A few people have cited a certain blogger as someone who would annoy me, so tonight I checked her out. The thing that struck me most was her hideous collection of claw-themed jewelry.
Why the fucking claws?! (Somehow I feel this question woud sound more beautiful and heartfelt in French but I don’t speak French. Can anyone help translate??)
Now that skull imagery is somewhat passe, the trend has moved to animal skulls. If I see another fucking brass bird-skull necklace, I’m going to strangle someone with it. Bird-skulls, huge claws, talons, just take them all away. Mom of Shoes has a monstrous claw pendent by the ubiquitous Pamela Love and so does every Clueless Goth Kid and tattooed fashion model a la Erin Wasson.
I was so annoyed by the claw-laden blogger that I went to etsy and typed “claw.” Try it! A huge volume of icky claw-things is available, many rivaling Mom’s $700 pendent in stark ugliness. I was particularly impressed by a store called Loved to Death, where I came across these “muskrat mandible” earrings.
And I realized that the blogger girl owns an identical pair!
What is the point in adorning yourself in stupid faux taxidermy? Why do so many people follow these trends? When can we go back to appreciating objects that are life-affirming rather than dead or faux-dead?
Googling blogs and claw jewelry and muskrat earrings isn’t working! Can we not have even a (more specific) hint? Pleeease?
so you found halcoholic. i think shes hot. like a fawn
That chick is kind of boring, I note however that she lists her “cool” earring as being a mongoose jaw, I guess that sounds better than muskrat. Poor muskrats, where has the love gone?
Aw, I love my claw necklace! It’s my last reminder of my awkward goth days.
That said, it’s not a huge in-your-face talon:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/QueenMaja/450131c.jpg
I’ve seen this trend happening and I don’t like it being veg. I dont want to think a widdle mousey has died to make a shit bracelet.
I don’t mind her skull overload, but I really do think her multiple photographs of herself in more-or-less the same pose (the only difference being the degree of openness of her mouth/angle of her head), a la Sea, are stupid.
Faux taxidermy accessories make people feel like they are being Visonary and Challenging the Paradigm fashion wise.
Compared to what Terry Richardson’s up to, I think it’s fairly harmless.
Pourquoi les griffes putain?
Halcoholic is addicted to herself. I can’t understand why she posts so many of the same pics of herself with a funny look of confusion ennui.
I am not a fan of the moribund jewelry, but I do like her shoe collection.
It sure is easy for me to criticize, as I don’t have a fashion blog.
I agree, that it would be nice to see some life affirming things too. I do love bones. They are interesting to draw, but I don’t want to drape a skeleton around my body.
went to take a look at that blog. i can’t hate her at all. she’s 6 months pregnant. plus, she looks a lot like me back when i had blond bangs in 2003/04. so i can’t even not like her. am i a complete ass saying something like that? probably.
and if you hate her, do you now hate me, too? booohoooo, don’t!!!!
went to take another look. she’s married to a death metal dude over 30 years her senior who’s looking pretty rough. which might explain the taxidermy thing.
Goodness, what’s wrong with a pretty pearl necklace or a flower thingie? Why do you have to have roadkill hanging round your neck to be cool these days? I now feel 108 yrs old. Also, i am increasingly concerned about Mom’s beetle belts, they look v heavy, it is only a matter of time before some skinny chic topples over and is found beached and helpless, unable to get up again…
Yes, the husband is pretty much as withered and gnarled as the various claw-things. It seems an odd set-up, but I guess that’s their business. I did have to have a wee chuckle at the scene of them being filmed listening to the baby’s heartbeat. Our girl is sort of squatting/perching with the exact same confusion/ennui/brink of despairing weeping expression on her face that she seems to use in the numerous shoe display photos.
Pourquoi ces putains de griffes ?
eeeeeeeewwww
I like skulls – I did a research paper on animal bones in an archaeological site once – and the whole momento mori concept but I draw at line at wearing an actual stinky greasy animal bone ON MY PERSON.
Nuh-uh, as they say.
I need some hand sanitizer just thinking about this. Is that too OCD?
Have you seen/heard of Reid Peppard? http://www.rpencore.com/
I for one always wanted rat head cuff links. really i did.
She has no face.
Let her enjoy the posturing and pouty face, for once the baby comes, she will be hard pressed to leave the house without her pj’s on, let alone invest time in an outfit post.
I do not understand the claw/skull thing, it takes all the subtleness out of any sort of hommage to the macabre, by being too obvious and ugly.
The girls who sign up to this kind of trend should invest some time watching classic Hammer House Of Horror films for true macabre style, of films like The Legend Of Hell House, Florence Tanner’s character has the style spot on
I don’t like her. I don’t like her clothes. She has no personal style and dresses like every other Wasson worshiper. I REALLY hate that ubiquitously moronic, slack-jawed look on her face. And I really dislike her futile attempts at “edginess” with the dead things fixation. You know, I want to punch her in the face for some reason. Must be PMS or the “Mondays”. Or I’m getting really sick and tired of these pathetic excuses for “fashion” bloggers who know nothing about fashion!
It’s not the animal product jewellery that bothers me, it’s her. Her poses are so ridiculous; what’s with the incessant hair-holding, squinting and squatting on the pavement?
They are welcome to harvest the moles that are tearing up my yard. They have some wicked claws that would make for darling baby jewelry.
I must confess… I bought a talon necklace from Erica Wiener a few years ago. I had a really old victorian tiger claw and I lost it- so this reminded me of that. I really love the piece, but no I do not have a claw ring, bracelet and bird skull to go with it. I don’t really mind the taxidermy jewelry in moderation.
I LOVE claw jewellery. it makes me look badass and angry. Which is probably why no-one talks to me and I have no friends.
Oooooh speaking of hideous jewellery, our friend Sea’s latest post HAS A COMMENT FUNCTION! A technical blip? A mad quest for some love? Who knows!
Oh, no, my bad. Tried to comment and it said ‘comments are closed’. She must be still scared.
This girl is very reminscent of Charlotte Kemp Muhl, as in, someone told her she looked “good” making a dazed, poofy-lipped facial expression, and now that is all she can do in every single picture!
I wonder if she has to photoshop out the lines of drool dangling from her slack jaw.
All so typical, so standard. I just really need the fashion bloggers to stop squatting for pictures. Honestly my only request.
I’m too exhausted/bored by it all to care!
A friend of mine made similar jewelry several years ago, of animals she happened to find tromping through the woods or in fields. I used to wear and make things of deer vertibre that I would find in the woods in the 90’s.
momento mori.
Speaking of fashion bloggers, Rumi’s latest outfit has me thinking that she drew inspiration from spotting me on my latest pharmacy run. Sweatpants misshapen from days of writhing about in pain + sweat-stained, oversized shirt + headband to push my fever-drenched hair out of my face + sunglasses so as not to frighten the children with my zombie eyes as I seek Tylenol and Theraflu.
If only i had thought to throw on some clonkin’ heels! i could have been quite the fashion plate. Or fashion TOAST as it were, oh ho ho.
god i am so sick of every girl who is “into fashion” thinking they deserve a blog. it’s not even about the fashion anymore…in reality these bitches just want to post narcissistic pictures of themselves following the latest played out trends and gain a mindless following so they can think they are somehow special. i’m only 19/part of this fucked up generation and i’m so so sad.
LINK PLEASE!
Annemarie – http://hal-coholic.blogspot.com/
BTW, I found out who “tragic/emo fashion boy” is!! His name is Charles Guislain and he’s French.
How depressing that all the descriptions made me think of stylorectic. They are all the same. Uninspired Wasson knock-offs with apparently nothing to do all day but mope around LA looking pitiful and pants-less. Snorrrrre.
I think it’s sad that all the ‘indie’ used-to-bes are now exactly the same. Am I wrong? I feel that ‘indie’ is too commonly given out.
I know you hate these, but there’s a market for it. And since I have 6 furry mouths to feed and the occasional shoe indulgence, I am obligated to supply said market.
That said, I think her collection is a bit overkill…I wouldn’t do all of that at once, but that’s just me.
*slowly backs out of thread for being an offender*
I like some natural jewelry, but not skulls. I do post some on my blog because readers are interested in it, but I can’t imagine wearing it myself. I have a pair of custom made earrings I got last summer of antler and inlaid pearl shell, but I always feel guilty telling people this is antler, not wood. I have no idea if they are shedded or not.
She seems like she might be going extreme in imitating bat for lashes’s style, and I agree I can’t stand people who full out do bat for lashes. Taking aspects from your fashion idols is okay, but think think please.
I do run a fashion blog, but I do have a problem with posting pics of myself (I don’t do it). I feel it’s sort of narcissistic. Mine is for the purpose of finding budget fashionable clothes and earning a little money on the side.
Oh and please don’t call these people goth. Please for the love of god, these people usually are not of the goth-listening population. Most of them listen to like MGMT.
I do have a silver claw necklace and I quite like it; one claw, silver, not a dead animal part, is IMO quite sufficient. Bones are interesting in shape, but no need to wear all dead animal distributed around neck, ears, wrists and fingers. No dead animals fur either, no “mandibles with gold-painted teeth”, no dead animal heads staring from the walls, no more antlers as a head-gear, please start wearing tails already! Little cat or bunny ears are acceptable, as they are life-affirming I think. Or, just admit that you are a furry and wear a full costume, but then it wouldn’t be bad-ass, would it?
The blogger looks very forlorn and morose in every picture – maybe it’s all that jewelry weighting her down, maybe the gnarly husband, who knows. Maybe nobody understands her. Life is hard, existence is painful, we are all going to die, I’m so edgy, yadda yadda yadda. Oh, the foolishness of the young…
I’ve been wearing my crow skull (not real) and hawk claw (not real) for years now. They’re taking a sabbatical until this little trend wears itself out. With that said, I do like bones and skulls and such…some of us just tend to be more naturally drawn to that kind of shit. Does that mean I like seeing it on 22 year old Barbie dolls? NO.
I kind of “run” a fashion blog, too (and by “run” I mean rarely update it and then bam, post 15 things at once). I NEVER post pictures of myself, and can’t imagine the narcissism necessary to pose in ridiculous overpriced shit ala Sea of Shoes, this girl we’re talking about here, etc. It smacks of spoiled self-centeredness and I don’t like it. It also irritates the shit out of me to see people who are young enough to be my fucking children wearing clothes that cost more than I make in 2-3 months. (Yes, I’m bitter as hell.)
I’m so going to get my ass banned from here but I think she’s adorable. And way more charming than a lot of the bloggers that all look a like and bore the shit out of me. And I like that her husband is 56 years old. She looks like she’d actually be fun to hang out with.
i don’t know too. so hideous. looks like dirt more or less. sorry.
….the claws, not halcoholic. she’s “cool”.
@aja? really? 56 years old? that’s wow! no wonder she likes claws.
if it makes you guys feel better, this chick is sort of a joke here in philly, amongst both hipsters/rockers/goths/whatever and the fashion crowd.
she is young and is talking out her ass. she’ll either grow out of this, or just grow into philly trash.
her husband’s a cool dude though.
Maggie- if this makes you feel better, antlers are indeed things that deer naturally shed every year to grown a new pair, no one needs to die for them.
Aja- I think if I can like fashiontoast and still be tolerated by Sister, you’re fine. Skull chick’s poses might be silly, but I can’t bring myself to say much about a pregnant woman.
Thanks Dru! I can’t make fun of a pregnant person either. I like most bloggers. There’s just a couple where I fail to understand the popularity.
That girl looks so sad, is it because she knows she’s completely irrelevant? Someone needs to give her a big cup of cheer the fuck up.
E – She may look sad but she has plenty of high end shoes.
Re: Hal’s blog
The above “A local”= a typical Philly douchebag, who thinks that the disapproval of a bunch of metalheads and other pseudo-working class heavy drinkers makes one a total joke. The whole east coast needs to lay off the speed, group think, and leather. Sure, the girl’s blog is not the most exciting thing, but she has a great sunglasses collection, and when you’re VERY pregnant you sometimes have to laze around a little.
Ok, all the shoes are a bit much though . . .
I just found your website the other day, Sister Wolf and while it’s awesome, I must disagree about halcoholic (who I also just found by reading this post!). From reading through her (whole) blog last night, the claw/skull jewellery only seems to be in the first few posts. She doesn’t have ‘a collection’.
Okay – her poses are a bit silly and there are sometimes far too many pictures – but she seems really awesome. Oh, and her husband is in PENTAGRAM. Only the coolest 70s doom metal band ever. Plus she seems really devoted and in love and pregnant and I can’t hate that. Also I love her hair.
I swung by here to see if you’d commented on the fact that biker junkie Jen had referred to the fact that her mother wore only “Prada and Dolce” in her last entry, because I found it interesting, although not altogether surprising. Seriously, check it out.