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Fashion Week

In photos: 11 most bizarre outfits of New York Fashion Week

Flippers! Chains! Hair! We trawl through the gowns so you don’t have to.
11.43am, 12 Sep 2012
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THE NEW YORK Fashion Week is one of the major events of the couture calendar – a time when stylish stars flock to the Big Apple to see and be seen while trendspotters seek the Next Big Thing.

But of course, it’s really all about off-the-wall weird outfits – conceived in the fevered late-night imaginations of overworked designers – that will never, ever see the light of day.

Luckily, we’re here to trawl through the gowns so you don’t have to. Here’s our pick of the weirdest:

In photos: 11 most bizarre outfits of New York Fashion Week
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  • The 'Tartan Rollcage'

  • The 'How About Flippers?'

  • The 'Grassy Meadow Chemical Spillage'

  • The 'When Scissors Attack'

  • The 'Demented Angler'

  • The 'Playboy Bunny Meets Six-Year-Old's Art Homework'

  • The 'We're Going To Need A Bigger Epilator'

  • The 'Man, Was I Drunk When I Drew This'

  • The 'Hat Really Pulls It All Together'

  • The 'I Think It Needs A Little More - How About Chains?'

  • The 'Xena Is Confused About Shoes'

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