Hair Feathers Officially Jump the Shark

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We admit: we were kind of that kid in high school who stopped liking stuff as soon as the masses warmed up to it. We started crowing about the feathered hair extensions back in September?and now it's reached critical mass. They're everywhere?and that's bad. For us, the crystalizing moment was a post yesterday on Go Fug Yourself in which the ladies praised Hilary Duff's new 'do, except for the little feather hair extension ("?ignoring the little braid — let's just pretend that isn't there.") When: A) Hilary Duff wears one and B)the Fug Girls ding it, it's time to move on. [Racked, previously; Refinery29; Go Fug Yourself]