Teacups & Couture A Fashion Blog by Roxanna Bina

I love new twists on an everyday item! First there’s the umbrella that looks like a head of lettuce. Designed by Tokyo Noble, the Vegetabrella becomes a head of romaine lettuce when closed. Try carrying that through a grocery store. You might get wrestled to ground for stealing lettuce! Fun! And check …

Royal Academy of Fine Arts graduate So Takayama definitely is going to go far among the anime fans around the world. I personally love his anime collection, even though the masks look somewhat freaky. He should’ve just gone this route , instead….. maybe not. Anywho, That last dress looks like it can …

Designer Rey Pador, recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in  Antwerp, knows how to throw together a look that even Gareth Pugh would give a side-eye to. But he totally redeems himself with that furry jump suit in the first photo. It’s like a giant Mr. Marmar minus …

WoweeeWow! This is the first I’ve heard of this brilliant label from Tokyo! Anrealage did a whole collection dedicated to pixels. I think this one translated well compared to other designers who tried the pixelated look. The shoes are the best. The heel is a bunch of cubes- awesome! And I’m always …

Jewelry designer Lisa Watson doesn’t design your average plastic jewelry. These are huge, oversized boxes that are sure to make everyday tasks cumbersome. These are really cool, but I can’t see me wearing these like say, when I’m wiping my ass going to the bathroom or something skilled like that. If I …

Photographer Markus Mueller is doing us all a favor with this T-shirt for plumbers. Because face it, boobs look like butts and butts look like boobs. Now if there’s hair involved, I think everything just sours in this situation. If they could only come up with a T-shirt for people with bald …

London College of Fashion graduate Yuanzi Wang has taken the most non-delicate medium, metal,  and transformed into a dainty lace collar. That’s pretty awesome. What’s cool is that you can mold them into whatever way you want. I bet you could also fling a disc of the metal lace and chop someone’s …

Japanese artist Hirotoshi Ito takes your average rock and transforms them into everyday and not-so-everyday pieces. The sweater is the most impressive in my opinion. All the weaves had to be carved in- must’ve been super tedious. Anywho, dentures, zippers and rocks… Hirotoshi probably had them laying around and decide to create …

That Gaultier! He’s been watching Pee Wee’s Playhouse again! How else can you ‘splain his obsession with turbans and genies as apparent in his resort collection and 5th look above? I do love the 2nd and 3rd outfits – totally flapper- love it. I’m glad he went back to his …

I love love love this collection. It’s like  Joan Crawford had a love child with a Russian WWII general. This is all kinds of YESSS! It makes me want to frolic up to a mountain top and pick beets from the farm for a supper of borscht!  The 1940’s shoulders …