Way-Out Wednesday: Hands All Over.

Welcome to a better-late-than-never Way-Out Wednesday!




Some things I always love/admire/give shout-outs to (in no particular order):

* vintage
* kid leather (sorry my loves- but back off my jock, PETA)
* bedazzled crap
* crafty bitches
* crap with a vaguely Victorian/sorta steampunk/mostly "what-the-hell-would-you-call- this" vibe
* eccentricity
* crazy-ass costume & "statement" jewelry
* upcycling crap into other crap
* highly creative peeps
* homages to Janet Jackson's 1993 Rolling Stone cover


...yet even though today's pick has all of the above, I'm beginning to question where my list went wrong...




Why yes, that is an Eccentric Neck Adornment (the Etsy seller's title verbatim- and true on all counts), made from shrunken kid leather gloves and turned into a necklace that reminds me of a 15-year-old trying to cop a feel in the movie theater while trying to employ the cliche and zero-success-rated "pretend to yawn, stretch and put an arm around the shoulder of the chick sitting next to him while his hand dangles precariously within boob-reaching distance" move, thanks for asking. Then again, my mind takes up residence in the gutter quite often, so take it with a grain of salt.




(Huh. Woody Allen has "no apologies." Shocking. I bet he's used that movie theater trick on more than one 15 year old girl in his day. Hey-yo!)

Werewolves Of London

W is for Winnie embedded in ice.




W is also for Addams, Wednesday Addams. The poster child for 'tween goths-in-training.



Generally you know I'm all: "Remakes are tragic and I do not approve of them, sir". But that being said, I actually think the cast was brilliant in the Addams Family movies of the early 90's. The new Pugsley was WAY less...how can I say this nicely about a fat kid...corpulent?...than the original Pugsley from the 60's TV series. Plus, I'm pretty sure the extreme horribleness of the original Pugsley is what killed JFK. I'm not 100%, I'm just sayin', is all. And lest us not forgot the new Wednesday, played by that little chunk of delicious oddness Christina Ricci, was way terrif. Addams Family gets mad props for doing a remake that didn't actually suck. Unlike the fools from the Beverly Hillbillies movie, you slackers.



Remember when goth kids of the 80's and into the early 90's) were sort of scary and awesome? I think the goth kids these days- well, what's left of them anyway, they're a dying breed of miscreants, and that is sad- missed the meeting about how to dress the part because they have it ALL WRONG. It's really quite embarrassing. Lip Service bondage pants and an Insane Clown Posse tee shirt is BLASPHEMY, goth kids.
What happened to goth girls wearing vintage Victorian mourning dresses and granny boots and vintage 60's slips dyed black and long black opera gloves and such?! Granted, this was at a time when you could find this kind of vintage at thrift stores relatively easy, but still, there is no excuse to shame your clique with Hot Topic apparel. Leave that for the-and I emphasize the quotation marks-"punk kids".

If you're gonna walk the walk, then dammitall, do it right and stop making sweet baby jebus weep with yer fashion sinnin'. You know who's bringing Victorian goth back? My homie 4life Ang of Dorothea's Closet Vintage. She isn't really bringing it back (you're not, are you Ang?) and I'm sure she's cringing, what with my saying she's like the mecca for goth kids. But 'tis true. Her site has some pretty serious much older vintage garb for the all-growns-up goth kid who want to dress like they stepped out of a Richard Burton movie. She knows how to party like it's 1899.

Witness:









* "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon.