Celebs on Swings: From Katy Perry to Victoria Beckham—What Their High-Flying Accessory Secretly Means

The most popular accessory for fall is, apparently, something you can fall right off of! Just look at Gwen Stefani, Victoria Beckham and Mariah Carey.

By Leslie Gornstein Nov 06, 2012 11:18 PMTags
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Leather jackets? Colored denim? Insane clown pants?

If you're looking for the hottest trend of fall 2012, it's none of the above. Instead, the truly fashionable celebrity this season has a...swing. That's not code for anything. It's really a swing—the kind with two ropes, a platform and a death wish.

So, what does a celebrity's swing accessory reveal about what she's thinking? We found out.

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"Why, yes, my name is Gwen Stefani and I'm a 43-year-old woman on a swing wearing tights and a headband. It's called being obscenely rich. Look it up."

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"If my boyfriend is looking up my ginormous skirt right now, I really don't want to know. John? Sweetie? My eyes are up here. No, that would not make an excellent lyric. Put away the pen!"

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"Welcome to my bathroom!"

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"You know how J.Lo needs all her furniture to be white? Yeah, bitch stole that idea from me. And, oh, I can actually sing."

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"I could design a much sexier swing than this. If I wanted to. Which I don't. Yet. Unless Kim Kardashian is designing a swing. Is she designing a swing? She is, isn't she? Crap."

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"Kiss my ass."