WARDROBE: Even in death, it still lives

For the most part, we're completely over the skull trend, which has managed to stay in our consciousness a good twelve months longer than it should have, with the exception of two things.

1) Damien Hirst's $99 million platinum and diamond-encrusted skull, which he financed himself. It's such a ridiculous joke, you can't help but give the artist a nod of props.
2) The white chocolate palm-sized skulls that jeweler Meredith Kahn of Made Her Think gave her guests as wedding treats at her reception. The chocolate was tasty and the gift looked a thousand times cooler than traditional wedding trifles.

Outside of those previous mentions, we're completely behind Jack Spade's No Mas tote bag ($165) which attempts to put a nail in the skull and bones coffin for good. It remains to be seen whether or not Spade's retail campaign will work. The Libertines capsule collection for Target, among several other fall lines, has got skulls all over the place.