I was getting a very, very faint whiff of Ann Dememulemeester up until the stars came into play, and I was liking it.
The stars just turned everything into a gimmick though. I've liked some of his experiments with embellishment in the past -- the metal "leopard spots" last fall, the oversized cabochons two springs ago -- but these grommets and studs and metal fringes just aren't working for him. Maybe he's better off keeping the surfaces simple and the shapes sexy.