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I coveted this bottlecap ring by Martin Margiela,

so while we were having drinks at Noel’s flat James made me this ring out of the wire thingy in the champagne cork.

It’s me.

James Reyes should open a shop where we can bring him assorted junk and he can turn them into wearable items.

So the cover of your MacBook looks like. . .the inside of your MacBook!

Another warped idea from Noel Orosa, photography by Ricky Villabona.

Some of our favorite Barbies from the auction for Ballet Philippines last Wednesday:

Contravida Barbies by James Reyes.

Look at that detail: she has tights under her gown.

This brilliant piece is by Joey Samson; I call it Scarlett O’Horror.

Barbie as Dulcinea from Don Quixote, dangling by a lance from a windmill, by Joji Lloren who collaborated with sculptor Ral Arrogante. (The lance was supposed to go through her breast but that idea was deemed too violent.) If this doll had been available when I was a child, even I might’ve wanted a Barbie. I might’ve become a “normal” girl. Hahahaha!

Pitoy Moreno’s Barbie in an intricately-embroidered baro’t saya in lace, pearls and beads was the star of the evening, going for P100,000 in the live auction.

The deadline for our LitWit Challenge 2.3: Bad, Bad Barbie is at 11.59 tonight, so if you haven’t sent in your warped Barbie story, put on your thinking tiaras.

What else can you do with a beautiful, buxom 50+ year old icon who has inspired generations of little girls while being coveted by collectors like Montgomery Burns’ assistant Smithers, and getting blamed for the spread of anorexia?

Fashion designer James Reyes says, “Villainess!”

For Wednesday’s Ballet Barbie auction for the benefit of Ballet Philippines, James has created ten fabulous new incarnations of Barbie.

“I was inspired by Odile, the Black Swan in Swan Lake,” James says. “In the ballet, the Black Swan is also performed by the same dancer doing the white swan, Odette. Odile is feisty and uninhibited compared to Odette’s.

“I was intrigued by this dark side, so I decided to create a fantasy collection based on the dark side of Barbie. I made her in to a glamorous seductress, almost old Hollywood-like. I also used feathers, bustles, voluminous skirts and feather-like embellishments to refer to the elegant shape of the Black Swan.

“This is a celebration of every woman’s dark side. An enchantress of the night. A captivating creature clothed in darkness. This collection is a homage to beautiful villains.”

Brava!

A designer has created a typeface based on Franz Kafka’s handwriting.