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HANDY JEWELRY
Accessory designers are crafting pieces not just for fingers, but for the whole hand
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Fashion
rules are made to be broken. While Grandma never dared to leave the
house before removing at least one accessory, we live to pile on the
baubles. The current trend toward over-accessorizing has left many
adorning not only their fingers, ears, wrists and necks, but also their
full torsos. The latest body part trendsetters are decking out in jewels is the full hand, a look perhaps inspired by the rise of Egyptian fashion motifs. Resourceful stylehounds are procuring belly dancing handpieces,
but a number of modern jewelry designers are also creating hand
ornaments that may be just the thing to conceal that reptilian winter
skin:
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Clover Web Bracelets:
These oxidized brass chain pieces are like sexy line drawings for your
hand - minus the regret factor of a tattoo. Available in three different styles from Bona Drag, they're an ideal adornment for the kind of contemporary goth looks favored by the Jak & Jil
fashion blog's shutterbugs. Even if you're a hyper-minimalist who only
wears head-to-toe black, this simple chainmail is still unfussy enough
to find a place in your wardrobe. Plus, people will be so distracted by
the uniqueness of the piece, they probably won't even notice your
fading chipped manicure.
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Litter Beetle Hand Jewelry:
Along with Bliss Lau, San Francisco-based design duo Litter was an early pioneer in the body jewelry trend. Along with creating wares for heads, shoulders, and knees - no toes, but there are pieces for shoes sure to tantalize foot fetishists - they also craft items with which to drape your paws. A nod to '70s scarab jewelry,
the delicate gold-tone Beetle appears to be crawling up the hand of the
wearer. It's enchanting enough to cure even the most skittish sufferers
of entomophobia of their creepy-crawly fears.
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Bleach Black DIY Thunderbird Bracelet:
When Val Killen - one half of the SoCal-based style blog Bleach Black (who just recently designed a line of glamorously twisted rhinestone gems
for Urban Outfitters) - posted these instructions on how to make a
beaded slave bracelet, we immediately knew what to do with the excess
of Native American amulets we'd accumulated. If you don't already have
the goods, a trip to your local crafting trading post should have the
supplies you need. And unlike some of her other killer DIYs, even those
who are all thumbs should be able to hack it, since sewing skills are
not required.
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