Chanel is one of those labels style hounds tend to never question (Balenciaga is another that comes to mind). If a plastic grocery bag had the double-Cs on it, people would lust after it.

But really, the French house routinely swims against the fashion tides — turning out pieces you know you’d never wear if they didn’t have Chanel cache. Who else could get us to wear Grandma-tweed blazers? And how ’bout those hayseed clogs the brand showed for Spring? Whacksville.

And now the brand is pushing yet another white-trash trend: Temporary tattoos. The ones it showed on the Spring 2010 runway.

Dubbed a “beauty accessory,” Les Trompe L’œil de Chanel (a fancy way to say temporary tats) will be released in Chanel stores on March 1. They come in a sheet bearing of 55 different designs — birds, flowers, pears, necklaces, etc. — that last about a week. Yours for the bargain price of around $90 bucks.

It’s disturbing to think about fashion victims running around in temp tattoos they’ve shelled out nearly $100 for. And oh how elegant they will be 4-5 days in, when they’re chipping and peeling like week-old Wet ‘n Wild nail polish!

Our advice: Let the fashion minions test-drive this corporate swindle. Walk away.