Disney as High Fashion at Fashion Week LA

[Not Afraid]

Alice inspired designs were all over the place during LA's Fashion Week.

Oooh the clothes! (Great pics here)





Disney launches vintage looks for grown-ups

Company using classic images to sell high-end clothing, accessories

Makeup products on display at the Mad Tea Party featuring Disney's Alice in Wonderland licensed products and held in the Bel Air area of Los Angeles on Oct. 16.
Phil Mccarten / Reuters

LOS ANGELES - The marketing of Mickey Mouse and his friends is getting curiouser and curiouser.

The Walt Disney Co. is taking consumers down the rabbit hole to a land where crystal-studded Mickey Mouse T-shirts cost $1,400, Tinkerbell earrings run $630, and a Cheshire Cat wrap sells for $500 -- and consumers are gladly paying.

Disney's consumer division, better known for peddling kid-oriented fashions at Wal-Mart, has been cashing in on a hot trend in haute couture for vintage art.

Slide Show of one of the lines.