3.2.2010 @ 2:52 pm UTC by lilah wild
Jewelry made of sweets and skulls and all kinds of tiny totems. Victorian portrait pendants, disco ball earrings, teacup rings, polkadotted hair bows, charm bracelets loaded with goodies on multicolored chains and bangles and strings of beads, and a page of boot straps and rhinestone chains to spruce up a pair of heels. Thanks, Melancholy Bliss!
80's & plastic jewelry • hair dyes, falls, & ornaments
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3.1.2010 @ 1:26 pm UTC by lilah wild
Vintage that specializes in high-end, drop-dead glamour, from the Victorian/Edwardian era up through the present day. Flapper shawls, clingy starlet gowns, New Look party dresses, glitzy coats, Pucci maxis, with a reworked section that harmonizes these disparate periods together into sweet new creations. The accessories page is full of unusual detours from all-retro styling, preferring a bold, modern look that veers between delicate and rugged: obi belts, body harnesses, rings flaunting chunks of sparkling rock, modern neck ruffs, and chain/fringe necklaces that are as stunning as they are gigantic.
modern glamour • retro & vintage jewelry • vintage
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2.25.2010 @ 2:56 pm UTC by lilah wild
This shop immortalizes all kinds of vintage vehicles, dipping not just into kustom kulture but going back to antique roadsters for splashing across the shiny expanse of a cuff bracelet. The Recycling page repurposes emblems into necklaces, grills poke up from wrists and fingers, tikis and tropical flora also pop up as recurring motifs, and custom is welcome.
retro & vintage jewelry
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2.24.2010 @ 1:51 pm UTC by lilah wild
A banquet of retro lingerie, loaded with girdles and garters and bullet bras from Pour Moi, Stockings and Romance, Vollers, What Katie Did, Gossard, Rosy, Kiss Me Deadly, and Playful Promises. The hosiery sports wide lace tops and Cuban heels, the cocktail sparklies are provided by Rukhsana, and there are crystal bra straps if this all just isn’t enough oomph.
corsetry • lingerie & hosiery • pinup, retro & rockabilly • rhinestones
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2.22.2010 @ 5:04 pm UTC by lilah wild
Intricate tangles of sterling silver knotwork, entangling Celtic creatures and zodiac icons or just left to squiggle strikingly on their own. It looks to be all pendants at the moment, definitely the sort that make for pagan gathering statement necklaces. Custom based on artwork and past pieces is welcome.
celtic & runes • pagan • spiritual jewelry
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2.18.2010 @ 11:07 am UTC by lilah wild
A neat little shop of woodworked jewelry and toys. The adornments feature motifs of tentacled water beasties and we do believe them when they say you won’t find a nicer set of pangolin earrings anywhere. Also pendants made up of moving gears, which will surely draw forth cries of “ooh, can I touch?” Build-your-own fishmonsters and ratmobiles make for morbidly mobile amusements, the mushroom puzzle is cool in a retro-70’s way, and gods only know what the Mystery Item might be.
classic children's toys • medieval & victorian jewelry • mixed materials
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2.16.2010 @ 5:07 pm UTC by lilah wild
A gigantic catalog of handmade historical clothing and beyond for men and women, from Marie Antoinette ensembles to anime costumes. Full of gowns browsable by era, kids’ outfits, and things for pirates and brides, as well as harder-to-find key dressup bits: Elizabethan partlets, maternity bodices, a page of “underskirt devices,” elaborate neck ruffs, bodice jewels, wedding circlets, all the period-appropriate hats, velvet jester hose that offer the option of coordinating codpieces if that’s the kind of guy you are. Custom is extremely welcome.
bellydance & sari • cosplay • masks, wings & fae • maternity & kids' clothes • medieval & renaissance • medieval & victorian jewelry • plus sizes • victorian, steampunk & pirates • wedding wear
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