Sexy lingerie models steam up Columbia Fashion Week

2009-07-31 07:05:10 GMT2009-07-31 15:05:10 (Beijing Time) SINA.com

A model displays a creation by the Tarrao brand during the "Colombiamoda" fashion show in Medellin July 29, 2009. (REUTERS)

Models wait back stage before presenting creations by Tarrao during the Colombiamoda fashion show in Medellin July 29, 2009. (REUTERS)

Models display creations by Tarrao during the Colombiamoda fashion show in Medellin July 29, 2009. (REUTERS)

A model displays a creation by Colombian designer Daniel Hoyos during a Pasarella for the Colombiamoda fashion show in Medellin July 28, 2009. (REUTERS)

Some models wear designs of Colombian brand Leonisa during the XX edition of ' ColombiaModa' fashion show in Medellin, Colombia, 29 July 2009.

Perhaps that's why two designers at Columbia's most prestigious fashion event turned pot plants and a kitchen colander into hairpieces.

Colombian designer Laura Martinez attached ferns in white plastic pots to black headbands and probably giggled as her fearless models traipsed down the runway in pleated crepe cocoons.

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