The new Cankle hider- Spats!

Spats have made a comeback thanks to the Steampunk trend. Here are my 2 favorite Spat makers, Ashes & Empires ( the gothy ones) and  German designer, Maide (the Victorian ones). Spats are a great way to cover your cankle or disguise your fugliest shoes. I dig that. I was doing some intense research ( I googled ’spats’) and found that they are still worn in the military around the world. I also found that molten metal pourers wear spats to keep the hot, liquid metal off their feet. My intense research also found that Johnny Depp in Benny and Joon wore them, as well. With those three pieces of information, there’s a joke in there somewhere… I just can’t find it right now.

photos: Kingdom of Style / Haute Macabre

Tags: benny and joon, boots, german, goth, johnny depp, maide, metal pourers, military, roxanna bina, shoes, spats, victorian

Beijing has a Fashion Week?

I didn’t realize that Beijing had a Fashion Week and don’t ask how I found this on New Jersey.com!

But, here are a few photos of communist chic…My favorite is the last photo of the Swan Lake costume. I wonder if you can get the Avian flu from that dress…. The other three ensembles truly have  military overtones - severe and even bondagey at times… I bet you could replicate those looks at Hot Topic if you really wanted. By the way, this is the Spring collection. Yeahhh…..

photo: New Jersery.com

Tags: avian flu, beijing fashion week, communist, hot topic, military, roxanna bina, swan lake