A medieval addition to an overbust corset: chains of pearls and Czech glass beads anchored by cabochons to cascade fetchingly from one’s cinched bosom. Sapphire and Sage whips these up according to your specifications, and as demonstrated on their Bodice Jewelry page, pretty versatile in the draping configurations. And while the designs shown are inspired mainly from Renaissance portraiture, they look ripe for burlesque ensembles of the high-society sort.

The shiny mugs of vintage automobiles poke their headlights and grilles up from the knuckles, in these rings by Hi Octane Jewelry. Got a car of your own you’d like to have honored in sterling silver? This is the place – one of their customers had the back end of a ‘59 Chevy Camino made into a wedding band for her husband.

Xylocopa, concerned about the state of science education in the public school system, have turned their formidable woodworking skills towards a most unusual remedy. The alphabet, presented in this 5-block set, is illustrated with everything one needs to become a successful mad scientist, including Caffeine, Jargon, Quantum Physics, Henchmen, Underground Lairs, Tentacles, and Peasants With Pitchforks.

It used to be an essential piece of record-playing equipment – the funky little triskelion used for sizing a single to the turntable, back when whatever tunes you were listening to were accompanied by the soft scratch of the needle in the groove. It’s now a symbol of vinyl pride, perhaps not as obsolete as they seemed when CD’s first hit the scene. PNUT Jewelry goes a step further, turning them into sterling silver bits of men’s fashion, ready to slip a little personality into a dress shirt.

Whether your poison is zombies, vampires, or a well-curated Cthulhu doll collection, Daddy Zero has the perfect accompaniment: nine vinyl victims ready to be posed around the threat of your choice. Note the thoughtful inclusions of Falling-Down Girl, Terrified Hand-Holding Couple, and Jazz Hands Guy.

This purse is a stellar example of revulsion-as-fashion, flaunting a shiny, twisted, come-touch-this surface – and a bright red interior. This functional leather sculpture is the creation of maskmaker Cecelio Castrillo Martinez, and a versatile little nightmare that would accessorize well for both fetish and psychobilly getups.

The Oddity of the Week has returned to the Chateau! We’ve done our best to recover as many archived writeups and photos as possible – click here to travel down the memory lane of glass handbags, straitjacket tube tops, fetish oven mitts, coffin nail tiaras, and Wonderous Vulva Puppets – and stay tuned for new ones because we have a LOT of them lined up!

The jewelers at Liquid Fire Mantra have done something rather interesting with hanging carved plugs – flipped them up on top of the ear for a distinctly fantastical look. Made attachable by flexible copper swirls, the “Fae Auris” design is part hairclip, part pressure-point stimulator, and an unusual bit of matchy-match to similar handiwork in one’s earlobes.