Strange Fall Fashion

Did Alexander McQueen channel his inner Hannibal Lecter? Was Nina Ricci paying homage to ice princess Nancy Kerrigan? Non sequiturista Renata Espinosa plays a game of free association with the Fall 2009 collections.

R: Karl Prouse, Catwalking / Getty Images

galleries/2009/03/17/strange-fall-fashion/espinosa-strange-fashion---balenciaga_vf3uvw — The runway's hottest window dressings.
R: Karl Prouse, Catwalking / Getty Images

galleries/2009/03/17/strange-fall-fashion/espinosa-strange-fashion---commes-des-garcons_iephh8 — A sleeping beauty spins threads of wool into thick balls of yarn and pins them to her head like stuffed sausages at
R: Thibault Camus / AP Photo

galleries/2009/03/17/strange-fall-fashion/espinosa-strange-fashion---galliano_qfnlrk — Sculpts legs and bends feet like Ikea bentwood.
L to R: Michel Euler / AP Photo; Bebeto Matthews / AP Photo

galleries/2009/03/17/strange-fall-fashion/espinosa-strange-fashion---jil-sander_t37sp2 — A David Lynch film you can wear; makes for a great ice breaker at a party.
Nathalie Lagneau, Catwalking / Getty Images

galleries/2009/03/17/strange-fall-fashion/espinosa-strange-fashion---lanvin_t3slqu — Stiff neck not from the hand of a madman, but of a genius.
L to R: New Line / Everett; Chris Moore, Catwalking / Getty Images

galleries/2009/03/17/strange-fall-fashion/espinosa-strange-fashion---marc-jacobs_fjw6jb — Putting the punk in place with pink frosting.
R: Kristian Dowling / AP Photo

galleries/2009/03/17/strange-fall-fashion/espinosa-strange-fashion---mcqueen_dru0gf — A Gothic hat, with fava beans and a nice Chianti.
L to R: Christophe Ena / AP Photo; Orion Pictures Corp / Everett

galleries/2009/03/17/strange-fall-fashion/espinosa-strange-fashion---mcqueen-1_dvcxeu — A woman you encounter in the dark alley of your psyche when those Botox injections start flowing up the bloodstream and to your brain.
L to R: Lydie, SIPA; Pascal Rossignol / Reuters

galleries/2009/03/17/strange-fall-fashion/espinosa-strange-fashion---narciso-rodriguez_pefj5h — Hopi potters were the original graphic designers.
L: Seth Wenig / AP Photo

galleries/2009/03/17/strange-fall-fashion/espinosa-strange-fashion---nina-ricci_fvpsyg — Watch out for your kneecaps!
L to R: Chris Moore, Catwalking / Getty Images; Clive Brunskill, Allsport / Getty Images

galleries/2009/03/17/strange-fall-fashion/espinosa-strange-fashion---threeasfour_dluob7 — Fractured and shattered like a skeleton made of glass.
L: Jeff Gentner / Getty Images

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