Weirdest and wackiest fashion items that make a mockery of your money

Balenciaga turned heads for all the wrong reasons last week when it debuted a bizarre $1,800 handbag shaped exactly like an old bag of Lay's potato chips - quickly begging the question: Who would pay such a high price for something that looks like a piece of trash?

But while the food-inspired fashion item certainly caused a stir among style lovers, it is by no means the first gimmicky high-end item to have graced the runways or the shelves of luxury brands over the years.

Dozens of designer labels have offered up similarly-baffling designs in the past - seemingly making a mockery of high-end fashion for the sake of raising eyebrows and landing a headline.

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