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The Fashion Police have been fighting the good fight against bum bags/fanny packs for a long time now, and we're pleased to announce that designers have finally relented and started to find new ways for us to carry our belongings "hands free".
Like wearing them on our heads, for instance.
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So, this is the Cap Sac, and as you can see, it's a "sack" for your "cap". Or rather, a sack that is attached to your cap. Basically, you're wearing a fanny pack on your head.
What think you of this idea, readers? Genius? Practical? Or exactly what the phrase "wearing a fanny pack on your head" suggests?
The Cap Sac is available in a range of 80s-tastic fluorescent colours, and you can buy one for $12.99 here.
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Oh yes, we went there. We went to Ami Clubwear, and we came back with two dresses which we will now force our readers to choose between: or die.
And if there's anyone out there who DOESN'T choose death on this one, we'll be absolutely amazed.
With that said, as regular readers will know, in this game, death is not an option. For those of you just joining us, you must choose one of the two outfits above to wear. In public. If you don't choose one – you die! So, which one will you choose?
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FASHION CRIME REPORT:
To: The Fashion Police
From: Shoeperwoman, the shoe superhero
Alleged Perp: Espadrille boots at Far Fetch
Fashion Police,
I was flying over the city last night when I spotted these espadrille boots over at Far Fetch. Espadrille boots. Really? Apparently so. And it got me thinking: why must everything be turned into a boot now? Think about it: peep toes must be boots. Gladiator sandals must be boots. Even socks must be boots. Socks, for goodness sake! And now they've done it to poor old espadrilles, too. What's the shoe world coming to? (Well, a boot, probably…)
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(As long as they don't decide to make Crocs into boots, we think we may be able to live with this one. Oh no, wait: they already did, didn't they?)
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![Spl99325 001[1] Celebrity Style on Trial: Fearne Cottons florals and stripe combo](http://www.thefashionpolice.net/images/6a00d8341c873353ef01157081bc5d970b.jpg "Spl99325_001[1]")
Almost every time we feature a floral print dress here at The Fashion Police, there's a collective gasp of horror from the comments section, and someone accuses us of being "grannies". (We've had worse insults, of course, but just for the record, no, we're not. But thanks for asking.)
From this we've gathered that there's a general impression that floral=frumpy (which is unfortunate given how much of it there is around at the moment, and, indeed, every summer), so we're wondering what you'll all make of UK TV presenter Fearne Cotton's attempt to make florals a little more fun (not to mention appropriate to the British "summer" weather) by adding a stripe sweater underneath her floral print dress, and wearing it with black tights and flat, lace-up boots.
Fashion crime? A great way to bring the dreaded print up to date? Tell us in the comments…
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Oh, excellent, just what we've always wanted: leggings that cover the outside of our legs, while exposing the inner thighs and crotch by means of a sheer mesh insert!
Or rather, just what we haven't always wanted. Well, have YOU? Can you imagine a scenario in which these would suddenly become acceptable wear – especially if they were worn as shown above, which we hope to God they never would be.
If you DO think these are the very things you've been looking for, they're $200 from here. No, we didn't type an extra zero into that figure by mistake…
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This dress has already sold out in red and navy, and that makes us sad, because those colours were pretty damn cute. This bright turquoise is rather nice too, though, and so is the purple that's also available – and if you really must have the red or navy, well, there's always eBay.
This is a fun, casual little dress, with a slightly nautical feel to it, thanks to that striped bodice. It's £45 from Topshop.
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Looks like Country & Western night went badly, badly wrong…
This top was $1,190, but has since been reduced to the "bargain" price of $369.
What we want to know is this: how can something so very, very expensive look so very, very cheap?
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