Cousin It got a luxury makeover Sunday, as Givenchy sent out ravishing little cocktail dresses made from what looked like locks of swishy hair. The French label's artistic director, Riccardo Tisci, known as fashion's resident goth, stayed on the dark side with a winter 2010 ready-to-wear collection that was at once hauntingly beautiful and a tad repulsive. Take, for example, the Cousin It dresses, which looked to have been inspired by the walking hairball from the Addams Family series: Their mesh foundation was tailored for a perfect fit, and the locks of raven hair enveloped the dresses in a gorgeous swirl. But still. It was hair. The black locks also sprouted from blouses' necklines and strappy sandals, grew over shoulders like epaulettes and even covered the rump of a pencil skirt, like a horse's tail. Fur, ostrich feathers and bouquets of undulating chiffon petals softened the razor-cut skirt and pant suits with stiff, armor-like vents at the hip and shoulder. Electric blue rhinestone shoulder-pads added a subversive edge to two sweet cocktail dresses in ivory lace. A leather dress and jumpsuit were completely covered in metal dog collar studs. Tisci, who has emphasized jewelry in seasons past, even draping the models in dozens of long silver chains with crosses, cut back on the accessories. A few outrageous hats, like a tall French Foreign Legionnaire's kepi and a headdress of white ostrich feathers, made the cut.
