Throughout the years, fashion enthusiasts have endured a lot in the name of style and designer trends. Women, in particular, have been a victim of fashion during different eras in history due to the societal pressure of conforming to the silhouette in vogue at that time.
From corset string stretches to unreasonably high heels, the need for a perfect figure has always been there.
The term, fashion victim, has been actually coined by the famous fashion designer Oscar De La Renta to identify a person who is unable to draw the line between style and faddishness.
Fashion victims, by their characteristic inability to recognize boundaries, may aspire for the extreme end of what are available, seeking expensive products, believing that the outward display of such items will draw admiration in proportion to their actual or apparent cost.
Even during some of the most high-end fashion shows, certain odd fashion lineups make one question the very standards and basics of true style.
Check out these odd fashion creations and the fashion victims involved:
A model presents a creation by Ukrainian designer Oleksiy Zalevskiy during Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev March 18, 2011.Reuters.A model presents a creation by Ukrainian designer Elena Burenina during Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev March 17, 2011. Reuters.A model presents a creation by French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac as part of his Fall-Winter 2011/2012 women's ready-to-wear fashion collection show during Paris Fashion Week March 8, 2011. Reuters.model presents a creation by French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac as part of his Fall-Winter 2011/2012 women's ready-to-wear fashion collection show during Paris Fashion Week March 8, 2011. Reuters.A model presents a creation by Ukrainian designer Julia Aysina during Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev March 20, 2011. Reuters.A model presents a creation by Georgian designer Uta Bekaia during Tbilisi Fashion Week November 24, 2010.Reuters.A model presents a creation for the Bobaolon 2011 Global Fashion Arts Designing Contest of Academy Elite show during China Fashion Week in Beijing, March 28, 2011. Reuters.A model presents a creation by designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada during the Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011 show, February 19, 2011. Reuters.A model presents a creation from the New Power Studio for MAN Fall/Winter 2011 collection at London Fashion Week February 23, 2011. Reuters.A model presents a creation from the New Power Studio for MAN Fall/Winter 2011 collection at London Fashion Week February 23, 2011. Reuters.
