WTF?! Moment: Armani Diapers and Other Designer Crossovers

[via Armani Russia]

I haven't shared a WTF?! Moment in quite a while, but when something as outlandish as Armani diapers debuts, there's nothing to say but WTF?!

The designer diapers first popped onto my radar when I received an email from a source unknown to me:

Hi The well appointed catwalk
Someone has suggested you to check out the new Armani Diapers!
"In Russia only"

Normally, I'd pass this off as spam and be on my merry way. Armani diapers can't really exist, can they? But the inset image of frolicking babies in black diapers left me intrigued, and not a week later, I received a second email from the folks at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week inviting me to preview the diapers at an industry debate.

The bad news is that Armani Diapers do, indeed, exist (in Russia only for €23 a piece). The good news is that the fashion industry seems to view the idea as critically as I do, as evidenced by the need for a debate.

All this, however, left me thinking about other bizarre forays by fashion brands into the world of product design.

WTF?! Moment: Hug Me by Si Chan

[via Not Just a Label]

All right, you guys: It's time to officially make WTF?! Moments a recurring series. Because sometimes design is so absurd, so out there, that there's nothing to say but WTF?!

Today's moment comes to us from Si Chan whose Fall/Winter 2012 collection "makes use of series of hand movement especially hug to express how the (dis) connection between people to people and the loneliness by my experience." Yeah, I have no idea what he's talking about either. All I know is that those arms are super creepy.

See more photos after the jump (if you dare). I saved the scariest for last.

WTF?! Moment: Shoe Edition

[images via farfetch.com]

Who are you Gianmarco Lorenzi, and why must you assault us with these monstrosities?

Until now, I've saved WTF?! Moments for some truly creepy products (e.g. baby lamps and roadkill bottles). But I just don't know how to describe these shoes by Gianmarco Lorenzi other than with a big WTF?!

If you feel differently (and you are certainly entitled to your opinion), these are all available at farfetch.com. Not surprisingly, many of them are on sale, but those red rhinestone platforms will still run you $2031.

WTF?! Moment: Inés Figaredo Nose Jewelry

Because sometimes design is so absurd, so out there, that there's nothing to say but WTF?!

Inés Figaredo Fall/Winter 14-15 Lookbook

You already know that I love Inés Figaredo to pieces. Her style is quirky, her imagination incomparable, and her designs pure magic. But even great talents get it wrong every now and then, and pearl boogers are just so, so wrong. Outlandishness is Figaredo's signature, and while I'd die for one of her eye handbags and can even get behind her use of human hair, there's something about her new nose jewelry that just makes my skin crawl.

It's all subjective, though, and those pearl-stuffed noses are just a minor stumble in Figaredo's otherwise stunning FW '14 lookbook. Click through to view more of her latest designs, which are equally unique and just a little less icky.

WTF?! Moment: A Tiny Heirloom Home

Because sometimes design is so absurd, so out there, that there's nothing to say but WTF?!

Don't worry about fitting our chairs on the tiny porch, babe! We can drink our pour overs on this pile of dead leaves. 
[all photos via Tiny House Swoon]

I love the blog Tiny House Swoon. I really do, because there is indeed beauty in less. But, sometimes, there are also moments of complete ridiculousness. Moments like this one, when the builders of a tiny "Heirloom Home" in Oregon seemingly hire hipster models to pose for a photo shoot because no one could actually live like this!

So, keeping in mind that it's all in good fun, let's take a look at this itty-bitty house and the madly-in-love wood nymphs who supposedly inhabit it.

WTF?! Moment: Summer Edition

ASOS Pineapple Sunglasses / ASOS Eiffel Tower Sunglasses / ASOS Cocktail Sunglasses

It's been a while since I've posted a WTF?! moment, but these awesomely ridiculous sunglasses from ASOS inspired me. If any of you buy a pair of these and send me a photo, you'll have my everlasting love. Hope you're beating the heat in style!

WTF?! Moment: Designer Christmas Sweaters

Because sometimes design is so absurd, so out there, that there's nothing to say but WTF?!

center: Meadham Kirchhoff Maria Sweater ($1,395) / clockwise from top: Markus Lupfer Santa Claus Sweater ($400) / Moschino Appliqued Sweater ($695) / 3.1 Phillip Lim Snowflake-Embellished Sweater ($450) / Chinti and Parker Reindeer Intarsia Sweater ($560) / Stella McCartney Reindeer Intarsia Sweater ($735) / Markus Lupfer Wreath Sweater ($190) / Moschino Penguin Intarsia Sweater ($500)

That monstrosity in the center costs $1,395. Yes, you read that correctly: Meadham Kirchhoff and a bevy of other high-end designers are trying to convince fashionistas that a fugly Christmas sweater is roughly worth its weight in platinum. 

I get it. I really do. Irony is in, and ugly sweater parties have become as ubiquitous as horn-rimmed glasses and handlebar mustaches. Designers are merely playing to the market. You know, the market of hipsters who don't already own Christmas sweaters knit by misguided aunts. And live nowhere near a Goodwill store. And lack the opposable thumbs necessary for ordering from QVC. Umm...

Today's WTF?! Moment

[via dezeen]

Oh yeah - that's beer inside a real squirrel. British brewery BrewDog has created the most expensive (£500/bottle), highest alcohol (55%ABV) beer in the world, and they've packaged it inside stuffed roadkill.

Another WTF?! Moment

Apparently I'm all about creeping you guys out this week. These Pop Baby Lamps are modeled after old celluloid molded dolls, with light emanating from a bulb in their... umm... rear ends. Is it any wonder these babies are on the clearance rack?

If your decorating taste tends toward the bizarre, you can get these for $49 each at Unica.

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