Fancy Dresser Wears a Different Costume Every Day for a Year
Mary Saba, a young Australian woman whose favorite hobby is creating funny costumes, challenged herself to wear a different one every day for a whole year. Since most of her costume were homemade, Mary only needed $440 to reach her goal. Even before she started her original project, Mary’s friends called her “costume queen” for […]
Fashionable Dress Made from the Pages of an Old Thesaurus
Canadian actress Jori Phillips spent months tearing pages out of an old thesaurus and gluing them together to create an awe-inspiring strapless paper dress. After uploading photos of her wearing the unique garment to Reddit, she garnered more attention than she had ever hoped for. Two years ago, Jori Phillips was asked by a committee member […]
Aegyo Sal – Korea’s Obsession with Beautiful Eye Bags
While most Western women spend ridiculous amounts of money to conceal or get rid of the puffy bags under their eyes, Korean women consider them a sign of beauty and resort to a variety of cosmetic procedures in order to get them. Aegyo Sal, as the bizarre baggy-eyes trend is known in Korea, should not […]
Alonso Mateo – The Internet’s Five-Year-Old Style Icon
Most five-year-olds love playing dress-up by randomly combining clothes to create ultra-eccentric outfits, but Alonso Mateo doesn’t fool around like that. The mini-fashionista sports the most impeccable ensembles, smiles charismatically and poses as nonchalantly as an experienced male model. Virtually every photo of him posted online goes viral on sites like Instagram and Facebook, and […]
The Man-Fur Coat Is Made Entirely from Male Chest Hair
English designers spent 200 hours weaving over one million strands of male chest hair to create this fashionable fur coat. The aptly named Man-Fur Coat is 100% real and it can be yours for the modest price of £2,499 ($3900). We’ve featured some pretty strange clothing accessories in the past, but a coat made from men’s […]
Meet Hideaki Kobayashi, the Famous Japanese Man Who Dresses as a Schoolgirl
Ever wondered what Mr. Miyagi would look like dressed as a schoolgirl? No?!? Me neither…Who does that? Anyway, you’ll get to see it anyway, as we take a look at one of Tokyo’s most iconic characters, Hideaki Kobayashi, better known as the “Sailor Suit Old Man” or the weird guy wearing a schoolgirl uniform. As some […]
Clothing in a Can – Designer Mixes Fashion and Science to Create Spray-On Fabric
Spanish fashion designer Manel Torres is the man behind the world’s first spray-on clothing, which is applied directly on the body and can be washed and worn again just like your regular clothes. It may sound like something out of a futuristic film, but Manel Torres actually patented his amazing spray-on clothing back in the year 2000. […]
Sharkskin Designer Gloves Are a Real Pain to Take Off
If you’re looking for a pair of comfortable designer gloves, stay away from Sruli Recht’s pain-inducing mitts. The Australian designer used an inner lining made of basking shark skin, which features thousands of hook-like scales. From the outside, Sruli Recht’s Lasting Impression looks like a nice and soft basking shark skin glove, but there’s a thorny surprise waiting inside […]
Textile Company Creates Men’s Shirt That Doesn’t Require Washing and Ironing
A shirt that can be worn for up to 100 days without having to be washed or ironed is the dream of many busy men around the world. Now, thanks to textile start-up Wool & Prince, this miracle shirt has become a reality. Six months ago, Wool & Prince founder Mac Bishop and his friends Katie Elks […]
Fashion Designer Gets Married in Dress Made from 100,000 Bread Tags
Australian fashion designer Stephanie Wilson married her high-school sweetheart in a unique dress made from 100,000 plastic bread tags she had collected over the last 10 years. Stephanie Wilson and Will Wapling met and became friends while attending Belmont High School in Geelong. After completing Year 12, the two became a couple and moved in together. Stephanie remembers […]
Would You Pay $91,500 for a Crocodile Skin T-Shirt?
French luxury goods manufacturer Hermes has recently made headlines after it’s been discovered that its flagship store on Madison Avenue is selling a crocodile skin shirt for the mind-blowing price of $91,500. Yes, today is April 1st, but this story is no joke. The pricey men’s garment was actually presented last fall as part of […]
Ugly Model Agency Redefines Fashion Business Standards
Every model agency has strict criteria based on which they select their workforce, and so does the Ugly Models Agency. As the name suggests, of course, you have to be ugly. Well, ‘unusual-looking’, to be more specific. Ugly Models is one of the world’s biggest character model agencies based out of London. The bold and […]
Creepy Spider Dress Protects Wearer’s Personal Space
Don’t you hate it when total strangers invade your personal space by getting a little too close for comfort? By wearing the high-tech Spider Dress you can now send them a message in the shape of a creepy artificial spider leg pressing against their body. Netherlands-based designer Anouk Wipprecht has designed one of the scariest […]
Designer Creates Fashionable Dresses Out of Thousands of Colorful Rubber Bands
Bulgarian-born designer Margarita Mileva spends around 90 hours painstakingly knotting rubber bands together to create wearable dresses. Her latest creation numbers 18,500 rubber bands. The first time we featured Margarita Mileva on OC was back in 2011, when she created a stunning pastel dress out of 14,235 pieces of rubbery office supplies. She beat that record […]
Style Oddities – Fake Braces Worn as Fashion Accessories
It’s at times like this that I simply don’t understand fashion trends. I mean, what would prompt otherwise normal teenagers to consider something as horrendous as braces to be a fashionable accessories? Don’t get me wrong, I think braces are an extremely useful dental tool and I used to wear them as well, but I […]