The Worst Oy, where to start? Brace yourselves — the selected designs and designers featured in this camp wound up here by being either truly horrific, a match between design house and celebrity made in hell, or ultimately ridiculous. First up in the latter most category is K-Fed’s range of children’s wear (no, we had no idea either) for Otzi. We’ll assume that whilst K-Fed evidently used his own sons as inspiration, those baggy pants don’t come with a large sum of alimony. The Hills star Lauren Conrad’s clothing line is pretty uninspired and reportedly not even designed by the D-lister herself; co-star and frenemy Heidi Montag’s trashy line, Heidiwood, has reportedly been given the axe, proving that thankfully, there is a limit to this madness. Kanye West’s Louis Vuitton sneakers are fairly hideous, and Avril Lavigne’s AbbeyDawn label for Kohls, with its generic punk offerings, is about as daring and original as the singer herself. We’re really dreading the advent of the Jonas Brothers’ preppy line for tween girls and the latest news that Pete Wentz and Nicole Richie teamed up their respective fashion lines for a show in Hollywood yesterday makes the city of Angels look like hell on earth. Pseudo-celebs Angela and Vanessa Simmons (daughters of Rev Run) have launched a line of sickly pastel-colored sneakers and accessories under the brand name Pastry — truly enough to make anyone swear off baked goods for good.
Yet, by far our favorite, and in a move that we feel must have been at least inspired by Flavor Flav, Jermaine Dupri has launched a range of gaudy, oversized, funky, frankly hilarious-looking watches. With these weighing the fashion crowd down, we can expect every S/S 10 show to run on time (for the first time ever) and to never again hear those fateful words, “What tiiiiiiiiime is it?”: truly a sad moment for style as well as pop culture.
Okay, now it’s your turn. In this abyss of celebrity dross, we’ve undoubtedly missed some treasures and some toxic offerings — care to share your finds?