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From the LAEM Store: Passo Dello Stelvio tee by Vaughn de Heart

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By Alison Shepard in New Fashion on Friday 17 May 2013

Passo Dello Stelvio is the Italian mountain pass high above the sea, regarded as the most beautiful driving road in the world. Clothing designer Vaughn de Heart with an always unique graphic play on text and color sums up this very traverse and its feeling with a new shirt. Aquatic blue with a bold yet [...]

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Disney fashion: celebrities and their cartoon doppelgangers

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By Annie Churdar in New Fashion on Tuesday 14 May 2013

I guess the beauty of being a celebrity is that you can wear whatever you want, even if it makes you look like the evil witch from Disney’s Snow White cartoon. The official look for the Met Gala this year was supposed to be punk. But I guess something got lost in comunication because it’s clear these celebrities resemble classic Disney characters.

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Customize your body with edgy prosthetic limbs

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By Annie Churdar in New Fashion on Saturday 11 May 2013

What’s cooler than having a snake for your arm? Not much according to Sophie de Oliveira Barata. As the creator of the Alternative Limb Project, this London girl understands the power of customizing your prosthetic limb. From steam punk stereo leg, to a blooming flower covered piece, a custom limb can say a lot about a personality, much [...]

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LEGO fashion stilettos by Finn Stone

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By Annie Churdar in New Fashion on Thursday 9 May 2013

LEGO is no longer just for the kids. Now fashionable businesswomen can take them to work with these colorful stilettos by artist Finn Stone. Not only are these shoes the perfect ice-breaker or conversation piece, they may also come in handy if you need to distract a grumpy child on the go.

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A 700 Euro pair of shark skin gloves you can’t take off

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By Annie Churdar in New Fashion on Thursday 9 May 2013

I hope you really like these gloves, because once you put the 700 Euro pair of gloves on, they will never come off your hand. So why won’t they leave your hand? It’s no witch craft, just pure science. These leather gloves are made from Shark skin from the Icelandic basking shark. The skin itself has tiny [...]

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Nerdy goodness: pixel sweatshirts by Drew Wise

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By Annie Churdar in New Fashion on Wednesday 8 May 2013

You know that moment when you connect with a stranger on a deeply nerdy level when you both realize you played the same Pokemon Blue Version Gameboy game growing up? Well get ready. As soon as you walk out your door with this nerd magnet on, it’s going to happen a lot more often. These [...]

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Chromat Garments: Clothes as strangely attractive sculptures

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By Annie Churdar in New Fashion on Wednesday 8 May 2013

These dresses take concept of ‘bodycon’ dressing to a whole new level. Hérve Léger has nothing on these sculptural outfits.  Chromat Garments is a fashion line born of architecture and urban design. Each piece acts almost as an exo-skeleton or scaffolding around the human body. As a result, the dresses turn your body into a sculpture on display. Each dress [...]

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Chalkboard manicure: Transform your nails into chalkboards

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By Low Lai Chow in New Fashion on Tuesday 7 May 2013

UK brand Ciaté has released the Chalkboard Manicure kit which comes with matte black nail polish to make an honest chalkboard out of any fingernail. You won’t have to suffer chalk remorse either — even the chalk is thoughtfully water-soluble so you can wipe your designs away without messing with the base coat.

[Brought to you by Couture La La, the new fragrance from Juicy Couture]

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Punjammies: gives hope to Indian women freed from sex trafficking

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By Annie Churdar in New Fashion on Monday 6 May 2013

I love the inspirational story behind this stylish pajama company, it makes me feel like there are still genuinely good people in the world. Punjammies is more than just a comfy pajama manufacturer. It’s a means of empowering Indian women who have been rescued from forced prostitution. Instead of just rescuing the girls and then leaving [...]

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Fourth is King streetwear

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By Jay Byrnes in New Fashion on Friday 3 May 2013

For the last three years, in addition to being an artist and graphic designer, I have been working on building up my Chicago streetwear brand Fourth is King. We make t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, skate decks… stuff like that. And our focus is on comfort and simplicity. We recently had the opportunity to put together a [...]

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Samurai dresses by Pankaj and Nidhi

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By Annie Churdar in New Fashion on Thursday 2 May 2013

Ladies, do you want to feel empowered? Just slip into one of these stunning dresses by Pankaj & Nidhi. This Fall/Winter fashion line is Samurai fashion: strong, beautiful, and sculptural, which adds a whole new meaning to the phrase Drop Dead Gorgeous.

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Recreational: Australian-made jewellery with a wink

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By Emma Swann in New Fashion on Thursday 2 May 2013

We like to think of RECREATIONAL as jewellery with a wink. It’s bloody well made but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We know that girls like to personalize and guys like to keep it simple, so that sits at the heart of our design philosophy.

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Trends in Fashion: Waist bags are making a comeback

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Fashion on Wednesday 1 May 2013

Waist bags (‘fanny packs’ to our American friends) aren’t just meant to be paired with mum jeans and tourist t-shirts anymore. Notable names in fashion such as Rachel Zoe, Lacoste, and DKNY are bringing back this iconic accessory in a stylish new way. Gone are the unfortunate days of bulky plastic clasps and chaotic patterns.

[Brought to you by Couture La La, the new fragrance from Juicy Couture]

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Bizarre glasses design by Masaki Komoto

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By Annie Churdar in New Fashion on Tuesday 30 April 2013

I’m not sure these glasses would help anyone see more clearly. Actually, I’m convinced they make your vision worse. Masaki Komoto created this series of extreme modern art glasses for his graduating show back in 2010 when he finished up at Musashino Art University. And who knows? Maybe this is the next craze after the grandma-style hipster [...]

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Experimental fashion by Sebastian Romero and Juan Ramirez

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By Sebastian Romero in New Fashion on Saturday 27 April 2013

This project arises from the need to highlight the sensuality from another point of view: audiovisual. An uncensored view of aesthetics and visual artists Sebastian Romero and Juan Ramirez show how women think and managed to capture it in a 40-second video.

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