Jewelry
Cold Sore Diamond Lips
There's just a few days left to enter to win a "one-of-a-kind pair of diamond lips" in a contest sponsored by the makers of Abreva Cold Sore Cream. The lips are made of "197 lab grown diamonds sculpted and set within white gold," and one red ruby "to mark the cold sore experience."The company notes that if you currently have a cold sore on your lips you should wait until "after they've healed" to wear the diamond lips.
More info: prnewswire.com
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 21, 2024 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Jewelry, Kitsch and Collectibles
Fried Marbles
The singer's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 18, 2023 -
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Category: Fads, Games, Jewelry, Music, 1960s
Close Encounters Hologram
Extraterrestrial-attracting jewelry!
Posted By: Alex - Tue Dec 29, 2020 -
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Category: Aliens, Jewelry, Movies, 1970s
Change-o-Color Men’s Jewelry
For the 1949 Metrosexual. But, alas, did not catch on.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 04, 2020 -
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Category: Jewelry, 1940s, Men
Live Beetle Brooch
A living beetle, encased in a silver girdle, worn as a brooch. It was said to be “the rage of high-fashion Europe” in the early 1960s. With proper care, this living brooch supposedly would survive from two to six years.I don't think a beetle would suffer by being worn as a brooch. Would it even care if it was being fed well? Even so, I'm guessing that living jewelry wouldn't go over well nowadays. Though that's no great loss to the world of fashion.
Toronto National Post - Dec 8, 1962
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 10, 2020 -
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Category: Insects and Spiders, Jewelry, 1960s
Clothespin Earrings
Available from jewelry brand Ambush, for a mere $408.30.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 13, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Jewelry, Overpriced Merchandise
Diamond dermal piercings
Latest trend in engagement rings. Instead of a ring, a diamond dermal piercing. From The Independent:
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 18, 2018 -
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Category: Fashion, Jewelry
Ferrous Faucets
Back in 1977, a small-time huckster named Eric Herrmann bought a bunch of old, porcelain Hot and Cold faucet handles and got the idea of selling them as necklaces.On the theory that nothing sells like scandal, he called them "Ferrous Faucets," and then asked Farrah Fawcett to endorse them. In response, her lawyers threatened to sue him for capitalizing on their client's name, which apparently was exactly the response he wanted. The controversy was deemed newsworthy, and newspapers throughout the nation ran the photo he supplied them of a model wearing his Ferrous Faucets, thereby boosting his sales.
Shenandoah Evening Herald - July 15, 1977
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - May 25, 1980
image source: worthpoint.com
Tampa Bay Times - Nov 24, 1977
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 22, 2017 -
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Category: Jewelry, Publicity Stunts, 1970s
Traffic pins with double meanings
From the Feb 1947 issue of Hit Parader magazine. via Kitsch-Slapped.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 05, 2017 -
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Category: Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Jewelry, 1940s
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