When did this trend start happening?

[cupcake_goth]

And where are the knock-offs, I ask you?



Pave Punk Princess Spike Bracelet on eBay (and I think they meant pavé), for a mere $329.

I'm not going to even try and be blasé here: I think that's pretty damn cute. Rhinestone spiked bracelet! Eeeee! But THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE DOLLARS for it? Oh no, not even.

(I can't find a picture of them now, but I've seen stud earrings that match the bracelet, and those are also ridiculously cute, but insanely pricey.)

So, high-end "fashion" knock-offs of punk/deathrock stuff. I'm not surprised, I just want to know where I can find cone spikes set with rhinestones so I can make my OWN accessories.

Comments

[icarusfell.livejournal.com]

$329 and Punk do not belong together. Ever.

[dravvie.livejournal.com]

qtf.

[purple-mark.livejournal.com]

That's an insane En Pave' they've got going there and worth every penny. Nice Dream Accessory though!

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

You're right! It is pretty damn cute!

[aniline.livejournal.com]

I kinda hate but kinda love high-end goth punk stuff 'cause I know it'll trickle down eventually. EVERYONE makes Alexander McQueen and Thomas Wylde scarf knock offs now.

I'm waiting for the knock-off of the Fendi heiress's skeleton belt, 'cause $3800 for a belt is more than a little horrifying: http://www.couturelab.com/products/Skeletor_Belt-4335-c12.html

[satellite6.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love that belt!
Trickle down, please.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Oh, that belt! Yeah, I've been drooling over it for a while, too. And I don't even WEAR belts.

[master-cobweb.livejournal.com]

Could you fabricate your own cones with fimo or some other hardening molding clay and stick your own rhinestones (maybe even pink and black ones?) in before they harden? I'm not that knowledgeable about DIY stuff but in my head that would work. In which case you would have an endless supply of rhinestone covered spikes!

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I bet the little rhinestones they sell for decorating fingernails would be just the right size! Now I kinda wanna try!

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

too small to glue well and with any stability into something like fimo without having visible glue. Fimo is too porous for the really good epoxies to hold rhinestones to it for terribly long. They would start falling out.

I shall think on it, however. I do a lot with rhinestones and crafting.

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with visible glue?

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

I would think it would be distracting on something intended to be this sparkly, though.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

not really. Having worked with both, fimo is a bit too porous to be good for gluing anything this tiny and wee to if you want it to be stable enough for something like this.

I shall, however, think on this for a few days and see if I can come up with a better solution that will not be likely to lose stones too easily. :)

[aniline.livejournal.com]

In theory if you use a 2-part epoxy and stagger the stones in as much of an interlocking/diamond type of pattern as possible (like in the pic) they'll be the most stable. Since the stones would have to be so tiny and on a curved surface you're almost bound to lose one or two eventually with wear.

[gothicvampstein.livejournal.com]

Cute bracelet, but I don't think I would pay $329 for it. What about trying to do a DIY project inspired by it?

For my part, I would rather by books for 329 dollars. :-P

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

I would rather by corsets and dresses, for that much, myself. ;)