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Denim bucket hat by Maison Martin Margiela, $105.00 at Project No. 8 Bucket hats were never cool.  Bucket hats never will be cool.  Avey Tare is cool despite his bucket hats.  Even diehard Animal Collective fans think it looks dumb.  Imagine this is the beginning of 2009 and Merriweather Post Pavillion is the coolest thing out there.  In this situation, bucket hats are still not cool.  I know MMM is all about the high/low thing, but at a certain point, you are just spending a ton of money on something tacky and lame. View high resolution

Denim bucket hat by Maison Martin Margiela, $105.00 at Project No. 8

Bucket hats were never cool.  Bucket hats never will be cool.  Avey Tare is cool despite his bucket hats.  Even diehard Animal Collective fans think it looks dumb.  Imagine this is the beginning of 2009 and Merriweather Post Pavillion is the coolest thing out there.  In this situation, bucket hats are still not cool.  I know MMM is all about the high/low thing, but at a certain point, you are just spending a ton of money on something tacky and lame.

Health Care tee, on sale for $4.99 at Urban Outfitters. Ok, so this shirt isn’t expensive.  It is downright cheap by most standards.  However, the fail here is so great that I cannot let this slide.  The founder and owner of Urban Outfitters, Richard Hayne, is a well-known conservative.  While his personal opinion on healthcare is unknown, he supported the candidacy of Rick Santorum.  You know Rick, he is the guy who said that homosexuals do not have a right to privacy, amongst other things.  You know, the guy who has an anal sex biproduct named after him in memorial of these statements.  Well he has a lot to say on the matter of healthcare.  His voting record also shows he doesn’t like healthcare reform. So what is a company like Urban Outfitters doing selling a shirt supporting healthcare reform?  Oh yeah, capitalism…

Health Care tee, on sale for $4.99 at Urban Outfitters.

Ok, so this shirt isn’t expensive.  It is downright cheap by most standards.  However, the fail here is so great that I cannot let this slide.  The founder and owner of Urban Outfitters, Richard Hayne, is a well-known conservative.  While his personal opinion on healthcare is unknown, he supported the candidacy of Rick Santorum.  You know Rick, he is the guy who said that homosexuals do not have a right to privacy, amongst other things.  You know, the guy who has an anal sex biproduct named after him in memorial of these statements.  Well he has a lot to say on the matter of healthcare.  His voting record also shows he doesn’t like healthcare reform.

So what is a company like Urban Outfitters doing selling a shirt supporting healthcare reform?  Oh yeah, capitalism…

Graphic shirt by Insight, on sale for $24.00 at 80’s Purple. Now here is something I wish was banned in the USA.  Also, your tits look fake, bro.

Graphic shirt by Insight, on sale for $24.00 at 80’s Purple.

Now here is something I wish was banned in the USA.  Also, your tits look fake, bro.

Gizmo skirt by Brian Lichtenberg, $2,100.00 at Alex and Chloe. Ok, I know some people out there are going to like this in an outrageous-Lady Gaga-ironic way.  Or in an 80s-nostaglia-Gremlins-is-awesome way.  But it doesn’t deserve that.  First of all, it’s been done, and Gaga has been there done that. It’s been done to the point that it has trickled down to etsy.  Secondly, it’s one thing when Jean Charles de Castelbajac sends it down the runway (he is an independently wealthy aristocrat who doesn’t need to make money off his fashion line), or when Gaga wears it to an interview, but what real woman would want to wear this.  It sticks out inches beyond your gut.  Lastly, and most importantly, it doesn’t even look like Gizmo!  Gizmo is brown and white and the proportions are all off!

Gizmo skirt by Brian Lichtenberg, $2,100.00 at Alex and Chloe.

Ok, I know some people out there are going to like this in an outrageous-Lady Gaga-ironic way.  Or in an 80s-nostaglia-Gremlins-is-awesome way.  But it doesn’t deserve that.  First of all, it’s been done, and Gaga has been there done that. It’s been done to the point that it has trickled down to etsy.  Secondly, it’s one thing when Jean Charles de Castelbajac sends it down the runway (he is an independently wealthy aristocrat who doesn’t need to make money off his fashion line), or when Gaga wears it to an interview, but what real woman would want to wear this.  It sticks out inches beyond your gut.  Lastly, and most importantly, it doesn’t even look like Gizmo!  Gizmo is brown and white and the proportions are all off!

Crossbody bag, $1,960.00 at Louis Vuitton. Submitted by mymanic.  I just find this so disappointing because it had potential to be great.  Marc Jacobs isn’t the first designer to take something drab and mundane and turn it into something luxurious.  Martin Margiela built his whole artisan collection of this idea and Chanel tried their hand at this with the Coco Cabas bag four years ago, but I don’t think that was very successful either.  LV’s problem is that they’re being too literal.  It’s one thing to be inspired by a trash bag, but to slap your logo on on a hefty bag and sell it for 2k is tacky.  Only complete fashion victims fall for that. Drop the logo, replace the tacky patent with a buttery leather, do something about that orange, and then you may have something. Then again, that would make it a completely different bag. View high resolution

Crossbody bag, $1,960.00 at Louis Vuitton.

Submitted by mymanic.  I just find this so disappointing because it had potential to be great.  Marc Jacobs isn’t the first designer to take something drab and mundane and turn it into something luxurious.  Martin Margiela built his whole artisan collection of this idea and Chanel tried their hand at this with the Coco Cabas bag four years ago, but I don’t think that was very successful either.  LV’s problem is that they’re being too literal.  It’s one thing to be inspired by a trash bag, but to slap your logo on on a hefty bag and sell it for 2k is tacky.  Only complete fashion victims fall for that.

Drop the logo, replace the tacky patent with a buttery leather, do something about that orange, and then you may have something. Then again, that would make it a completely different bag.

Hair rings by Bijules NYC, $286.00 at Pixie Market Yes, you read it correctly.  These are earrings made of real human hair.  I don’t take issue with extensions using real human hair, but this grosses me out.  I have no justification for this, I fully admit my hypocrisy.  Whether or not you think human hair as a fashion accessory is gross, we can all agree these are ugly, right?  Blonde hair with pink tips is so Gwen Stefani back in the day when she was tolerable. Kudos to Bijules NYC to including a comb with the hairrings, though.  I mean, could you imagine what would happen if those dread-locked?

Hair rings by Bijules NYC, $286.00 at Pixie Market

Yes, you read it correctly.  These are earrings made of real human hair.  I don’t take issue with extensions using real human hair, but this grosses me out.  I have no justification for this, I fully admit my hypocrisy.  Whether or not you think human hair as a fashion accessory is gross, we can all agree these are ugly, right?  Blonde hair with pink tips is so Gwen Stefani back in the day when she was tolerable.

Kudos to Bijules NYC to including a comb with the hairrings, though.  I mean, could you imagine what would happen if those dread-locked?

Sequined shorts by Ashish, $671.42 at Browns fashion. Nothing classes up a pair of elastic waistband, Hawaiian print shorts like sequins.  Well, maybe chiffon.

Sequined shorts by Ashish, $671.42 at Browns fashion.

Nothing classes up a pair of elastic waistband, Hawaiian print shorts like sequins.  Well, maybe chiffon.

Blazer onsie, $225.00 at Opening Ceremony. Submitted by Erica.  This onesie is all business in the front. and diaper in the back.

Blazer onsie, $225.00 at Opening Ceremony.

Submitted by Erica.  This onesie is all business in the front.

and diaper in the back.

Sunglasses by Alexandra Cassaniti, $80.00 at Creatures of Comfort. If you read this blog, you may have noticed that I can’t stand slogans that try and sound edgy and cool but really mean nothing.  I find this one particularly funny because it boldly says “Face it” (face what exactly?) while blocking out part of your peripheral vision.

Sunglasses by Alexandra Cassaniti, $80.00 at Creatures of Comfort.

If you read this blog, you may have noticed that I can’t stand slogans that try and sound edgy and cool but really mean nothing.  I find this one particularly funny because it boldly says “Face it” (face what exactly?) while blocking out part of your peripheral vision.

Tuxedo tee by Religion, $120.00 at Ssense. So, if a guy who wears a tuxedo shirts are tools, what does that make the guy in this shirt?  A rich tool.

Tuxedo tee by Religion, $120.00 at Ssense.

So, if a guy who wears a tuxedo shirts are tools, what does that make the guy in this shirt?  A rich tool.