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5 Lego Fashion Trends that Never Took Off

Posted by: Chris Lesinski | May 26, 2009 at 3:09PM

On the internet, you can buy anything. You can even buy the failed attempts at Lego high-fashion by big-name designers.

Wait — isn't the point of Legos that even a 4-year-old can design with them?

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Mar Jacobs Spring Lego beltBELT BUCKLE

The Marc Jacobs Spring collection in 2007 included a Lego belt buckle. The part you don't see in the picture is when the model got to the end of the run way, thought of an awesome idea for a space ship, and her pants fell down.

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Green lego cufflinksCUFF LINKS

These could be such a big hit with business executives — if only they came in black onyx with gold trim and a glow-in-the-dark monogram.

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Lego sunglassesSUNGLASSES

Last week, we saw these hipster-y Lynx Optique sunglasses hit the scene. How retro and ironic!

They better come with building instructions for building Kanye West variations.

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BRAZIL SAO PAULO FASHION WEEK

HAIR

In 2004, Brazilian designer Jum Nakao put a whole slew of his models in Lego hairpieces. When people tried to remove the wigs, their heads would pop off and get lost between the seat cushions.

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Vogue front cover with legosNECKLACE

Even the front cover of Vogue couldn't make this trend take off. Okay, so, it was Russian Vogue.

I'm betting the original prototype for this necklace is in a Tupperware container at a daycare center in Azbuka.

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