Jewellery Made of Real Tentacles – OctopusME! (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) OctopusME! is releasing a line of jewellery made of, you guessed it, octopus. The line uses sushi-grade octopus with solid sterling silver.

Some cultures see the octopus as a symbol of transformation and regeneration. Because of their ability to change color to match their backgrounds, octopus are…

Free Hair Cuts For The Poor – 4,000 Barbers Clean Up Indian Children

(TrendHunter.com) While it’s hard for most of us to image, not everyone can afford to have their hair washed and trimmed, and that includes children. In eastern India, a new initiative is seeing around 4,000 barbers volunteer their services to school-aged children who could otherwise not afford a hair cut.

They’ll b…

Anti-Aging Hand Treatments – So Your Hands Match Your Botoxed Face

(TrendHunter.com) Skin treatments commonly used for the face to improve the appearance of aging skin are now being used to reduce the tell tale signs of aging in hands. Fortunes are spent on beautifying and making the face look younger but hands are often neglected so they can betray one’s age. Age spots, prominent…

Petrified Lightning Jewelry – A Rare Streak to Wear

(TrendHunter.com) Petrified lightning is also known as sand fulgurite which forms when lightning strikes the ground. The extremely high heat causes quartz sand to fuse forming silica glass tubes which follows the path the lightning took. The tubes can be hollow because the high temperature literally vaporises the mat…

Unbranding Stickers – DeBranded Home Labels

(TrendHunter.com) DebrandedHome.com produces stickers or labels for people to put on their personal care product containers. They are out to reduce “visual pollution” and “lessening brand presence” in the home. Why clutter your bathroom with products in various colours and shapes? Use your own plain container…

Accessories To Glamorize Smoking – Mobile Ashtrays (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Mobile ashtrays are ideal for the female smoker on the go who is conscientious about the environment… although she may not care about her lungs. This could well become the must-have of the year for the stressed out, chain smoking fashionista.

Designed by Keitai Hazara, the mobile ashtray comes …

Car Tribute Bags – Fiat 500 Handbag

(TrendHunter.com) This car-themed handbag truly stands for itself! The Fiat 500 handbag is the claim of Dpurse, an Italian handbag designer.

All of the designer’s bags are unique and exhibit a balanced blend of Italian Dolce Vita with innovative design that cannot pass unnoticed.

Designer Carlo Maria Pelagallo bri…

Top 37 Nerdy Fashions – Geek Chic (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s time to face reality: geek has become chic. Being computer savvy is no longer just for nerdy computer lab dwelling geeks, it’s a must for anyone who will see success in the wired future of tomorrow.

People are celebrating their geekiness in a variety of words, from geek chic apparel to ul…

Collage Photo Prints – Versace Fall 2008 (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) A look ahead to Versace Fall 2008 is an inspirational push provided by Dutch artist Tim Roeloffs. A photoreal montage of Versace-esque textiles and references printed on a colorful backdrop evokes a strong mental image that is functional & flirty.

The bonus is that this pattern is impeccably engin…

Horror Fashion – Freddy Krueger Nike Sneakers (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Freddy Krueger, from the Nightmare on Elm Street film series, is my favorite boogyman, so to see a pair of Nike sneakers made in his honor just fills me with the obligatory fright.

The blood-spattered kicks are decorated with the pattern on Freddy’s ubiquitous red and black horizontal-striped sw…

Spaceman Fashion – Robyn at Radio 1 Big Weekend (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve covered futuristic fashion before, and while we’ve touched on the galactic fascination numerous times, never has it been more clear that luxury space travel is a huge part of the inspiration. Just look: Robyn is wearing a spaceman helmet.

Will pushing her wardrobe to extremes help with her c…

Fake Celebrity Hair – Clipin-Go by Paris Hilton (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Wish you could have hair like Paris Hilton’s? Assuming that was the case for millions of girls, the heiress launched Clipin-Go, a line of fake hair extensions, making it even easier for her fans to copy her look.

Clipin-Go comes in 10 different colours, and each set costs $80. The ads are currentl…

Look Alike Fashion – Handcrafted Camera and Phone Bags (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Camera bags and phone pouches are functional, protect your gear but are so boring. Hine Mizushima’s handcrafted bags are anything but boring.

These functional art pieces for your purse are fun, funky, colourful conversation pieces. Great not just for cameras and phones but cosmetics, ipods and…

Candy-Bowl Shaped Sofa – Matteo Thun’s Tantisassi

(TrendHunter.com) Matteo Thun designed this sofa called the Tantisassi. Ballerhouse notes that the sofa looks like a bowl of M & M’s.

To me the Tantisassi looks more like a bowl of flattened up eggs. The strategically placed cushions of the sofa are made of multi-colored or solid white polyurethane-foam which com…

All-Star Show Design Contest – Converse Chuck Taylor MyChucks Competition (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Converse has teamed up with Eastbay and Utah Jazz Basketball star Kyle Korver to launch MyChucks, a contest inviting participants to design a Chuck Taylor All Star shoe with the chance to win the ultimate prize of having their shoe produced by Converse and sold exclusively by Eastbay.

The Chuck Tay…

Hand-Drawn Fashion – Illustrated T-Shirts (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Send your t-shirt along with some information about yourself to Dave is Drawing and he will hand draw on the tee for you.

Dave is not a teenager with a hobby for drawing, he is a professional designer / copywriter / illustrator, with clients including the New York Times, Sundance Channel and Vice.…

Animated Fashion Designers – Marc & Karl on the Simpsons (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) First Karl Lagerfeld was featured in Grand Theft Auto IV, and now the Chanel designer has been forever immortalized as a Simpson, alongside fellow designer Marc Jacobs. Both are known for their quirky personas, and Matt Groening did a fantastic job capturing their colourful characters.

The images …

Ex-Boyfriend Jewelry – Sell What You Won’t Give Back

(TrendHunter.com) ExBoyfriendJewelry.com is a unique online marketplace for old, unwanted jewelry from relationships gone awry.

The site’s tagline is, “You don’t want it. He can’t have it back.”

In addition to the actual jewelry, the site serves as place for women to share their break-up stories. So you don’…

Bamboo Jewelry – Laser Cut Eco Accessories (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Bamboo jewelry by Molly M Designs is a perfect match for today’s new environmentally friendly bamboo clothes. The jewelry line is laser cut with designs inspired from her natural surroundings and her garden. Simple, sharp and bold cutouts reveal recycled materials such as wool, felt and suede from o…

Safe Chewable Jewelry – For Babies and the Insatiably Hungry (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Dr Helen Bloom, a dentist, has launched a line of ‘safe’ Chewable Jewelry to give women the chance to wear trendy jewelry and keep teething babies happy and occupied at the same time. The pendants and bangles look like they are made of resin but are much softer and won’t harm developing tooth buds…