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Photo of a tiny pink piglet with a fancy earring dangling from its ear. The earring is spangled with what looks like rubies and diamonds.

Flowering plants, fanciful people and a fabulous pig

On 27 August, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Fancy


When you saw this pretty piggy did you clasp your hands together and squeal?! That’s what I did. Apparently this is part of a jewellery spread for Vogue Russia featuring Cartier and Chopard. There are some more photos over at fashionologie! (I just hope those earrings are clip-ons…)


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Friday Fance: For rainy days

On 21 May, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Fancy


In my late night internet traversings I came across Miss Platnum, a Romanian-German singer who combines hip hop, R&B and folk music. She is beyond stunning, right?


This is part of a installation work by Finnish artist Johnna Pohjalainen. When I first [...]

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Friday Fance: Leveling up your fance

On 12 February, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Fancy


When case-making caddisflies are in their larval stage they gather material around them to build a protective housing. Hubert Duprat wondered if he could control the materials surrounding caddisflies so he could turn them into little jewelers, and it worked! These cases are made from gold flakes, semi-precious and [...]

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Fanciful Friday

On 28 August, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Fancy

I have been thinking about animals a lot this week, and how much I would love to be able to adopt one. We rent, and our landlords are decidedly against fanciness, aesthetics, safety (remember the exploding fuse incident?!) and of course, the keeping of any kind of animal. Despite their [...]

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