Go Fug Yourself: Fug Madness 2009

Because Fugly Is The New Pretty

Because This Is My Favourite Time of the Fashion Year and I Forgot To Tell You All To Go Here! (and vote for your favourite fashion monstrosity)

Click it…do it right now.

If you are fascinated by this:

Despise this:

And fear this:

…now is the time to get your fug on. Fug Madness is like a Fashion Tennis match on crack. We’re on the Round of 16. The finalists this year are intense. My money is on Hilda Swinton, though my love affair with all things Bai Ling is still burning strong.

I’ll report updates and voting as the contest continues. Enjoy!

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