Trompe l’oeil Couture

London boutique Antoni & Alison has some killer trompe l’oeil gear that would make Moschino proud. Their sweaters are all cashmere and run about $300-$350. I love trompe l’oeil because it looks like you have a real outfit on when really it’s just a shirt or sweater. I guess I could have been a mime in another lifetime …. or just lazy. Anyway, I may save my pennies for one of these, particularly the first photo of a Frenchy poster child. I’d wear that while buying a baguette. Check out their website for more cool stuff including some fupe art (my favorite!)

photos: Antoni & Alison

Tags: Antoni & Alison, cashmere sweater, french, mime, moschino, purse, roxanna bina, Trompe l'oeil

Silence of the Lambs has nothing on this…..

Polly Van der Glas has taken human parts like hair and teeth to construct his creepy jewelry and accessories line. Check out the brass knuckles (first photo) made out of teeth. Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think? You can knock out teeth with teeth! This is some CSI sh*t! Imagine finding out your jewelry belongs to a missing person- dang. Be sure to check out Polly’s other jewelry/accessories, especially the human hair purse.  I wonder if her studio has moths and butterflies….he he.

photo: Trend de la Creme

Tags: brass knuckles, CSI, human hair, jewelry, polly van der glass, purse, ring, roxanna bina, silence of the lambs, teeth, tooth

Nobody puts baby in the corner but over the shoulder, maybe…

It looks like designer James Piatt went ahead and made a handbag that scares the hell out of me. Okay, so this is a handbag of a ‘abandoned’ baby with interchangeable ankle tags that each represent a celebrity baby. At fist look, I thought the mouth was a baby crying , but I guess it’s a binky? And the square hunchback on the baby is unsettling. Moving on, here is a run down of the celebrity ankle tags:

-A pack of cigarettes for Britney Spear’s kids

-A water well for Baby Jessica

-An open window for Michael Jackson’s son, Prince Michael II

-An airplane for Charles Lindbergh, Jr.

Here are my suggestions for Piatt if he wants to expand the tag collection:

- An octopus for the OctoMom

-A globe for Angelina Jolie’s kids

-A spaceship for Suri Cruise

-A Kabbalah string for Madonna’s kids

- A pair of mink eyelashes for Jennifer Lopez’s  kids

The more I look at this handbag, the more I want to hide and pull the sheets over my face. Click here to see more of James Piatt’s fupe purses including a ‘cat on a stick’.

photos: Trend de La Creme

**Simply Spray/Teacups & Couture Giveaway Contest**

The person with the most  retweets (twitter)  of  ANY of my posts (see green retweet button below) between now and September 4 (midnight PST) wins a 6-pack of Simply Spray Black Upholstery Spray. That’s enough to cover the fugliest couch that ever was!

How can I tell who retweeted my posts? Because I’m a hot bitch that knows all. No, because I can see it on the retweet thingy. Once the winner is determined, I will tweet you a message for an address on September 6. I will also announce the winner on September 7th on this blog.

So, start retweeting my posts- for the love of an un-fug couch.

Bonne Chance!

Tags: angelina jolie, baby, baby jessica, britney spears, celebrity, Charles Lindbergh jr, handbag, james piatt, jennifer lopez, madonna, michael jackson, octomom, purse, roxanna bina, suri, the foundling

Air Mail Couture!

Air mail Couture is my new favorite obsession! These are no ordinary envelopes! These are those old school  special air mail envelopes that I remember my mom getting letters from Iran in.  I already have the envelope clutch from a recent trip to Patricia Field’s in NYC. It was one of those things where I saw it and then I grabbed…. and then I bought it.  No thought required.  The dress above is the Par Avion Dress from Daydream Nation for their Fall 2009 collection. Wouldn’t these just go along so wonderfully? My mission is get that dress somehow, someway. Unfortunately, Daydream Nation does not have a list of retailers or an online shop. So, I will be on the hunt meanwhile. That way I can walk into a post office and make that irate postal worker smile just once.

photos: Style Bubble , Patricia Field’s

Tags: air mail, clutch, daydream nation, dress, envelope, first class mail, mail, par avion, patricia field, purse, roxanna bina, stylebubble

Macabre handbags

Belgium born, Natalia Brilli, must have watched Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom one too many times. She designed a hard case purse in the shape of a skull (let’s pretend it’s a monkey) that opens like those chilled monkey brains in the Palace in the Indy movie. Everyone remembers that scene. The eyeball soup, the chilled monkey brains, the child emperor. Click here if you don’t what the eff I’m talking about. Okay! Let’s think of rainbows and waterfalls and fairies and glitter, now!  Surprisingly, what’s more bizarre is the pineapple. Maybe she was making a statement with ‘abundance and quality’. Pineapples are a symbol of abundance and quality in Italian culture. Or maybe she’s a fan of Dole.  In any case, these are purses that will break the ice at any party.

photos: Natalia Brilli

Tags: abundance and quality, and the temple of doom, chilled monkey brains, deer, dole, federal hill, handbag, indiana jones, italian culture, natalia brilli, pinapple, pocketbook, purse, roxanna bina, skull

Punch Bag

Finnish designers Janne Kyttänen & Jiri Evenhuis designed this ‘punch bag’ a few years ago. As many of you may know, I dig this sort of stuff… function (brass knuckle for back alley brawls) and fashion (the gleaming chain bag that carries your wallet, cell and candy).

If you’re itching to add this to your wardrobe, stop itching because it will cost 364 EUROS. yeeeeaah… eruos. 

photos: freedom of creation

Tags: brass knuckles, freedom of creation, Janne Kyttänen, Jiri Evenhuis, punch bag, purse, roxanna bina

Gun Clutch for your inner Femme Fatale

French Designers, Ab- Irato

have designed a clutch worthy of any Bond fan. As you may already know, I am a fan of James Bond and weapons like Brass Knuckles , Lipstick knives and guns. So, this would fit perfectly into my wardrobe! Retailing at 93 Bristish pounds, which is like $100 million US dollars, it’s a steal if you’re NOT American. By the time I finish typing this blog, it will  be $200 million US dollars. Anyinflation, this would go great with a killer black dress, 5 inch stilletos and oh yes, red  lipstick.

photos: Beyond the Valley Store

Tags: 007, ab-irato, femme fatale, gun clutch, james bond, purse, roxanna bina

Brass Knuckles as accessories….

As an avid collector of brass knuckles or knuckle dusters, this umbrella/ brass knuckle called The Umbuster is right up my alley! It is considered a weapon and you may need a  license to carry this around in some parts, but at least you know you’re covered if a roving gang of hooligans want to mug you.  I have brass knuckles covered in rhinestones, copper ones, and of course gold ones. Jean Paul Gaultier made a purse a while back with the handle as brass knuckles and so did James Piatt recently (retails for $85). 

by James Piatt  by Jean Paul Gaultier

photo: interior design room , style list, fashion tribes

Tags: brass knuckles, handbag, james piatt, jean paul gaultier, purse, umbrella, umbuster