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Shu Uemura Paper Clip Lashes

Only one year after Microsoft finally retired the uber-annoying, shifty-eyed 'Clippy' [R.I.P.], the fashion world brings the paper clip back. Okay, so maybe not in the annoying, "Looks like you could use the help of a totally annoying animated paper binder" way, but in a much more subtle, fashionable way.

The universally-hated, eternally-loathed 'Clippy'

In all fairness, the 'fashionable paper clip' is not exactly a new idea. (Hell, I had an entire arsenal of paper clip accessories as a kid, but enough about me.) In the 1970's, Coco Chanel created a gold paper clip necklace for her favorite first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy. And, with the fashionable paper clip back in vogue, is it any surprise that home shopping giant QVC is peddling a 'reproduction' of this famous necklace for $80? Coco is probably turning in her grave -- and maybe 'Clippy' is too.