Coming soon from Michiel Cornelissen, "a bit cross":
With its combination of symbolical and practical strength, it’s hard to think of a situation where this pendant would not have you covered.
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Angry God is a line of hand-crafted jewelry by Jon Guac. Stores can get their own Angry God wholesale through Portland's Robot.
Via Animal NY & MocoLoco, a sublime transformation of counterfeit toys:
China and its many meanings are explored in Ena Macana's new China Collection. A selection of toys made in China are re-made in Barcelona in a provocative way that inverts the counterfeit process often seen in China - transforming the toys into fashion accessories. . . .
Other pieces have more complex compositions, the arrangement and repetition of each icon like the military guns cross that give us a new reading, generating new icons, a cross, from the primary one, a military gun.
From today's PostSecret.
Congratulations to world-renowned lingerie designer Niki McMorrough, who has just been honored as Best New Exporter at a prestigious international business award ceremony in the UK.
Some of you may be wondering why the BofG is singing hosannas for Niki's accomplishments, which include styling Victoria Beckham, KT Tunstall and Dita von Teese. To see the connection, just look up for one of Made by Niki's most famous creations--the numbered limited edition Rosary Bra.
As Niki explains, this fusion of devilish design with a Swarovski rosary necklace "is intended to be thought provoking on a number of levels in our modern day society, at work or at play."
“The rosary is an age-old symbol of purity and peace, used for centuries by people seeking instant redemption. I couldn’t think of a better place to put one than on this devilishly decadent bra.”
And if you find the notion of a devilish rosary a tad uncomfortable, no worries--it's also available in a heavenly version!
May Heggy is an Egyptian designer who is seeking to move contemporary Egyptian jewelry beyond Pharoanic and Islamic designs that have been repeated so routinely that they arguably have become visual cliches. But that doesn't mean she is detached from myth and higher meaning--to the contrary, it permeates her work.
May Heggy believes that jewelry making, like any other form of art, reflects the artist's views, beliefs and tastes. Therefore, being interested in psychology and philosophy, she aims at portraying the dualistic nature of life in my jewelry, since it is a strong characteristic of human nature and the self. She does this by mixing precious and non-precious materials, using contrasting colors, shapes and textures as well as unsymmetric patterns. She likes to work with unusual colors and cuts of semi-precious stones.
For more, check out her website and this engaging overview in the Egypt Daily News. Above: her Infinity necklace. Below: May Heggy.
I'm generally a holiday-card agnostic, but this Subway Hanukkah card set by Cheryl Berkowitz could make me a believer.
Give me a couple-three glasses of wine and chances are I'll eventually regale you with the story of how reading the Bible in its original languages, followed by Luther in German, taught me to swear. I don't need lubrication, however, to tell you that these expletive rings are seriously cool--as well as useful for folks whose moral commitments make certain words taboo.
Tekbir Giyim is a leading Turkish design firm that provides conservative yet stylish Islamic fashion. According to the Turkish Daily News, however, it's a mission that draws criticism from secularists and religious alike:
Secularist commentators in the media have accused him of contributing to the "Islamization" of society by presenting the conservative Islamic dress code as something modern.
Islamic commentators have opposed him as well. Mehmet Şevket Eygi, a conservative Islamic pundit who writes for the daily Milli Gazete, a newspaper in line with the Islamist Saadet Party of Necmeddin Erbakan, wrote critically of the "Islamic catwalks" that Tekbir Giyim organizes.
"In Islam, it is wrong for women to walk attractively in front of men," Eygi wrote, "and it is a shame that this is done today in an allegedly Islamic spirit." He also argued, "This is an exploitation of religion for worldly purposes."
Apparently, those agreeing with Eygi also include some less conservative Muslims. Two liberal theologians from Ankara University, publishers of the modernist theology journal Islamiyat, filed a court case against Tekbir Giyim last week, simply because of its name.
The problem is that Tekbir is a holy concept in Islam, noted Drs. Süleyman and İlhami Güler, and it refers to the proclamation of the basic credo: There is no god but God.
Therefore the company is exploiting sacred concepts for purposes of trade, the two scholars told the Ankara prosecutor, and thus its name needs to change.
Part of the Sheila Satin Collection on Etsy:
Each piece will arrive boxed/pouched, cleaned from negativity, charged in the sun, with a positive affirmation for you to program yourself!