The 10 Weirdest Fashion Things that Succeeded on Kickstarter

As we’ve detailed in this comprehensive guide, online crowdfunding site Kickstarter can be a great way to fund a fledgling fashion brand. The site is full of great ideas and promising lines and then there are also some bizarre, quirky, entirely unnecessary ones that end up being equally successful, if not more so.From a coat that makes you look like a grizzly bear, to lingerie made out of used tea bags, click through for 10 of the weirdest things we found that succeeded (mean met or exceeded their funding goal) on Kickstarter.

BASTILLE DAY BABES

July 14 marks the day to honor the storming of the Bastille and the uprising of the modern nation of France. There are many things to appreciate from the French, especially from the City of Light, but there's nothing quite like the impeccable style of the gallic girl. Get inspired by ten ladies who inhabit that particular Parisian insouciance, and shop their signature pieces, by all French design houses, bien sur. We promise we won't blame you if you simply can't stop exclaiming, "ooh la la," all weekend long.

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