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I bet Carrie Bradshaw is drooling over these babies!  The House of Borgezie has created these gold and diamond stilettos worth $155,000!  The Eternal Borgezie Diamond Stilettos are first handcrafted by a goldsmith then sent to a jeweler to encrust them with 2,200 diamonds totaling 30 carats!  It also has a 1,000 year guarantee! via: NY Daily News MORE

Devo is part-music group/part-art performance and has been around for over 30 years.  The idea behind the band is a lot like Idiocracy, if you’ve ever seen it. With the idea that none of us is as dumb as all of us, they decided to make their new album and touring costumes with the help of [...] MORE

It is hard to believe that this lovely dress is made with M&M wrappers.  Such a beautiful design!  I am loving the darker ruffle along the bottom too!  So pretty, and creative!  You can see this dress at New York’s Port Authority as part of a recycled art display. The dress was created by/for Terracycle, an upcycling [...] MORE

Stuart Hughes, designer of the world’s most luxurious communication devices, has done it again.  He has already created the most expensive iPhone case ever.  Now he presents his blinged out version of the Apple  iPad.  The iPad Supreme Gold edition.  22 carat gold and the little Apple logo on the back is encrusted with 53 diamonds.  Ten were created and [...] MORE

Fashonistas in New York are turning to their kitchen cabinets and appliances to store their clothes: Source MORE

Iowa High school student Elizabeth Rasmuson made her prom dress completely out of gum wrappers.  She even made a matching vest for her prom date. Now Ripley’s has a few dresses on display at our museums made of unusual things…I found a few that we might need to add to our collection. What about a dress made [...] MORE

James Faukner has taken roadkill to a new level.  This is his latest creation, hats and accessories made with roadkill.   This isn’t the first artist to create fashion with roadkill.  Amy Nugent also uses roadkill for her creative endeavors.  She is featured in our 2010 Ripley’s Seeing Is Believing book, and has been interviewed on our [...] MORE

When Philip Levine began to lose his hair in 2006, he decided to use his head as a blank canvas.  Collaborating with artist Kat Sinclair, Philip has come up with quite a gallery of head art.  Check out more of Philip’s Head Art on his site HERE.  You can even sign up to recieve nis new “head shots” [...] MORE

Ok, it is no secret that I am gaga for Lady Gaga…but this…this is a whole other level!  Photographer Jesse Freidin a photographer specializing in Fine Art Dog portraits is dressing up pups like my fair Lady and taking pics for all the world to see: See the gallery HERE. MORE