Opener: Magdalena Frackowiak
Closer: Olga Sherer
As Roisin Murphy sang on…

Roisin Murphy singing unplugged on the street in Covent Garden.

Before Lady Gaga, before Sasha Fierce….there was Roisin…who is so far ahead of the trends.

I could see that coat getting so trendy this fall 2009.

I had mentioned earlier that I love the whole “Sasha Fierce” look but thought it was a bit of a rerun of something Daphne Guinness and Roisin Murphy have done.

Well, here are my evidence:

 
Daphne Guinness’ Metalic Hand vs. Beyonce.

Roisin Murphy’s Gareth Pugh vs. Beyonce’s Gareth Pugh.

Now to be completely honest, I have never heard of Roisin Murphy nor of Daphne Guinness until a few months ago (I, living on the other side of the pond where the avante-garde don’t get much coverage).  But since I learned that they are the original trendsetters of this look, I certainly have added these two fine ladies in my radar.

I definitely have a thing for that “armor” look.

I just love women who dare to be different. Women who are pioneers.

And I also found pictures of Roisin’s Gareth Pugh at a great angle.

And while on the subject of Daphne Guinness, I definitely think she deserves some recognition and r-e-s_p-e-c-t.  After all, the gal does have a House of Holland shirt where she is naked.
 

And I also love this cover of Daphne and Gareth Pugh:
 

Also, while on the subject, some Gareth Pugh-Giles Deacon-House of Holland loving.

They are adorable in those shirts.

Anyways, at this point, that Gareth Pugh “Predator-meets-Wizard-of-Oz” look is getting a bit old for me. Even Roisin Murphy is ditching it, after realizing that Lady Gaga and Beyonce have jumped on the bandwagon.

“I did a lot of very crazy avant-garde stuff on the last record," she explained. "And now the other girls are doing it and I have to move on — do you know what I mean?”

Is this look a one-season-wonder, or could we use more of it?