The Ministry presents: horrible 2009 fashion trends that must live forever

Champions: Rihanna, Katy Perry and anybody who's a fan of the high-fashion design duo the Blonds. A few spikes on the shoulder (a la Fergie) are not enough ...

Champions: Rihanna, Katy Perry and anybody who’s a fan of the high-fashion design duo the Blonds. A few spikes on the shoulder (a la Fergie) are not enough ...  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images)

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Hobo drifter Buddha facial scruff

There was a lot of good men’s facial scruff this year, but unless it’s braided -- I’m looking at you, Brad Pitt -- it ain’t 2009.  (Koji Sasahara / Associated Press)

Lobster claw shoes

OK, so, these were never really a trend, and to be totally up front about it, designer Alexander McQueen calls them armadillo shoes, or something, but if Lady Gaga wears it -- and in a video, mind you, something that can mesmerize you over and over again, not just once on a red carpet -- then it is hereby dubbed 2009 fashion. Besides ...  (Francois Guillot AFP / Getty Images)

Lobster claw shoes, Part 2

... there was also Daphne Guinness.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

Quite dastardly Michael Caine glasses

I will not say that Justin Timberlake rocked these big black frames this year, because, like booties, after this post, I will never use the word “rocked” in that capacity again. But he did wear them quite well, and I’m sure whatever artful Italian heists he pulled were a smashing success.

-- Leslie Gornstein

This gallery of celebrity fashion trends so bad they should be immortalized has been brought to you by the Ministry of Gossip. Follow us on Twitter @LATcelebs and on Facebook at facebook.com/ministryofgossip. Bonus points if you follow us in a pair of those lobster claw shoes.  (Gabriel Bouys / AFP / Getty Images)