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Truly Terrifying Fashion Accessories: Reid Peppard's Rodent Taxidermy Jewelry

By Gendy Alimurung, Tuesday, Oct. 20 2009 @ 5:29AM
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Categories: Beauty, Fashion, Pets, Weird

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Would you put this guy on your head?
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Reid Peppard makes accessories out of taxidermy. Like this, uh, guinea pig (?) hair comb. Peppard also makes rat bowties ("black leather bowtie with medium white rat head" and blue Swarovski crystal eyes) and rat medallions and rat coin purses and pigeon wing head pieces. The mouse cufflinks are so subtle they are almost wearable. Almost. Imagine shaking hands with the guy and seeing the little furry heads. And screaming.

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What mouse?
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The expression on the model says it all.
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The expression on this model says it all. I have two rats on my head...what?

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This is a rat coin purse. It doesn't look like it holds very many coins. I've heard rats eat anything. Do they eat money?

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This is called "London Caught Bracelet." It's sweet, really. Your pet mouse is always by your side.

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Yes, headbands are in right now. But when you mix them with pigeon wings, somehow it doesn't quite work.

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Tara says:

This is some sick s*it.

Posted On: Tuesday, Oct. 20 2009 @ 3:18PM
virg says:

gross

Posted On: Tuesday, Oct. 20 2009 @ 7:25PM
e cigarette says:

OMG is that real?!?!

I would never in a million years be found with a dead hamster or mouse LOL. WOW!!

Posted On: Wednesday, Oct. 21 2009 @ 2:07PM
Randall G. Leighton says:

This is very reminiscent of the rabbit's foot key chains we carried around as kids. But, ours had better colors.

Posted On: Wednesday, Oct. 21 2009 @ 2:30PM
John Beeno says:

Wow that is just WAY too cool dude, I like it!

RT
www.anonymous.ua.tc

Posted On: Thursday, Oct. 22 2009 @ 11:26AM
Delman says:

Wildlife SUCKS =
http://www.filthyrichmond.com/2009/08/wild-virginia.html

Posted On: Thursday, Oct. 22 2009 @ 11:34AM
Dan says:

Rat coin purse :)) Cool.

Posted On: Thursday, Oct. 22 2009 @ 1:37PM
joel of the ebenal variety says:

rats, pigeons, mice ... um. is the designer trying to sell a quota of ZERO product this year?

Posted On: Thursday, Oct. 22 2009 @ 1:40PM
Introspective says:

Fashion is the tax on stupidity. But this is not fashion, it is only pathetic attempt of exhibitionism.

Posted On: Friday, Oct. 23 2009 @ 4:18AM
Jacob H. says:

I love this. Where do I buy it? I want the two rats on a head band one!

Posted On: Friday, Oct. 23 2009 @ 1:30PM
jen says:

this is some sick shit. some people need to get a life and spend their time and money on things that matter.

Posted On: Friday, Oct. 23 2009 @ 6:46PM
Natalie DeJohn says:

Oh my god. I want to throw up.

Posted On: Saturday, Oct. 24 2009 @ 2:31PM
Nico Gurl says:

I want everything! OMG! I need everything! My hopes and dreams!

Posted On: Saturday, Oct. 31 2009 @ 10:10AM
Jacey says:

you have got to be freaking kidding me.
Don't get me wrong I can see how the feather could be cute...but why not just fake it?

the guinea pigs and mice however...is just disgusting. Poor things =(

Posted On: Sunday, Nov. 1 2009 @ 3:32PM
Gee says:

If you wanna see much better jewelry with taxidermy you should go and look at www.lovedtodeath.net been doing this same stuff for years now and looks alot better than this terrible looking stuff. sorry this is really poor quality and a horrible representation of taxidermy jewelry.

Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 26 2009 @ 9:31AM
Mike says:

These were living creatures and they do not deserve the humility of serving as mediums of her expression or profit. The fact she didn't kill them is irrelevant--she is making a parody of their forms without consent or dominion by using them as elements of design. It is an objectification to the absurd to assume that a complex creature has perpetual utility as a design object. Maybe her next project could use dead human fetuses, human parts residual from car accidents, or discarded mastectomy tissue?

Posted On: Tuesday, Dec. 1 2009 @ 6:14PM
Miss Means says:

I would wear the cufflinks. They're really not too bad.

Posted On: Tuesday, Dec. 1 2009 @ 9:57PM

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