Twitter Jewelry Gets a Following

By Maxine Frendel

While Sex and the City 2 certainly brings its own fashion statements, it’s tough to forget the iconic nameplate necklace Carrie frequently sported on the original show. The bold, yet delicate, statement-making piece was made famous as she strutted her stuff down Fifth Avenue. Our inner-Carrie always lusted for a nameplate necklace – or really just anything that put us closer to the uber-glam life of Ms. Bradshaw. Now, however, we’re ready to take the plunge with the advent of Survival of the Hippest’s cyber accessories, which forever emblazon your Twitter handle or favorite hashtag (#MakeupFreeMondays!) onto a custom made piece of jewelry.

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Trend-savvy women, watch out: this is sure to catch on. Survival of the Hippest’s jewels are the ultimate geek-chic accessory to accompany your retro cat-eye glasses and argyle socks. As the brainchild of Ashley Albert (@Pluckypea) and Phoebe Jonas (@TheHippest), this modern take on personalized bracelets, necklaces, anklets, tie-clips and pins is very avant-garde. What better way to show off your technological skills than revealing your Twitter identity in person to fellow Tweeps?

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Currently, Survival of the Hippest carries three lines of the personalized jewels: the Social St@tus Collection (which shows off Twitter handles, like @TheBeautyBean), the #Hashtag Collection (outfitted with the your favorite Trending Topics, like #MakeupFreeMondays), and the Geekship Collection (a technological take on those broken-in-half Best Friends Forever hearts from fourth grade that say “Best Cyber Friends Forever” on broken hearts, CDs or computers and come with two chains, one for you and one for a friend). Fully customizable, you not only specify your twitter handle or hashtag of choice, but also choose whether to have your nameplate designed in sterling silver, 10k or 14k white or yellow gold. And, if you’re willing to dish out a little extra cash, you can even have yours crystallized with diamonds, rubies, emeralds or sapphires.

Survival of the Hippest describes itself as an “Entrepreneur General Store,” saying that every six months or so they change up their products and offer another wacky item for sale. This means that the Twitter jewels won’t be available for long, so order yours now. On their site, the company hints that an iPhone app or t-shirt might be next. Here at The Beauty Bean, we’re eagerly waiting.

Survival of the Hippest St@tus Symbols, $49.95 and up, survivalofthehippest.com

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