Check out the Google inspired fashion designs

Among the items were an 'old-fashioned magnifying glass pendant' selling online for $US 200 and a knit scarf worth $US 300 in the colours of Google's trademark colours as well as 'peace' t-shirts at $US 85.

All the designs were the masterpiece of rising designers who were requested in 2009 to produce a 'one-of-a-kind' items which were in somehow inspired by Google in aspects of the firm's colours, technology or mission.

The designs resulted from an annual fund-raising event by fashion magazine Vogue and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA).

According to Google's product marketing manager, Michaela Prescott, he said that the 10 finalists' designs were transformed last year October into iGoogle Artists themes. iGoogle is a personalized homepage where users can have their own customized setting by adding on chosen applications and colour schemes.

Google had its favorite designs customised for "a broader audience" and will have them available for purchase "for a limited time", according to Prescott. Proceeds will go to the Vogue/CFDA fund for nascent designers.

"Search is at the heart of everything Google does," Waris Ahulwalia said of his inspiration for the sterling silver magnifying glass pendant.

He crafted a "1" into the clasp of the pendant chain of 100 zero-shaped links to represent the "Googol" number on which the search engine's name is based.

A Google Australia spokeswoman confirmed Australians could buy the pieces from Google's online store.

Credits to: Sydney Morning Herald