The Internet has changed nearly everything we do in some way or another, and it’s certainly had an effect on fashion brands, the markets they can reach and what they decide to produce as a result. Because its easier to find a niche customer, brands incur less risk and make more specialty pieces than ever, and that results in a ton of non-intuitive products that make their way onto the websites of your favorite retailers. We took a survey of what’s available right now, and it includes everything from a vintage runway guitar to a very luxe teddy bear.
Etro Paisley Snowboard
$1,736 via LUISAVIAROMA
We’re nearing the end of ski season, but pick this board up at a cool 30% off to impress your friends in Gstaad next year. As one does.
Dolce & Gabbana Immacolata Ceramic Doll
$2,875 via LUISAVIAROMA
As fashion shows have become marketing events, brands have found an audience for their weirdness. That’s how you end up with $3k Dolce & Gabbana porcelain dolls which can be ordered with the same ease with which you’d buy your boyfriend some new undershirts on Amazon. The Internet is beautiful and terrifying.
Chanel Vintage Runway Guitar
$27,500 via farfetch.com
As far as fashion collectors’ items go, this is a pretty solid pick. It was a runway piece for Spring 2009, a time before Instagram and Twitter made such novelties commercially viable to produce in the quantities that we see now. It’s been acquired, in near-perfect condition, by venerable vintage store What Goes Around Comes Around, which sells its wares to shoppers worldwide via farfetch.com. If you’ve already bought all the Chanel bags one can imagine, maybe this is the next step toward total Chanel supremacy.
Alexander Wang Runway Leather Water Bottle Holder
$394 via farfetch.com
Please ignore, for the sake of this accessory, that leather and water should be kept apart and that a water bottle is heavy enough to pull down your pants, if clipped to a belt.
Mua Mua Anna Wintour Pencil Case
$100 via farfetch.com
I would pay quite a few American dollars to see the look on Anna Wintour’s face if a new Vogue intern showed up in her office with this.
MCM Aviator Teddy Bear
$1,137 via farfetch.com
Airfare and plush bear plane sold separately.
Maison Martin Margiela Objects and Publications Stainless Steel Champagne Bucket
$445 via Net-a-Porter
Margiela home goods often have some sort of trick to them, but I’ve been staring at the pictures of this forever and I just can’t figure out what it is. Maybe that you’re paying $445 for a bucket?
Lanvin Miss Lanvin 40 Porcelain Figurine
$615 via Net-a-Porter
I’m imagining this figurine sitting atop a glamorous old woman’s vanity, next to a very intricate filigree hand mirror set.
Karl Lagerfeld x Tokidoki Diamante Embellished Figurine
$190 via Net-a-Porter
If you ever found yourself wishing that Karl Lagerfeld could watch over your day-to-day activities, now’s your chance to make that a reality.
Hermès Temps de Pluie Perfumed Origami Horses
$79 via Hermès
I have some questions:
1. What?
2. Why?
3. What do they smell like, exactly?
4. Where do you put them?
The D&G doll reminds me of those figurines fashion houses used to send to wealthy women in the victorian era to show off their latest collections and solicit orders… only WAY more expensive!
Hahaha I want to know who has bought the $80 perfumed origami. How many have sold, ever?
To answer your origami horse questions
1. What? Folded up pieces of paper
2. Why? Because you have too much money than is good for your health
3.smell? I am sure they smell like skunk-that’s their secret ingredient!
4. Where? You put them where your brain should have been
Great post Amanda! The Anna wintour pencil case is so adorable!
Hahahaha. I love hermes but a foldable origami perfumed…what….(lost track)
Glad you enjoyed it! I love the pencil case, too–would be super fun to have at my desk at work.
Cool article. I love interesting collectibles and think everyone should have one or two (not a bunch) to express their personality in their decor. I’m half tempted to buy Dark Knight Karl just because he exists!
I actually can imagine the feather boa Lanvin figure on someone’s dresser as you described. The price is a real dealbreaker though! But the horse origamis are the real scenestealer; it ended this ridiculous satire-like commentary on a high note.
I just really hope the price for the origami horses is including all of them….not just one, which it most likely is.
Haha, it’s a set of four!
Do they come already folded? Nevermind, my son is an origami master
I think they come folded, but it would not surprise me at all if Hermès eventually sells origami kits for little projects like this.
Actually a origami kit is one of the very few things Hermès has ever offered from free, in early 2012 you could download the instructions to make those same horses along with three pages with one of the scarfs for the season in each for you to print, cut and fold. If you want it I still have it
Actually a origami kit is one of the very few things Hermès has ever offered from free, in early 2012 you could download the instructions to make those same horses along with three pages with one of the scarfs for the season in each for you to print, cut and fold. If you want it I still have it
Lol, still insane! But better than what I thought at least! ^_^
#8 reminds me of Gladys from Friends…..only less terrifying
Still creepy though!
Yes! Too funny!
Love the Anna pencil case! Hope she has one.
I bought my niece the Louboutin Barbie … I think I might pass the D&G doll.
Loved the commentary .
Love your commentary on this and other articles, Amanda! The perfumed origami is a hoot.
Don’t know how to play but i would gladly buy the Chanel guitar and put it in a strategic place in my living room. Talk about chic!
If money were no object, I’d take the Dolce doll. That’s the kind of weird, quirky stuff that I like. But, that Anna Wintour case is just creepy.
Haha, you can use Wintour as woodoo doll:)