has…

Bikini Model Statues – Blush: Stop Nudism (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What a smart and cost-effective idea to use popular statues to model your latest fashion line. At least you know they’d show up on time!

That’s exactly what Blush swimwear “Stop Nudism” campaign did. The creatives at glow ad agency, Berlin took it to the streets and used statues as models with stic…

Fashion Icon Books – Karl Lagerfeld’s Metamorphoses of an American (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) One of my favorite fashion icons, the larger than life Karl Lagerfeld has released a new book entitled Metamorphoses of an American. The book features five years worth of photos of model Brad Kroenig (born in 1979) that were shot by Lagerfeld himself. Metamorphoses “traces the physical and emotional…

Wear Your Website 2 – W-41

(TrendHunter.com) W-41.com combines clothing and technology into a wearable, on-the-go link for any website. Each product has a unique logo printed on it that is linked specifically to your favorite website (your profile, blog or MySpace). Once you have downloaded the program on your phone, you can take a picture of …

Amorphous Fashion Watches – Strobe

(TrendHunter.com) Inspired by the works of the artist Giger, designer Benjamin Wysk used Giger’s amorphous forms as a biomechanical symbiosis in his Strobe watch design “to reflect there the person and the clock.”

According to Wysk, the design, which is an entry in the Signity watch design contest 2008, is for peopl…

Guerrilla Fairytale Campaigns – Rapunzel for Pantene (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A fun guerrilla campaign to promote Pantene Anti-Breakage Shampoo has just been deployed in Toronto, Canada.

The campaign uses enormous braids a la Rapunzel that dangle from buildings, complete with a dummy of a man climbing them. The obvious nod to the well-known fairytale is used to demonstrate…

Breath Name Tags – SMINT: Hello, My Name is… (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) How about approaching someone cute you’d like to get closer to and introducing yourself with, “Hello, my name is Onion”? I would say, you would be one lonely person. That is the witty approach of this new SMINT breath mints campaign that uses “Hello, my name is..” party tags to reflect what your bre…

Oral Pressure Washers – Philips Spraying Toothbrush

(TrendHunter.com) The next home dental hygiene tool to enter the consumer market could well be high pressure tooth spray. Sonic toothbrushes, while relatively effective, can’t reach tough spots. Water picks, well, just pick at things. The idea of adapting high pressure hoses used to clean houses and cars to cleanin…

Solar Powered Lingerie – Taiyoko Hatsuden Bra (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Lingerie maker Triumph International Japan has been creating concept bras for a wide range of purposes for some time now. Their latest is the Taiyoko Hatsuden Bra, or Solar Power Bra.

The bra features a waist-mounted solar panel that can be used to power an electronic billboard or any other electr…

Sartorial Extremes – SJP’s Flower Hat at Sex & The City Premiere (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Sarah Jessica Parker showed up at the London premier of the Sex and the City movie in an eccentric flower hat and an outfit typical of the over-the-top fashion choices worn by her SATC character, Carrie Bradshaw.

The vibrant, very quirky hat perched on her head dominated her petite frame, and even…

St. Tropez Chic – Christian Dior Resort 2009 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) John Galliano could not have injected more eye candy into the Christian Dior Resort 2009 collection, shown earlier this week. He wasn’t just showcasing a line of fashion, he put on a real performance, tantalizing all the senses of attendees like Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Charlize Theron …

Open-Toe Booties – Transitional Season Shoes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Half-boot, half-sandal, these are the perfect shoes for transitioning between warmer seasons. When you’re not quite ready to bare your whole sole, this is the best way to bootie up.

They can be worn to dress up a casual pair of jeans, or to add an element of hip to a more conservative office look. …

Neon Fashion – Hues to Highlight Spring (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve mentioned that neon fashion could become a hot fashion craze this spring, after seeing style icon Victoria Beckham in a neon tube dress, and featuring an awesome gallery of accessories in visually shocking colours. Now designers like NADA, a Toronto-based designer, are encouraging the fashiona…

Event Style Blogs – Cannes Film Festival Fashion (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Want to know what to wear in the South of France? After covering Coachella and the Kenutcky Derby, we bring you a gallery of the best fashions worn by attendees of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

First it was runways and celebrities that people looked to for fashion guidance, but with the rise of th…

Watches of 2154 – Futuristic Designs by Timex & One and Co. (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Timex teamed up with One and Co. to design what they imagine could be desirable watches for the future. But not the short term future of a couple of months from now; the far future of 2154. Almost 150 years from now! Designers from more than 72 countries explored and visualized personal and portable…

Sushi Cologne – Smell Like Dinner Wherever You Go

(TrendHunter.com) If you love the smell of Japanese restaurants, then you’ll be excited to know you can experience the aromas of white rice, seaweed and fish wherever you go. Demeter created a sushi cologne that seeks to transport a person to a special place or time.

If the smell of sushi brings you back to an amaz…

Tarzan-Inspired Swimwear – Deerskin Loincloths for the Beach (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) DLeather makes fashionable swimwear from deerskin for the urban Tarzan. The rugged, primitive look is sure to capture the attention of Janes. The leather loincloths get more comfortable with time just like a pair of leather shoes or a favourite pair of jeans. According to dleather, ‘Your body moistu…