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Street performer dressed in a costume made from hundreds of mirrors was spotted near Griffith Observatory in downtown Los Angeles. It looks like the Mirror Man made quite an impression on the surrounding people

Lady Gaga has enlisted the help of two of the biggest names in fashion, Armani and Prada, to design typically show-stopping creations for the next leg of her Monster Ball tour.

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Having first collaborated with Giorgio Armani on a number of crowd-wowing outfits at this year’s Grammy Awards, Gaga has tapped the Italian designer to create four equally-amazing looks for her overseas tour dates. Two exclusive sketches of the custom-made creations have just been released, depicting a blue bold-shouldered leotard – not dissimilar to the one she wore on-stage at the Grammys – and a sparkling body suit with an exaggerated lobster-effect sleeve.

Naturally, it wouldn’t be a Gaga show without more than a couple of costume changes, so the Lady also enlisted the help of Prada to create another scene-stealer of a frock. The songstress appears on stage in a grand one-of-a-kind gown, which combines antique and modern elements – being based on a classic 18th century silhouette, but made out of plastic.

What do you think of Lady Gaga’s new designer costumes? Let us know your thoughts in the comments box below!

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The idea of living within Rapture sounds like a cool enough idea up until all hell breaks loose and you’ve turned yourself into an Adam addict, right? Unfortunately for Australia, it looks as though Little Sisters are invading one of their local larger aquariums and it’s only a matter of time until their Big Daddy’s show up to protect them.

In what I consider to be a very cool fashion shoot, 2K Games fan, Bianca, has brought their mischievous little icon to the real world in the form of cosplay. While not everyone is a fan of cosplaying, it goes without saying that this shoot is one for the ages. Just make sure you don’t mess with her, I heard her Big Sister is worse than her Daddy, oddly enough. The photos themselves were taken by Chris Pavlich.

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The couple, who are tipped to win gold at next month’s winter Olympics, wear skin-toned suits with red loin cloths, white body paint and eucalyptus leaves. But experts in Australia say Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin’s movements and body decorations bear no resemblance to that of the Aborigines’ 60,000 year old culture.

“They have got the whole thing wrong,” said Stephen Page, artistic director of the respected indigenous group, the Bangarra Dance Company. Mr Page said the two and half minute routine’s didgeridoo music sounded more like it came from India or Africa.

He added that the body paint looked like “a three-year-old child had drawn it on”. Indigenous leader Bev Manton, of the New South Wales Land Council, said Aboriginal people were rightly sensitive about the appropriation of their cultural heritage. She told the Sydney Morning Herald: “I am offended by the performance and so are our other councillors.”

Domnina and Shabalin have defended their routine, which proved a hit with the crowd at the European championships in Estonia.

“Our coach offered us this music and we decided to try it. We researched it on the internet and got a lot of information,” explained 27-year-old Shabalin. “It wasn’t our purpose that it be especially Australian, just a dance from many thousands of years ago.”

United States is content with trivia shows such as Jeopardy and shows that test your smarts against a 5th grader, Japan prefers to have individuals dress as random bugs skate down a ramp on a scooter between long, rubber pillars.That description clearly does not do the following video justice. While riding down a ramp and hoping for one of the contestants to wipe out is more or less a sure bet, it’s what happens afterward that makes this video truly WTF worthy.

If you’re unfortunate enough to take a spill, a crazed woman, dressed as what appears to be a bee, yells at the camera, violently eats…something, pins you down, and spits it in your face via a long, cylindrical glass tube.Eventually, someone manages to make it through the pillars not once, but three, count ‘em THREE times and is lauded as the King of Japanese People in Bug Costumes.

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Fancy getting your hands on one of Lady Gaga ’s eccentric costumes, while raising money for a good cause at the same time?

Well, chances are you’ll need a fair amount of cash – but Lady Gaga has donated one of the costumes from her Monster Ball tour to an online auction, to raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake.

Online auction site, Charity Buzz, has got the scary skeleton costume worn by the star during her tour – and bidding has already reached a whopping $5,000.

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Costume designer Colleen Atwood had quite the challenge in creating the clothes for Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland.” She talked to WWD about her avoiding “cliche,” “drug store Halloween” costumes and her final ensembles.

Perhaps most impressive is Helena Bonham Carter’s Red Queen get-up.

First, Atwood made Bonham Carter’s head seem larger by outfitting the actress with a dress she describes as “tipped to Elizabethan” with a nipped-in waist and high collar. Then, the hair and makeup team fitted the actress with a prosthetic forehead that pushed her hairline back and a heart-shaped wig that weighed three pounds (“which doesn’t sound like a lot,” notes Baliel, “but when you’re just supporting it, it really is”). On top of that, Bonham Carter’s head was digitally enhanced to appear three times its normal size. Though Atwood demurs, “I think her acting did the intimidating, not the costume.”
(huffingtonpost.com)

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Photo showed models wearing Sexy traditional Mongolian costume from Inner Mongolia were preparing for the 6th China Mongolian Costume Art Festival which was held in Huhhot, capital city of Inner Mongolia. The teams from 12 cities of Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Russia and Mongolia attended the festival.