Lurex

Diana Vreeland decorated her 1955 apartment to look like "a garden in hell"; in 2011 Katrantzou morphed images of Vreeland's apartment into a collection of Lurex knits – clothes that appear even wilder when you see them against today's Céline-led landscape of clean lines, camel, "good taste".

Prints and the revolution: fashion designer Mary Katrantzou 2012

In New York, the looks ranged from a sparkly Lurex hoodie at Marc Jacobs , to asymmetrical hoods attached to sport coats at Rag & Bone, to a leather hoodie at upscale menswear designer Simon Spurr .

High Fashion Sees Something New in the Hood Ray A. Smith 2011

A Lurex sweater over a dress says: "I'm going out but not all out."

Party frocks are failing us 2011

Here, a Lurex hoodie from Marc Jacobs's runway show in New York.

Hoods are High Style 2011

A note of caution: If you want a padded, white and Lurex onesy with a fox-fur collar, you should go elsewhere.

The Whole Ski Kit and Kaboodle Tina Gaudoin 2010

Choose ONE shiny garment, perhaps a sweater with a little Lurex thread in the knit, and add ONE shiny accessory.

Oh No She Didn’t Clinton Kelly 2010

A number of labels showed flashy pieces that looked like eveningwear, in shiny Lurex, sequins, metallic paillettes and crushed velvet, but paired them — sometimes incongruously — with down-to-earth daywear.

Glamour Amid the Gloom Rachel Dodes 2010

A number of labels showed flashy pieces that looked like eveningwear, in shiny Lurex, sequins, metallic paillettes and crushed velvet, but paired them — sometimes incongruously — with down-to-earth daywear.

Glamour Amid the Gloom Rachel Dodes 2010

The haute designer will launch a collection for Target April 25 that will include a stretchy gold Lurex halter dress for $49.99 or about 1/40th of his typical runway-line prices.

'Mom, I'll Make a Profit Soon' 2010

While others offered Lurex waistcoats and aloha-print bra tops (in sizes that only models can manage), Allard once again offered the classic and practical.

Good Girls, Bad Girls 2008