Nautical Styles for Spring – Fashionably Thrifty at Primark (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Primark, a major U.K. thrift department store isn’t letting low prices dictate low fashion. They have some really cute outfits with a definite nautical theme in their Spring 2008 collection. As far as thrift, in the U.K. younger people are turning to thrift shopping online. This shows that fashioni…

Fashion Photography as Fine Art – Click Chic Exhibit (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Is photography art? Is fashion design art? The answers to these two may determine whether or not you think fashion photography could be considered fine art. It seems more people than not are agreeing it is an aesthetically appealing, awe inspiring form of creation.

Photographs initially intended f…

Skateboard Furniture – Skate Study House

(TrendHunter.com) Pierre-André Senizergues, the owner of Etnies Shoe Co. along with Gil De Le Bon Lapointe, have developed a collection of furniture for an upcoming exhibition in Paris.

Skaters and snowboarders has been building furniture for years out of broken skateboards and last year’s snowboards. The differen…

Leather Dreadlocks – Oakley Medusa Headgear

(TrendHunter.com) Hardcore RAWKS. Here is headgear from Oakley that is just subversive. Skaters and snowboarders will grab their Medusa like they grab air.

The headgear is on a outer-space manikin, it’s not a mask. It has a soft high-density lining, adjustable chin strap and it has leather dreadlocks!

There are r…

Sundance Fashion – Celebs at the 2008 Film Festival (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Sundance Film Festival is known for bringing out not only journalists and movie buffs, but some of the world’s top celebrities and most fashionable people. Unlike most major VIP events, Sundance doesn’t take place in a warm climate or season, so it’s one of the best events to seek sartorial insp…

Human Leash – Goth Fashion Gets Couple Kicked Off Bus

(TrendHunter.com) A Gothic couple was recently asked not to board a bus after being told “dogs” weren’t allowed on board. That could sound discriminatory but Tasha Maltby was asking for it when the bus driver said “We don’t let freaks and dogs like you on.”

The man had his fiance on a leash attached to her collar, …

Romanian Fashion New Comers – Diana Bobar

(TrendHunter.com) I don’t know how much you know about Romanian fashion designers, but that’s why I’m here, to introduce you some talented people that certainly can make a statement in fashion.

One of them, is Diana Bobar, a young talented fashion designer, who studies painting and also creates by herself some…

Parisian Catwalks Go Retro – Jean Paul Gaulitier’s Clockwork Orange Homage (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Look familiar? If you remember the cult classic “A Clockwork Orange” these fashions from Jean Paul Gaultier will strike a chorde. This is Gaultier’s salute to French musician and song writer, Frédéric “Fred” Chichin who was said to be in the class of Yves Montand, a French nightclub singer and mov…

Knotty Swimwear – Revealing One Piece Bathing Suit

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re running away from the winter and fleeing to St. Barts, or perhaps you’re just thinking of the coming summer weather, this little number will tie your guy in knots.

It’s a once piece with knot details as a part of the design. The bottom provides “moderate” coverage, but I guess the makers…

Pin-Up Fashion – Wonderbra Signs Dita von Teese

(TrendHunter.com) Dita Von Teese has been announced as the new Wonderbra model for 2008. Along with the modeling contract, the burlesque star will also be designing her very own Lingerie collection that she claims will bring a touch of glamour to peoples every day lives. Dita Von Teese is known for a New York perform…

Sexy Fashletics – Paris Hilton For Fila (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Paris Hilton has managed to make Fila’s sportswear look very sexy according to the photos we’ve seen of the photoshoot in which she seductively poses with a buff male model. A clip from the shoot shows tracks from Britney Spears helped get her in the mood.

The shoot took place on a yacht in Marina …

Pre-Fall Purple – Transitional Fashion Hues at Chanel 2008 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The hautest color to wear this pre-fall season is a rich purple. It can be confusing, that time between summer and fall, when it’s starting to get chilly, but you needn’t stick with dull browns, blacks and greys.

Chanel showed their Pre-Fall 2008 collection in early December, rich in shades of pur…

Sexing Up Store Image – John Lewis Brand Boosting Swimwear (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) John Lewis has department stores all over the U.K. To say that they have been conservative might be an understatement.

A spokesperson says they needed to “sex up” its brand image. And using model Florence Burdenell-Bruce in the shoot for this this swim wear collection was their answer to helping t…

Fashion Publicy Display Your Size – Measure Tape Belt

(TrendHunter.com) In case your daily morning struggle to fit into your new jeans, or constant reminders form friends and family about the amount of weight you’ve put on aren’t enough to permanently crush your ego, here is another invention to make your therapist a very rich man.

The measure tape belt is a candi…

Hourglass Fashion – Return of the Corset

(TrendHunter.com) Whether they be the celebrated curve exaggerations or the dreaded body squeezers, corsets have always been iconic and synonymous with the female form.

They exaggerate the hour-glass figure associated with the ideal female form,: a large bust with tiny waist and curvaceous hips.

21-year-old cost…

Human Hair Dress – Bizarre Fashion Designs to Generate Buzz

(TrendHunter.com) Some designers will stop at nothing to get ink from the fashion writers. Here’s a hair dress to illustrate the point. It was shown at the London College of Fashion awards. The aspiring designer is Julia Reindell. This was part of a collection of hair dresses, which included one that seemed to emanat…

Retro Travelling – Samsonite Fashionaire Collection Relaunched (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Samsonite Black Label has recently reissued its original 1960s Fashionaire luggage collection, which was one of the hottest travel collections of the Sixties. Samsonite showed then for the first time that luggage could also be fashionable, as well as functional.

The full collection, which is a cel…

Singelringen Single Rings – Celebs Flocking Over Rings that Celebrate Being Single (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Singelringen, which means ‘single ring’ in Swedish, is a ring that signifies you are happy to be single. The blue ring, which has been popular throughout Europe, has been catching on in America with celebs flocking to the design.

The website notes, “We at Singelringen have no opinion on whether th…

Half-Suit For Women? – Fashion on Top, Undies Below (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Remember the Half Suit? The oddly popular suit cut off at the waist, the ideal outfit for the video conferencing employee? Business on top, party below? There is now, at long last, a female version! In fact, there are several half-dresses and half outfits in which the bottom isn’t just comfortable, …

Flexible Fashion – Recycled Formal Wear (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s no secret that movies influence pop culture, and 27 Dresses, which was released January 18, alludes to a major fashion movement toward recycling gowns, particularly bridesmaids dresses. A similar trend is being seen among men, too.

If an item of clothing is going to be made custom made for yo…