Good Mourning! Shall it be death or divorce today? Gisele Ganne has created a line of accessories depicting the symbols of death, mourning, and divorce.
Reviving an ancient trend of wearing mourning jewelry to remember the dead, Ganne has expanded it to include jewelry for the newly divorced. The divorce rings are a weird spin on French tradition of the bride’s globe, usually given to the woman on her wedding day. The rings feature skulls, coffins, and gravestones.
If you’re a smoking hot lady, maybe this might not be the best jewelry for you. On the other hand, if you don’t care so much about preserving the aesthetics of the the ice necklace, then this could be… [More]
Death masks have been around for a very long time. They come from the practice of making a plaster mold of a person’s face postmortem for portraits, paintings, as remembrance etc. Death masks exist of… [More]
People are getting divorced at rates higher than ever before. It seems people are shocked to find out a couple has actually made it over the 10 year mark. Capitalizing on the growing trend to divorce,… [More]
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Jewelry Made of Ice - Cool Jewels by Katharina Ludwig (GALLERY)
Death Masks of the Famous - Postmortem Celeb Faces (GALLERY)
Capitalizing on Rising Divorce Rates - Wedding Ring Coffin (GALLERY)
Favorited by Pearl on Aug 4, 08
Man, I just saw a whole display of these at the V&A;museum in London two months ago and was thinking this would be an awesome idea to bring back.
