Too sweet for words, these beautiful hoop earrings by Sydney-based designer Carmel Taylor are a real touch of origami for your ears.

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Most people would frown when the word Evisu comes out of someone’s mouth. Having built a brand in Japan on the back of quality production, Evisu in recent years has been pretty far off the mark. With over embellishments and the the excessive printing of their distinctive logo — the Kamone (seagull) — pretty much everywhere and anywhere on the jeans. Things are about to change down in Evisu world with the recent appointment of proven world class denim designer Scott Morrison and his loyal fellow denim head crew.

One of his employees is Miguel Angel Hurtado, who first stared working under Morrison’s guidance when he started little known denim brand, Paper Denim & Cloth ten years ago. Hurtado was thrown the Spring-Summer 2010 collection and told to shoot it with a product focus that would suit the new direction the company was taking. So with the newly washed jeans and the heavily reduced branding Hurtado took a photographer and a friend down to the Williamsburg Bridge in New York and told his friend to just walk around so he could get some shots of him. No posing, no crew, no budget, just a quality made product been taken back to its core, stripped bare and given a new life. People be sure you keep your eyes out for Evisu in 2010. Its going to be big!

This cool black unisex t shirt by UK label Client is made in England, printed in Berlin, and beautifully packaged in East Berlin cartonage, especially designed for Client.

Ok, so I’m thinking of leaving the blogosphere and becoming an astronaut. That’s right, a space explorer, going where no sane man has dared to tread, equipped only with a biro pen, a copy of some random Marxist literature, and my space suit. Ah, yes, my space suit. Bulked up and all silvery, I’ll make quite an impression on our alien friends. Damn those things look cool.

From the depths of functional creativity comes this invention out of Japan: the back scratching t shirt, the fastest and most illogical solution to fight an itch.

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Ok, so I’m wearing this t-shirt right now. It’s by Singapore-based fashion label Hooked Clothing, and it’s just about my favorite tee at the moment. Why? Why not. Tees are fun and Hooked has me hooked.

This November the hottest fashion accessory will be the moustache cufflinks designed by Arbitrage exclusively for Movember. Movember Founder, Adam Garone, worked with Arbitrage designer, Alan Chan, to create the capsule collection of four links, which are rhodium finished. The cufflinks retail for US$65, and for every pair sold, Arbitrage will donate $20 to the Movember charity. We have them for sale in the Lost At E Minor online store.

This Spider Necklace by Andrea Corson is made from oxidized sterling silver and is a one of a kind: a blackened creepy crawly on a bed of Caviars that will freak and treat. We have them for sale in the Lost At E Minor online store.

Inspired by the unique digital clock apps created by the designer, Sean Zoega, the i-toc watch is a colorful physical manifestation of digital ideas featuring bespoke two-disc Japan quartz movement. The outer gradient displays the minutes while the inner gradient shows the hours. The rings interact, creating an ever-changing pattern of design and colour. We have them for sale in our online store.

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Ok, so when Project Runway contestants start creating work as interesting, clever and creative and this phonebook paper dress by young designer Jolis Paons, then perhaps we’ll finally be impressed. Made for her Creative Processes class Jolis ‘pleated, stuck, sewed, and glued this paper dress purely out of phonebook paper’.

Designer Kate Powers’ work is the epitome of timelessness, looking at once contemporary and vintage. Her pieces are vaguely turn-of-the-century, vaguely Victorian, but with more relaxed lines and less restrictiveness and some rather compelling asymmetry.

Under the motto ‘life is very short to take it seriously, have fun with your baby’, the company Baby Toupee have made a profit from producing toupees for kids. There are several different models. The most renowned ones are the Bob Marley toupee (mini dreadlocks) and the Donald Trump toupee (it has an untidy and heavy top). Since babies do not understand, you can make fun of them and not with them.

Two person underwear is one of the truly great gag gifts and is likely the only one that the bachelorette will try to use. Pair people up and see who can get them on first without using their hands. But make sure you and your party guests have had a few drinks first. The packaging of Fundies hasn’t changed in at least twenty years. Half the fun is getting in them, the other half is up to you.

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Keep your friends close. But your enemies closer. So say graphic t shirt label, the affair. We’re are having a sale of their tees right now in our online store with prices ranging from US$28-$31.50, which represents a thirty percent discount on regular prices. All the t shirts are printed on beautifully soft American Apparel.

Ukrainian photographer Julia Kissina has made meat gadgets famous for more than ten years. Her series, Feen, describes assorted wigs that are made of meat.

Until Sydney’s tumultuous climate stops replicating Melbourne-esque four seasons in one day weather, one thing will remain certain: leather jackets in our wardrobes are essential. It doesn’t matter if summer is looming around the corner. You always need one, or many, and Cream on Crown Street (Surry Hills) and King Street (Newtown) is my hook-up of choice.

The retro leatherwear Gods stock custom-made jackets made from high-quality vintage leather in hoodie style, biker or traditional zip cut. They’re comfortably perfect for hitting up a gig, strolling romantically along the beach, rocking out on Guitar Hero or riding around town on your wheels, for real. Since the staff are always lovely and play impressive store soundtracks (The Smiths, The Shins, My Bloody Valentine et al), I urge you to pop into Cream for their broad range of vintage dresses, belts, boots, sunnies, bags, flannel shirts and jewellery, too.

Life is made up of a series of moments. Some of them you’ll blink and miss, but others can shake up your entire world and leave you questioning just about every baggage purchase you’ve ever made. Think we’re being dramatic? Take a look at ex-Mimco designer Rachelle Dendle’s label, After the Apple, because her first collection titled FINS is going to stop you in your tracks. Made up of twelve basic bag shapes that will be adapted to a new theme every season, each bag fits a particular person’s need. This season’s dozen takes inspiration from under the sea, giving us injections of tropical colour and flashes of marine form. So which bag will you be fishing for?

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I think Anne Geddes spent ten years in the desert with Dr. Seuss doing hallucinogens. She woke up one searing Nevada morning and decided her new name was Peggy Noland. Then she moved to Kansas City and released the line that is currently featured on her website. At least, that’s what I think.

For the Uniform Project, Sheena Matheiken is wearing one of seven identical dresses for a year as a comment on sustainable fashion. Each day, she accessorizes with vintage items, Etsy treasures, or donated hand-made goods. Sheena writes: ‘Think of it as wearing a daily uniform with enough creative license to make it look like I just crawled out of the Marquis de Sade’s boudoir’. All proceeds from the Uniform Project will go to the Akanksha Foundation’s School Project, which provides uniforms and other necessities for children living in Indian slums. I am enormously impressed!

We’re so accustomed to seeing arty forms of self-expression these days that the sight of this Japanese girl walking around the bustling streets of Tokyo wearing tiny butterflies attached to her eyes barely raises an eyebrow. [photo via WackyArchives]