Japanese designer Nozomi Ishiguro, who worked for over a decade at Comme des Garcons before setting up his own label, is known for his ethereal, over-the-top looks. Yet as the models paraded the candy colored, shredded and voluminous knits that made up his Fall/Winter 10 collection, all eyes were on their eyes.

A heavy underlining of white between the lower lids and the thick, doll-like lashes placed well below gave the models a look that suggested dazed, or dead. Given that the title of the show was "Ghosts," we're going with the latter. Ishiguro insisted, however, that these were friendly spirits. Indeed the bright purple and pink hues that masked the upper lids and the jewels fixed along the eyebrow line were anything but malevolent. MAC make-up artist Mariko Tagayashi executed the look.

With the white eyeliner-made famous in Japan by the "yamamba" look five years earlier-it was hard not to recall images of the tanned, panda-eyed teenage girls once found on the streets of Shibuya. Ditto the bright colors. Meanwhile the jewels, used to decorate mobile phones, fingernails and just about anything that will hold glue, and the fake eyelashes seemed a riff on the trend-setting neighborhood's current culture.

More playful than critical, the look seemed a nod to youthful experimentation and self-decoration-as well as a reminder that our style choices come back to haunt us.