STYLE BUZZ: Marc Jacobs references Spong Bob Square Pants for Louis Vuitton and Luella shows Batman outfits for the spring season. If you’re sick of scouring all those street style blogs, the Garbage Pail Kids and Archie comics are totally an untapped source of fashion inspiration.

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The Best Links:

1. Gallery: “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” Exhibit at the Met
2. Comic Book Icons Become Couture Inspiration
3. A Comparison of Runway Looks with Their Corresponding Superheroes
4. Comic Book Artist Paul Pope to Create a Collection for DKNY Jeans
5. Balenciaga Makes a Crazy Comic-Book Print Tee
6. Marc Jacobs’ Cartoony Tattoos
7. Affordable and Wearable Comic Book Inspired Fashion

STYLE BUZZ: This puffy Marc by Marc Jacobs headband as seen on Mary-Kate Olsen is the obvious evolutionary progression from the Prada turban . The only way to prove you’re a slave to fashion is by wearing headgear that is, objectively speaking, crazy.

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The Best Links:

1. Puffy Headband Screams Star Trek More than Marc
2. Puffy Headband - From the Runway to Real Life
3. Stop The Puffy Headband Bus! I’m Getting Off.
4. File This One Under “not a Shocker”.
5. I Actually Brought Myself to Make Fun of Mary-Kate and I Got 27,000 Views!
6. MK Olsen Hits Three Strikes in One Outfit
7. The Only Blogger Who Seems to Think Mary-Kate Pulls It Off
8. It’s the New Turban

STYLE BUZZ: Telegraph UK examines the phenomenon of women wearing minimiser bras to fit into trendy boy-cut clothing. Time to take out those breast implants! How else are you going to fit into the Spring 2008 3.1 Philip Lim collection ?

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The Best Links:

1. Flat Chested: the TMZ.com Photo Gallery
2. Telegraph: “Why fashion has banished the bosom”
3. Boobs are so last season.
4. Hollywood’s Most Famous A-Cups
5. Vogue’s “Shape” Issue Still Close-Minded When It Comes to Women’s Body Types
6. Keira Knightly Is Our Flat Chested Heroine
7. Gwyneth Paltrow vs Adriana Lima - Who Wore it Better?
8. Fashion Industry Just Now Starting to Ban Underage, Undeveloped Models
9. Breasts Are So Out This Season

STYLE BUZZ: We’ve been noticing floral and brightly-patterned tights all over the fashion blogs. Remember that weird trend from 15 years ago of sheer shirts that made you look like you had tattooed arm-sleeves? That’s what these remind us of. We wish we could be teleported back to a Contempo Casuals circa 1993.

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The Best Links:

1. Roundup of Crazy Tights at London Fashion Week
2. Tons of Photos of Patterned Tights from Fall Runway Shows
3. Fun with “Look From London” Leggings
4. Make Your Own Patterned Tights
5. Wild Legs at the Anna Sui Show
6. Get the Look with Mustard Blossom Tights for $21.99
7. Trend Watch: Patterned Tights Worn by Eva Langoria
8. It’s Like a Warhol Painting on My Legs
9. A Plethora of Prints for Tights this Season
10. Buy Celeste Stein Hosiery from My Tights
11. “Tattoo” Tights
12. Wearing My New Paisley Tights by Celeste Stein

STYLE BUZZ: This giant handbag trend simply will not die. Maybe it’s part of the eco-bag trend, but toting around a mini-suitcase guarantees that you’ll always pretty much be up for whatever, whether it’s a trip to Whole Foods or a slumber party.

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The Best Links:

1. Big Ugly Bulky Bags Are So “In” This Season
2. Women Are Carrying Mini-Suitcases to Accomodate Their Busy Lives
3. Pixie Geldof’s Giant Patent Leather Bag on the Red Carpet
4. Doctors Say Giant Bags Bad for Your Health
5. Weekender Bag for Less Than $50
6. Start Working on Those Bicepts - Examples of Huge Handheld Bags from the Runways
7. Get Her Bag: Cameron Diaz’s Giant Yellow Shoulder-Slung Bag
8. Fancy Designer Mini-Suitcases by Prada, Alexander McQueen
9. Examples of Real People Carrying The Luggage Sized Handbag
10. What Do You Think of This Giant Patent Leather Gray Handbag?

STYLE BUZZ: Garments which use very few seams, creating a sleeker and less bulky shape. Fans include Cameron Diaz and Christina Ricci No more bulky knits! We could never quite get that belted-Cosby-sweater outfit to look right anyway.

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The Best Links:

1. KRELwear Knits: The Official Site
2. Made with Organic Wool and Sustainable Methods
3. The One of Kind Line Embraces Flaws With No Rules at All
4. The Model On Their Website Is So Incredibly Hot
5. Review of the KRELwear Runway Show
6. KRELwear at Smashing Darling - Buy Pieces Here

STYLE BUZZ: Avant drop-crotch pants are the new skinny jeans. On one hand, you won’t have to worry about wedgies, cameltoe , or visible panty lines. On the other, we can’t imagine they’d be flattering on any body type.

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The Best Links:

1. Hammer Pants at Louis Vuitton Fall Winter 2008 2009
2. At Diesel’s Fall 2008 Show “Black Gold” Mutton-Leg Pants Ruled the Runway
3. Would You Buy These, Even If They Were On Sale?
4. Pics from Scarlett Growing’s New Collection, Featuring High-Waisted Drop-Crotch Pants
5. A Roundup of Drop-Crotch Pants
6. La Redoute Jump On the Drop Crotch Bandwagon
7. Oh Hell No! We’re Declaring These a Crime of Fashion
8. Y-3 Show Featured Head-to-Toe Plaid, Sporty Drop-Crotch Pants
9. These Droopy Drawers Double as a Strapless One-Piece
10. Drop-Crotch Trousers Spotted at Paris Fashion Week
11. Ksubi and Cheap Monday Now Make Drop Crotch Skinny Jeans

STYLE BUZZ: Topshop’s new spring theme draws inspiration from tie-dye and ikat prints. We were picturing Sienna Miller dressed as some sort of cyberhacker, but the official definition is “Aztec with a technological twist.”

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The Best Links:

1. “This Fall, We’ll All Be Futuristic Hippies With A Penchant For Big Coats”
2. Waxing Philosophical about the Boho Movement: How the Bag Lady Aesthetic Transformed Into Something Sleek and Modern
3. New Buzzword Alert
4. Boho Tech Bag Foreshadows a New Breed of Hippie Chic
5. Crazy Print Tights Part of Boho Tech Trend
6. WTF Is Ombre?
7. ” Low on excitement, high on wearability”
8. Silk Tie Dye Top from Zara Fits into Boho Tech Trend
9. This New Topshop Collection Has Me Itching for Summer
10. Boho Tech at Topshop
11. I Tried This Look, and Just Ended Up Looking Ridiculous

STYLE BUZZ: Sheer pantyhose are replacing opaque legs at the spring collections. Sure, they’re impractical, but you’ll make everyone else look frumpy with their cozy wool tights and warm legs.

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The Best Links:

1. Nude Knee-Highs: The Hot Granny Look Is In for Spring
2. Sheer tights S/S 08: Examples from Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu
3. Latest Issue of British Vogue Demonstrates Dressing for In-Between Seasons with Sheer Tights
4. Trend Alert: Sheer Tights Return For Spring
5. You mean not all pantyhose comes in an egg??
6. Sheerly You Jest: Sheer Tights For Men?
7. Jonathan Aston Sheer Coloured Tights Come in a Rainbow of Colors for $7.75
8. Sheer Vs. Opaque: A Side-by-Side Comparison
9. Sheer Tights All Over the Runways and Red Carpet
10. Japanese Girls Fond of Wearing Sheer Tights with Shorts

STYLE BUZZ: Ikat—fabrics made with a resist-dying techniques—are a hit on the runway. Ethnic inspired looks are everywhere from high fashion designers like Balenciaga, Marc Jacobs and Armani to chain stores like Zara and Top Shop and handmade items on Etsy. Even in home decor Ikat is the motif of the moment.

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The Best Links:

1. Awesome Ikat and Ombre at Topshop
2. It’s the Ikat’s Pajamas
3. Guy in Rad Ikat Vest (scroll down)
4. Girl Recounts Shopping for Ikat at Zara
5. Outfits Featuring the Balenciaga Ikat Dragon Blouse
6. More Ikat Fabrics in Home Decor
7. Eye Catching Ikat!!!!!!!!!!!!
8. Kate Bosworth’s Amazing Ikat Dress
9. See the Color Palette of Sartorialist Subject’s Ikat Bag
10. Ikat On the Streets of New York (scroll down)
11. Milan Fashion Week Ikat Roundup
12. “The IT Fabric: Ikat”
13. Ikat Listings at Etsy
14. Lots of Ikat in Home Decor

STYLE BUZZ: We’ve been seeing them around for awhile but these Balenciaga ads mean they’re here to stay. Sigh, we have no idea where to find a structured floral brocade dress. We assume even an eBay search would turn up fruitless.

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The Best Links:

1. This Coming Spring’s Floral Prints Are Reminding Me a Bit of Chintzware
2. Jennifer Connelly and Daria Werbowy in the Balenciaga S/S08 Dresses
3. Floral prints are back, but can you tell the difference between the splurge and the steal?
4. Girl Whips up Brocade Skirt Similar to One Seen on The Sartorialist
5. Inspired by Miu Miu - I Completed My Brocade Skirt Project This Weekend
6. Head-to-Toe Brocade at the Miu Miu Show