A couple of days ago, Trend de la Creme highlighted the trend of ravens & crows being used in today's fashion. Today's article has feline inspirations featured:
http://www.trenddelacreme.com/2009/03/here-kitty-kitty.html
If any of those runway models knew their cat-eared knit caps were really inspired by the manga Chobits look, they'd run to wash the nerd germs off their scrawny bodies.