I'm currently looking for opportunities to model and feature dark fashion clothing, jewellery and accessories here on Wyrd Words & Effigies If you are a designer who leans well over into the dark side, why not take a look around the site. You might find that your wares fit perfectly.Wyrd Words & Effigies has had… Continue reading Fashion Witch
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It's Halloween every day ay Bedlam Supply Co. This store sells unique, obscure, 'must have' knick knacks, from macabre note paper to grave dirt. I'm particularly taken with the 1692 Witch Trial Notice, the Krampus Christmas gift tags and the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark hand held mirror.
The Society of Strays are all about scavenging and scrounging, then creating hugely impressionable works with what they find. Their creations are statement pieces, jewellery you simply can't ignore. (They do have other works in their store, so be sure to take a look.) The animals once cradled by the bones and skulls you see here… Continue reading The Society Of Strays
When I travel I tend to be majorly embarrassed by the state of my luggage. I drag my dilapidated suitcases here, there and everywhere, when all the poor things want to do is be pushed up the attic stairs, and laid in the dust to die. These Alexander McQueen luggage pieces, in collaboration with Samsonite,… Continue reading Bone Baggage
It's not everyday that you come across an armchair in the shape of a skull. Harold Sangourard's steel and velvet creation is something I could see myself lounging in, after a day of slaughtering those who pissed me off just a little bit too much.
Gunther von Hagens
If I had some spare cash floating around, I'd stock up on this anatomical crockery for 'the bottom drawer.' Nothing says 'I'm weird and proud of it' better than plates and cups decorated with bones and body parts. Get these beauties from the oddly titled Folded Pigs - re-purposed restaurant ware.
It's no secret that I'm kind of a lot in love with Dellamorte & Co. I've lost count of the amount of times I've featured their wares on this blog. They're the sort of store where I would, quite literally, buy every single thing. I think they could work a bit on their presentation with… Continue reading In The Spine
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 