For Ladies Tired of Typical Jewerly …

I’ve always been a sucker for unique jewelry. And, to say the least, Bittersweets NY is about as unique as you get.

The company was created in 2002 by a girl who used to work at a foundry in Brooklyn, welding and finishing art for famous people. Strapped for cash, she moved to a warehouse in Long Island City where rent was cheap and she could still bike to work.

However, the ground floor of her new digs was home to a nudie club. After two years of bouncing fake boobies, she got sick of the silicon, moved to Manhattan, and starting making jewelry in her new bite-sized apartment.

Speaking of biting, her first project was called “Bloodlust Princess” (the name’s a little sketch, I know) and it consisted of a matching necklace, belt buckle, tiara, and mini ashtray set all based on dollar store Vampire Teeth (those weird pointy plastic chompers that stores start selling around Halloween that don’t seem to make you look like anything other than a drooling fool?) For those of you who aren’t afraid to make a bold statement, you can still buy the Classic Vamp Necklace on the store website. It’s a little expensive but it’s totally worth it.

She followed her successful silver rendition of Vampire Teeth with jewelry based on cocktail swords, earthworms, maggots, and a host of other interesting muses. If you have the money to shell out for one of her pieces, pair it with sweet clothing.

I’m thinking that a maggot necklace needs a frilly Anthropologie sundress, perhaps in a pale pink. You want to avoid the trap of looking goth, which is always a risk when you decide to wear something this bizarre around your neck. I’m currently begging the rents for the Earthworm Bracelet as a possible birthday present…