Woke up on the wrong side of the bed? Don't worry: say you did it on purpose and you'll be an avant-garde hit. Rei Kawakubo's well-received autumn/winter collection for Comme des Garcons featured models walking down the runway with dead-white makeup, overgrown eyebrows, bald patches and the odd tuft of hair. Not pretty, but then she's a genius. Right?
'That's a face only a mother - or maybe Picasso - could love.' Anita Arroyo, receptionist, 33.
'It's nice to see gorgeous girls looking that bad, very good on the ego. I can do that!' Winnie Chan, lawyer, 35.
'I think it works with the concept of the show, which resurrected punk classics like plaid. No one would wear it in real life but who cares?' Phillip Pourhashemi, fashion journalist, 28.