Back in September, at the end of New York Fashion Week, I posted a collection of <a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/2009/09/22/fashion-week-donts-the-new-york-edition/" target="_blank">rather </a><em><a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/2009/09/22/fashion-week-donts-the-new-york-edition/" target="_blank">unadvisable</a></em><a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/2009/09/22/fashion-week-donts-the-new-york-edition/" target="_blank"> hair and makeup looks</a>. Of course, none of it was THAT bad. (Okay, maybe <a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/2009/09/22/fashion-week-donts-the-new-york-edition/" target="_blank">Marc Jacobs' clown faces</a>, but that was it.) New York designers are generally pretty reasonable when it comes to beauty.

But those Europeans? CRAZY TOWN. When I was at <em>ELLE</em>, it was always a joy sifting through the fashion week images from Paris, London and Milan. These designers' vision of crazy was truly breathtaking.

So. For the purpose of nothing except having a laugh today, please sit back, scroll on, and let the freak show begin! (Note: These images get progressively worse. Ha!) <!--more-->

First up we have Christian Dior. Can you say OVERDONE? Some beauty pundits liked this look, but I'm not a fan of anything this retro. (They tried to modernize it with the clashing purple eyeshadow... but honestly? It just clashes.)

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Here we have Marni's attempt at <em>haute</em> gypsy. I don't hate it, but I prefer to go about my day looking like I at least <em>tried</em> to cobble together a somewhat polished appearance. Just imagine how many hours the hair and makeup people put in to get the girls looking this bedraggled:

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Remember those circular hairbands with the teeth? Always hated them, but they were really "in" in the '90s, and now Yves Saint Laurent has resurrected them. In multiples.

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Now we have Roksanda Ilincic, where the models apparently got doused in copious amounts of oil and an ugly shade of rust-brown shadow. Doesn't this gal look positively murderous? I guess I'd feel that way too if somebody made me go out in public like this.

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Now Luella, where they've taken the idea of the fun, kooky girl-woman and REALLY ran with it. This could put you off bows and blue eyeshadow <em>for life.</em>

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Most fashion weeks include at least one bird's nest hairdo, and Lanvin does not disappoint:

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Now, here come the REALLY good ones. At Comme des Garçons, there was a Marie Antoinette revival—complete with red and white hair, giant safety pins and some serious under-eye circles.

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John Galliano's show was said to be inspired by silent film stars facing their inevitable career demise. (Sounds like publishing.) I appreciate the artistry that went into this, I really do, but doesn't this lady look like she'd haunt you? (Shudder.)

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Yohji Yamamoto can always be counted on to bring the crazy, and here we've got not only the aforementioned bird's nest hairdo, but also some impressively bushy green eyebrows.

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And finally, we have Alexander McQueen, where the models were perfectly alien-esque. Yowza!

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