Melissa has designed some plastic shoes for some very well known designers. The Melissa footwear brand selects big designers and allows them to enjoy the fun of creating an iconic shoe. 

The Brazilian-based…

A girl can’t have too many shoes but they need to be organised and preferably not in a jumble on the floor of the closet. Mashallah Design has come up with a neat wall mounted shoe rack specifically for…

These Hurricane Gustav-inspired pants have to belong to some of the strangest fashion innovations I’ve seen. While natural disasters have long been the source of artistic products, like paintings of storms,…

Sushi is one of those foods that, to me, looks a lot better than it tastes. I can’t be alone in thinking that it’s visually enticing; it has inspired the designs of many inedible products. The gallery…

It may have seemed like all eyes were on Michael Phelps as he swam his way to Olympic victory in Beijing, but the folks at Chico’s clothing were focused firmly on his mother.  Debbie Phelps, the 57-year-old…

When designers took out their pencils this year they realized that pockets didn’t need to be hidden and could be plopped really anywhere.  These also aren’t normal pockets, but gloves that accommodate…

Actress Julia Roberts has teamed up with designer Giorgio Armani to design a new T-shirt for Bono’s (Product) Red line. The t-shirt is for both men and women and is sold for $125.

The Tree of Life inspired…

The T-Tong socks by Olympia are meant to solve a problem I don’t think exists: socks for tongs. Let me explain further.

The aim of these remarkable T-Tongs is to prevent you from getting blisters when…

The pain of a bad back or a very sore neck sometimes requires the sufferer to wear functional but pretty ugly braces. Not any more! Francesca Lanzavecchia (Italy)’s ProAsthetics Support offers not just…

New York based knitwear designer Graham Tabor compares his work “to that of an archaeological dig.” His designs incorporate layers of knit fabrics, and translucent fabrics detailed with chain and hair…

The Tear Drop by USB Brando is a pretty USB flash drive that is decorated with crystal. It can store up to 4 Gb of memory and comes with a necklace chain to give you a semi fashionable geek look. If you…

Chris Elsasser says he creates “indoor anatomical art with lightboxes” using his own designs or actual x-rays. They come in mini, standard or specialty versions.

It is a new type of art (if indeed it…

Direct from the streets of Paris to Trend Hunter readers: Purple is THE color. Not a bunch please, just a hint. A suggestion, a taste, a “smidgen” as Polly Vous Francais suggests.

Even a purple haze…

PETA supporters and animal lovers, close your eyes--the new custom $150,000 crocodile Hermès peacoat might induce a heart attack. This awe-inspiring (in all iterations of the word ‘awe’) coat is made entirely…