I really enjoyed this multi-page Tommy Hilfiger ad. It depicts some young guys (maybe interns or pages) wandering around Capitol Hill in suits. Not bad. But then upon turning the page, it shows the footwear. Elastic-side 3/4 high boots. From any perspective, I’m pretty sure that consensus would be that these boots are dubiously appropriate for a business formal ensemble. But for me personally, the idea is even more entertaining.

During my years in Brazil, we called this particular variety of footwear “Drunk Boots.” They were the most inexpensive footwear available. They are easy to get on and off, even when inebriated and they are totally ugly. For these reasons, they are the preferred footwear of the homeless/drunk population where I was in Brazil. In Sao Paulo, you can find these boots on the feet of  90% of every yellow-eyed homeless pingado around.

But hey, if Hilfiger says it works, it works.

Wow. I mean, I could understand when Triple 5 Soul brought back the WWII style military look. It was fairly low key. Mostly just different shades of khaki and green, with a fake patch here and there. But D&G has out-done themselves, here. They decided to take the military theme back a couple of centuries, this fall, with brass buttons, tassels and everything. I guess we could always blame it on Chris Martin’s get-up during his Viva La Vida tour.

Either way, anyone caught wearing this stuff (off-stage) should be banned to the Isle of Elba, just like Napoleon was.

It seems like with each passing year, the lines become more blurred on when one season starts and another begins. I used to think that it was absolutely preposterous when places would get all decked out with Christmas garb before Thanksgiving. Actually, I still kind of think that. Anyway, these days some places will shamelessly put out all of the angels, Santas, etc., well before Halloween even rolls around.

The same was always true growing up. When I would start to see ads for back-to-school sales between the Saturday morning cartoons, I would get all depressed, because I knew that it must be August and fall was right around the corner. Well, here it is July, and every mens’ magazine that Conde Nast publishes (and probably plenty of others that I don’t read) was chocked full of ads for various designers’ fall/winter lines.

I guess I’m ok with designers being a little bit anxious these days to start advertising that stuff. First of all, I haven’t had to go back to school in the fall for over five years now. Second, Fall fashion ads always provide mountains of fodder for blogging. So lets get is started early this year. One of my favorite items that I have seen so far, doesn’t even require any awkwardly posed models to showcase its absurdity (although, I would be very curious to see what they actually look like on a person’s face. I’m having a tough time visualizing it). I’m referring, of course to Martin Margiela‘s beautiful cyclops inspired baby shown below.

For only 390.00 Euros, they could be yours. Available in two colors, these bad boys are no joke (although it certainly appears otherwise). Then again, those French are crafty. Maybe the joke is on us. Like the electric fork, maybe MM put these glasses on the market just to see if anyone would actually buy and try to wear them. Maybe it is all just so that they can sit back and have a good laugh while wearing berets, smoking cigarettes with wands,  throwing back some escargot, stinky cheese and bordeaux.