Yes, this is an actual item for sale on Etsy.com.

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We all know that Etsy is a great place for unique handmade and vintage items like jewelry, home decor, and accessories.  I’ve been known to spend hours on end browsing the site, and every time I manage to find a few things I just can’t live without.

With so many amazing items on Etsy, it’s hard to believe that there could be anything on there that isn’t amazing. Turns out, my belief system is way off. There’s actually a whole bunch of ugly, strange, and just plain creepy stuff on there – and one site specializes in finding the best of the worst.

Welcome to Regretsy, the home of epic Etsy fails.  The site’s tagline says it all: Regretsy is “Where DIY meets WTF.” Once you get a look at the types of stuff listed on Regretsy for yourself, you’ll definitely be wracking your brain, wondering WTF the people who created the items were thinking.

Take, for example, this embroidered Lady Gaga toilet paper.  Uhhhh…. WTF possessed someone to make it?  And who the eff would buy it? While we’ll probably never know what was going on in the seller’s head, that second question is easily answered in the site’s “Sold” section, which lists every item previously featured on Regretsy that’s actually sold.  Read More »

If you’re a fashion fanatic like myself, then you’re always on the look out for the latest trends and the hottest new designers. Perhaps, like me, you’ve dreamed of being able to design your own clothes, but (also like me), don’t possess the craftiness to do so. Well, thanks to Andrea Marron, now you can.

Andrea Marron, a recent graduate of the University of Rochester, is already on the road to success in the fashion world. She got a headstart, having started Studio 28 Couture while she was still in school. Andrea is different from most up and coming designers, not only because her website is a unique concept in the world of fashion, but because she graduated from school with a degree in optical engineering, not exactly the norm for fashion designers out there.

Andrea took the scientific approach she learned in her studies and mixed it with her passion for fashion and her entrepreneurial attitude in order to create Studio 28 Couture, a company that lets you design your own one-of-a-kind dress and have it custom made for you. The dresses are vintage-inspired, handmade by local seamstresses and delivered to you within three weeks. Read More »