Cummings and Goings

Junk Food Corsage Necklace

Sweater: Jeanne Pierre, Marshalls

Corduroys: So, Kohl's

Boots: JCPenney

Bag: Marshalls 

 Madcap Medallions Necklace

Blouse: Material Girl, Macy's

Turtleneck: Mossimo, Target

Skirt: Marshalls

Shoes: Beverly Feldman, Marshalls

Bag: Journeys

Belt: Apt. 9, Kohl's

Red Floral Button Necklace

Sweater: Candie's, Kohl's

Skirt: Candie's, Kohl's

Shoes: Ami Clubwear

Bag: JCPenney

The other night I was browsing Etsy's jewelry making supplies while Whitney Cummings's E! talk show "Love You, Mean It," hummed in the background.  So, I couldn't help but look up when Whitney began ragging on Etsy.  Her schtick was pretty predictable, which is to say that she ran a photo reel of questionable objects while offering up quips such as, "Who wants or needs a (insert profanity or obscenity here)?"  I watched with a mixture of amusement and fear (as in, what if one of my pieces turned up, a la Regretsy?), thinking that here was yet another hipster taking potshots at the much-mocked world of organized crafting.  But then I thought, hey, isn't it usually Etsians who are slapped with the dreaded "h" label?  Sure, hipsters are known for criticizing things (hello, Whitney), but they're also known for being artsy outcasts (Etsy, come on down).  So the whole thing was kind of a conundrum, juxtaposing two sides of one too-cool-for-school hipster coin.  In my bewilderment, I turned to dictionary.com, but even they couldn't shed much light on the term, supplying this dubious definition:

hipster -

1.  a person who is hip. 

2.  hepcat.

3. a person, especially during the 1950s, characterized by a particularly strong sense of alienation from most established social activities and relationships.

On that note, here are some kooky creations that only a hipster could love - or hate.

Leopard and Lips

Purple Patty Sparkle Necklace 

Blue Betty Sparkle Necklace 

Pink Polly Sparkly Necklace

Sweater: Poof, Boscov's 

Skirt: Wet Seal

Shoes: Ami Clubwear

Bag: Guess, Marshalls

       Pink Punk Necklace

Top: Kirna Zabete for Target

Leggings: Petite Sophisticate

Skirt: Kohl's

Shoes: Paris Hilton, Marshalls

Bag: Princess Vera, Kohl's

Scarf: Express

 I Believe in Unicorns Necklace

Top: Mossimo, Target

Skirt: Material Girl, Macy's

Shoes: Betseyville, Macy's

Bag: Cloud Nine, Ocean City 

Belt: Wet Seal

Scarf: Wet Seal

Kind of sounds like a 1980s hair band, huh?  A little wild, a little wanton.  Sort of like ". . . a little wild and a little strange, when you make a home out on the range," a la "Hey Dude," but then that's a post for another day (even if the scarf in the last outfit kind of looks like it belongs on a bank robber in a spaghetti western).

In honor of the age of excess, I went overboard with the rhinestones in this, my latest neck candy installment.  (Oh, and there's also a unicorn crammed in there at the end.  For an extra special note of nostalgic kitsch.)  Because, in the words of shoe designer extraordinaire Beverly Feldman, "too much is never enough."