When 'art' turns to the rediculous

I like hats and fascinators. I know it's frivolous and a little strange, but I love them anyway. I also pride myself as being a hat and fascinator wearer before they became fashionable.

Fascinators, in all their creative glory, have had a bad wrap since this happened at the British royal wedding last year. Recently, Parisienne couturier Alexis Mabille gave fascinators a further bad name when her spring 2012 collection looked like this: 

I'm all about creative license and vision... but painting models faces and sticking matching massive cabbage blossoms on their heads? I don't think so.