Outrageous Spectator Hats – The Royal Ascot Ladies Horse Racing Hats (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Ascot Racecourse is an English race track, located in the village of Ascot, Berkshire used for thoroughbred horse racing. The centerpiece of Ascot’s year, Royal Ascot is the world’s most famous…

Auspicious Wedding Dates – 1000s Register for Beijing Olympic Weddings

(TrendHunter.com) First there were Chinese parents registering their babies with Olympic-themed names, and now people are scrambling to set their wedding date for August 8, 2008, the day of the opening ceremonies in Beijing.…

Awarding Unauthorized Ads – Fake, Naughty JC Penney Ad Gets Cannes Award (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Here is a heartwarming commercial that won an award at the Cannes Advertising Festival. It shows a couple of underage, horny teens practicing stripping quickly so they can fool around in the basement without…

11 Very Innovative Vacuum Cleaners

(TrendHunter.com) Vacuums have come along way since the first manually-powered one was invented back in 1868. Judging by the range of innovations for the floor-cleaners in recent years, they have a long way to go too.

The…

Power-Assisted Suitcase – LiveLuggage (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Finally, luggage that pulls itself! LiveLuggage boasts motor technology built into the wheels and an anti-gravity handle putting 85% of the weight over the wheels. For goodness sake, it even has umbrella…

Fake Hairy Toes – The Nike Human Shoes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Whatever possessed Nike to come up with these Human Shoes? The concept is indeed unique, quirky and plenty weird. However, I don’t think I know anyone who would like to walk around in footwear that looks…

Rotary Phone Watches – The Zihotch Retro Phone Watch (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This quaint piece of accessory is bound to get a lot of people talking ill about you behind your back. This is the Zihotch Retro Phone Watch made by Japan’s Maywadenki.

Designed with a face that imitates…

Celebrity Shock Photo Avoidance Gadgets – Thigh Fixator & Nipple Guard Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I love this hilarious tongue-in-cheek ad campaign by Oops! magazine. The print ads show you that, “Celebrities would invent anything to avoid ending up in Oops! magazine.”

These ‘inventions’ include a…

Retro Phone Cars – Howard Davis’s VW Beetle Mod (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Howard Davis modified a 1975 Volkswagen Beetle to make it look like a large throwback phone on wheels. Originally, Davis created this phone car to promote his telephone business called Datel Communications.…

Fashion Bandages – Artsy Band-Aids (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Alexandre Herchcovitch is an up and coming Brazilian fashion designer whose work has often been described as irreverent and provocative in some quarters.

Now Herchcovitch has teamed up with Johnson &…

Bloody Urinals as Advertising – Dexter Guerrilla Campaign (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Public bathrooms are becoming an increasingly popular target for advertising. The latest is a guerrilla bathroom campaign to promote the second season of Dexter on the FX channel in Portugal.

The campaign…

Stupid Viral Video Tricks II – Guys Fill Jeans with Helium for Levi’s (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Levi’s is at it again with their viral videos/promos. First, it was the “Guys backflipping into Jeans” video that fooled the blogosphere into thinking it was a random viral YouTube stunt video. Then,…

Love Seat Cruisers – The Rumble Bee Arm Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Rumble Bee. Even the name says “I’m old and I’m lame.” Armchair Cruisers probably had a great vision of how cool electric, high-tech drive loveseats could look. However, once they were built, they’re…

47 Adrenaline Rush Extremes (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ready for a lesson in shock culture? The gallery features a range of global innovations in “extreme culture,” giving you insight into the different ways in which adrenaline junkies from around the world…

Recycled Garbage Projections – Eco Shadow Sculpting (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tim Noble and Sue Webster create art with shadows used by beaming a protected light on a heap of garbage.

The sculpting of each mound of trash is done so precisely, the resulting image is eerily perfect.…

Caffeine Chips (REVIEW) – Engobi Energy Go Bites

(TrendHunter.com) Engobi Energy Chips intrigued me from the first time I heard the caffeinated snacks existed. Consumed by curiosity, I knew I had to try them, and both flavors, as soon as possible.

I wasn’t sure if early…

Fake Human Skin as Fashion – The SkinBag Collection by Olivier Goulet (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) SkinBag is a company that specializes in seamless, organic-looking products. Created by French artist Olivier Goulet, SkinBag offers hand-crafted garments, accessories, footwear and other products that…

Pork-Flavored Dental Hygiene – The Bacon Floss

(TrendHunter.com) Nothing makes me want to run to the nearest restroom to floss my teeth like the taste of pork. And that is exactly what this special bacon-flavored dental floss offers: a mouth-watering, crispy, grease-soaked…

Low Emission Auto Design – Three Wheeled Compact from Berlin (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Technical University of Berlin has designed a three-wheeled car called CLEVER or Compact Low Emission Vehicle. It is an urban transport that runs on compressed natural gas and gets 188 miles per gallon.…

Bloody Photoshoots – Blood is the New Black (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Proving once again that the fashion world can be a bloody place, this collection of photoshoot inclusdes blood and miscellaneous mayhem.

Personally, I think the graphic of the Olsen twin with the saying…