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For extremely online fashion fans, theres nothing like an absurdist accessory.

This tomato is so Loewe I cant explain it, theywrote.

Typically the way that fashion works, people get really excited about these celebrities wearing clothes, she says.

A collage of products from JW Anderson, Dauphinette, Balenciaga, and Charles Jeffrey Loverboy.

But as it turns out, the tomato clutch had more main-character energy than Benoit Blanc.

They allow brands to play both sides of the coin.

Susan Alexandra sells beaded bags and jewelry that resemble everything fromshrimptoChampagne glasses.

Atmosphere at the Puppets and Puppets Spring 2024 Ready To Wear Fashion Show on September 13, 2023 i…

Puppets and Puppets has become almost synonymous with itscookie bags.

Where does one even find such a titillating tomato, and are there more where that came from?

But in the past couple of years, examples have proliferated, and the Internet is eating them up.

A model walks the runway at the JW Anderson fashion show during the Milan Menswear Spring/Summer 202…

(Unlike theinfamous Judith Leiber bagBig gifted her back in the day, Carrie loves the pigeon.)

The current vogue for things-as-other-things is inextricable from the way they circulate online.

What is it, exactly, about these objects that sparks engagement?

Sarah Jessica Parker is seen on the set of “And Just Like That” carrying JW Anderson’s pigeon bag.

Perhaps its the mismatch between surface and interior the Is it cake?

Kamala is brat; shoebox is purse.

(Absurdism, the urge to collage, anxiety around media and technology?

Schiaparelli’s famed shoe hat.

RIP Dada artists, you wouldve loved 2024.)

Best get used to that trompe loeil because it seems like its here to stay.