STYLE BUZZ – Designers like Alexander Wang and Marni are featuring backpacks in their Fall/Winter 2008 collections in fabrics like sequins and fur.In my attempt at eschewing the giant IT bag, I recently got one of these cute Swedish backpacks. It fits my laptop, and looks like something a Scandinavian schoolchild would wear.

The Best Links:

1. Refinery 29 Says Backpacks are the Latest Accessory Obsession
2. Be Warned … They’re Coming Back! The Backpack Spotted On Marni Runway
3. Ironic Hipster Accessories: Penny Loafers, Stone-Washed Jeans, Jansport Backpack

STYLE BUZZ – Men in Scandinavia are videotaping themselves wearing an insanely tight brand of jeans called Mustang Skinlines and putting them up on YouTube.Umm…you’d think a photo would be sufficient, but these fashion exhibitionists feel the need to give you a full 360 degree live-action video tour of just how tight their jeans are. We hope this trend never reaches middle America.

The Best Links:

1. YouTube - Taking a Shower With My Mustang Skinlines (Sort of Obscene in a Weird Way)
2. Fashion Indie Loves Some Tight Jeans
3. My new jeans video is online now! They’re a Size 27
4. YouTube - Bernd in his Mustang Skinline
5. YouTube - These Jeans Are Pretty F*cking Tight
6. A Photogallery of People Wearing Insanely Tight Jeans
7. YouTube - In the mud with Mustang stretchjeans and adidas sneakers
8. YouTube - A Walk Along a Lake in Mustang stretchjeans

STYLE BUZZ – Scandinavian galoshes that fit over your regular shoes are being hailed as the Croc alternative.Practical and stylish! May we add that Crocs are neither practical nor stylish?

The Best Links:

1. Wet Weather Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Looking Ridiculous
2. Fancy Wellies You Can Carry Around in Your Bag
3. See Styles on the Official SWIMS Site
4. Those Nifty Norwegians Have Also Designed a Nifty Umbrella for Torrential Downpours