luxe

Cobra Guards $120,000 Sandals – Harrods Security (VIDEO)(TrendHunter.com) Harrods in London has just invested in an Egyptian cobra to guard a pair of shoes. The snake watches over the Rene Caovilla sandals which are valued at $120,000 and feature a cobra design with eyes made of rubies. The diamond-encrusted luxury footwear also flashes off some hefty sapphires, making th… [More]

Hussein Chalayan 2007 Collection

Transformer Dresses – Hussein Chalayan’s  2007 Collection (VIDEO)(TrendHunter.com) At this week's Paris Fashion Show, Hussein Chalayan revealed six different Transformer Dresses. One of them converted from being a dress to being a naked woman with a hat, “The girl walked in and stood stock-still, dressed in a long, high-necked corseted Victorian gown. Then her clothes began to tw… [More]

accessories

Pork Pie Hats Appear at Mens Fashion Week

(TrendHunter.com) Mini boaters and pork-pie-style hats worn high on the head are one of the more quirky looks being touted by WGSN for this spring summer.
They say “Classic straw boaters as well as patterned versions were spotted on the catwalk at J.Lindeberg and Richard Nicoll for spring/summer 2007.”
A music influe… [More]

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Reworked Raybans – Your Grandma's Sunglasses are So Hot Right Now(TrendHunter.com) The Wayfarer is atruly iconic sunglasses design, manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1953. Already adopted by those in the know from Europe to the US, as well as trendsetters Chloë Sevigny and Kate Moss, it looks set to be the key style for summer 2007. Wayfarer and Wayfarer styles offer a welcome respi… [More]

Fashion

Luxury Goth – Vintage Ivory by Black Sheep and Prodigal Sons(TrendHunter.com) This is one of my favorite finds so far. Black Sheep and Prodigal Sons is a store with the well-to-do goth in mind. The store and the website are reminiscent of my own San Francisco’s Paxton Gate, however the focus is on jewelry where PG is taxidermy and gardening (huh?). The item I’ve included … [More]

Exhibition

'Reinventing the Shoe' – Barcelona Art Exhibit (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These unique shoes were designed by “Royo Communicacion”. If you look closely, there are little pop out soccer players that are stuck on top of the show.

The shoes have been presented in the exhibition “Reinventing the shoes”, in Barcelona. I can’t say that it is chic or trendy but they are ver… [More]

Fashion

Bird Fashion – When Nature Influences Style (GALLERY)(TrendHunter.com) Hi I am fashion designer from Latvia. Well this is my fashion collection. I decided to make the collection called The Birds course it’s the best way to express my feelings about what’s happening right now in this world. People are very far from nature, they live and work in stressing, dirty citi… [More]

Advertising

When Feet Dream – Creative Ad for Havaianas Flip-Flops (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) NYC advertising agency, BBDO has put out a fabulous new ad for Havaianas flip flops. The new marketing campaign includes videos which were released on marketingfriends.net yesterday. They have since received nothing but rave reviews and positive comments.

The computer-generated cartoons follow a p… [More]

Events

Swarovski for charity(TrendHunter.com) On October 18th , Swarovski will bring the biggest names in fashion and music together in London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall for the Swarovski Fashion Rocks for the Princes Trust 2007. The charity event will include shows by international designers such as Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana , Armani, Val… [More]