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Would you wear this wacky fashion? SEE ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion in Paris

Ya know I love a good freaky outfit from time to time. Wacky fashion and its wearer, when done right-- as a fashion performance piece-- is pretty incredible. It puts a smile on your face and let's you appreciate people who live their life as their art. But, then you get those wackadoodle show ponies who have the chutzpah to put on anything odd and outlandish for some extra attention.  Really, there are a few kinds of out there: the wacky fashion that has you roll your eyes, those who just wanna have a little fun & the kind that has your eyes popping out in jaw dropping amazement. Richard Nahem takes us to the later. - S.H. >> MORE: Wacky Scary,

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In the Details- Fall 2012 Menswear Moments You Shouldn’t Miss from Paris

Even though Spring 2012 hasn't hit stores yet, take notes from the recent men's shows in Paris while shopping this season to get ahead of the game... With all the fashion that's been coming at us at an unforgiving speed as of late, from Pre-Fall to Couture to the recent men's shows, there's plenty to be inspired from when considering sartorial shifts. Here's a look at some of our favorite details not to be missed from Men's Fall 2012 in Paris. >>More Mens: Fashion Reviews & Runway Highlights Dior Homme Contrasting panels at Dior Homme gave the collection's military inspired outerwear a fresh spin. Lanvin Lanvin's pint-size briefcase is so cute, you may just end up nabbing one for yourself. >>SHOP: MEN’S

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In the Details- Fresh Spring Ideas at Paris Fashion Week You Shouldn’t Miss

After a month+ of consecutive international fashion shows, it can be hard to not only remember what we've seen, but to get a second to glance at all of the astonishing details seems sadly unlikely. That being said, we wanted to take a moment and look back at everything one could easily miss. Here's a look at our favorite elements from all of the Paris shows starting with Rochas' angular techno take on 50's starlet glamor as seen above.  >> MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Valentino The espadrille, a classic summer stand-by, got an ultra-chic re-thinking chez Valentino via delicate and forever feminine sheer lace. Yves Saint Laurent At YSL, strict buns were given the gilded treatment with sculptural gold crescents. Nina Ricci

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Best of Paris Fashion Week- Fall 2011 from Balenciaga, Chloe, Miu Miu, Rick Owens, Carven

Runway Review Snippets: Our top 5 from Paris are Balenciaga, Chloe, Miu Miu, Rick Owens, CarvenParis Fashion Week, as always is the most directional of cities when it comes to silhouettes and attitudes.This season, without exception, the Parisian runways offered a dramatic shift in form to a more oversized, almost cocoon shape and many with strong exaggerated shoulders. A shape that is strikingly visual on the runway and may need some modifying for the everyday woman not to appear bulky.>> MORE: Fashion Shows and Runway ReviewsThere's a very distinct shift in shapes that you should note, both for next fall, and what you can scout on on the racks now. Did you notice that Chloe made it on our list again?

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French Chic Beauty Goes Avant Garde for Paris Fashion Week

Runway Beauty Recap: Big beauty drama is big on the Parisian catwalk for Spring 2011 It's that time of the year again in Paris when fashion hits the runways and fashion is more in the forefront than usual. Runway beauty can be very different than woman on the street beauty, particularly during Paris Fashion Week - Spring 2011. However, in all of it attention-getting extremes, there are nuances for you think about for your own look. The boldest extreme brows >> MORE: Fashion Shows and Runway Reviews One very common look was the edgy blacked out dramatic brows. The bold brow was seen on the runway at the Ann Demeulemeester and Rick Owens show. Smokey eyes and rich red lips

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Rick Owens Furniture As Art Still On View at Salon 94 with Pavane for a Dead Princess

Designer Rick Owens transforms the Studio 94 gallery into Pavane for a Dead Princess, a contemporary sleeping quarter based in part on his own Parisian home. Pavane for a Dead Princess, is Rick Owens' first presentation of furniture design in the United StatesRick Owens' design vision melds archaism with modernism, brutal beauty with uncompromising luxury, whether in his collectible cool chic clothes or sterling foray into home design. Inspiration not to be missed: In an Inspired by French composer Maurice Ravel’s composition for solo piano written in 1899 and presented by Salon 94 and Rudy Weissenberg, the centerpiece of the bedroom interior by Rick Owens is a towering Spanish alabaster headboard above a low-lying bed, a monumental composition that dominates

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Rad Hourani Fall 2010 Fashion Show

Runway Review: Rad Hourani has earned a cult-like following thanks to his razor sharp focus and concise direction making his Fall 2010 outing a must-see for the fashion forward downtown set In three short years Canadian based designer Rad Hourani has earned a cult-like following thanks to his razor sharp focus and concise direction making his New York Fashion Week Fall 2010 during outing one of the weeks must-sees for the fashion forward downtown set. What sets him apart from obvious futuro-goth predecessors Helmut Lang and Rick Owens is that Hourani's pieces are straight forward, less avant-grade for avant-garde's sake, yet just as strong, which is exactly what makes him so special. >> Check out our complete fashion show photos

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Fashion: Best of the Decade & Its Defining Style Moments

Fashion designers of the decade and their standout looks that will become the hallmark of 00's fashion Our fashion savants, and vintage experts, Andrea Perini and Naveed Hussain of VagabondNYC are like walking encyclopedias of iconic fashion moments from mid-century to today. The fashion industry kids are a go-to source for what's relevant from the past to wear today. Andrea and Naveed have culled some of their thoughts from the past 10 years and let us be a fly on the wall with this quick-study crib sheet of what influences in fashion they feel are worth your remembering and collecting from the decade and why. Is it fair to call this a decade of heavy revivals? Why so? AP: Absolutely.

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