The Snooki Pouf Hits The Runway

For those of you who are familiar with Jersey Shore you know that the everything about the show was an instant success. The guilty pleasure that is Jersey Shore began invading pop culture as soon as it hit the air waves in late 2009. Teens and 20-somethings (okay maybe even 30-somethings) not only began adopting the contagious lingo, GTL being one of the most popular, but also adopted some of the unfortunate fashion from the show. I'll be the first to admit that I have a serious addiction to Jersey Shore, but I wouldn't be caught in most of the featured get-ups unless it was Halloween!

One style trend that received tons of attention was the hair pouf sported by resident mini-guidette Snooki. With hair that reaches two inches higher than her head, Snooki tells Jay Leno she would change the world by eliminating the Bump-It (a hair piece used to create these poufs) because she does her hair the real way by teasing it. Since the show first aired I've been seeing these Snooki poufs everywhere, but one place I did not expect for it to surface is the couture runway!

Vera Wang, a designer best known for her elegant ball gowns and wedding dressess, had her models sport the Snooki pouf on the runway during the showing of her Fall 2010 collection. The models did wear a classier version of the hair style but still, what influenced Vera Wang to amalgamate a hair style that has come to connote trashiness with the elegance she is known for?

Perhaps Vera Wang wanted to tap into a new market. Perhaps she was oblivious to the connection between the hairstyle and Snooki. Perhaps the 61 year old designer wanted to let us know she was "down with the times". Perhaps she didn't have Snooki in mind at all and was really trying to emulate the 60's. Perhaps she just wanted to make us wonder...

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