Thu, March 20, 2008 2:39PM PDT

What a Bunch of Flea Bags. They're So Fashionable

WORD ON THE STREET

No better place to be inspired than the Rose Bowl flea market, home to bandana collectors, metal-detector hobbyists, and thousands of unclaimed vintage ganja patches.

Also the birthplace of "Hey! What's in Your Flea Bag?" The game where unsuspecting treasure hunters reveal their favorite purchases of the day to two strangers with a point-and-shoot camera.

There were stylish locals, Japanese tourists, thrifty resellers, bloggers galore. Even the amazing, out-of-left-planet designer Jeremy Scott (who you may remember from such unconventional looks as the one-legged pant) fresh from a Paper Mag party celebrating his latest Lindsay Lohan stylings. Scott scored a pair of motorcycle boots that would make a Hell's Angel weep like a hormone-frenzied preteen.

Others struck gold: