Bone Heads, Teeth Trinkets
FORGET THE DIAMONDS, HONEY, GET ME A BONE BRACELET--The spirit of recycling is in ultra-high gear on Melrose Avenue this spring. At Necromance, a shop that opened shortly after April Fools’ Day, you can purchase bracelets made of human finger bones ($20 to $30), fish vertebrae and beaver teeth necklaces ($30), “mortality bead” bracelets made of carved camel or water buffalo bones ($7 to $9) and shark vertebrae necklaces at a mere $7 a pop.
Or if you think the bones would look better perched on your coffee table, there are human hands for $90. And skulls priced from $20 (rat) to $210 (human).
Thirty-one-year-old designer/owner Nancy Smith admits that at $210 there’s always something wrong with her human skulls. “They’re either stained or have no teeth or they’re cracked, but people don’t seem to mind,” she explains.
At the moment, she says, she can’t afford to purchase less battered skulls, which would retail for $600 to $800.
Smith bought her human bones from a medical school that went out of business. For the animal bones, she visited game ranches in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico.
DEAR HOT SHOPPERS: The latest and most intense workout to hit health clubs is the step class, where you incessantly step up, down and across a rectangular bench while producing gallons of sweat. It’s torture.
Since most gyms stock the Reebok-brand benches, it’s not surprising that the company has also come out with a line of shoes, called Step Trainer Pros, designed for step classes, plus stair climbing and other “vertical” workouts.
Among the shoe’s features are a forefoot hinge and notched collar for more flexibility, ventilated uppers and a lining that helps keep the foot dry. It’s also lightweight (7 ounces) and washable, as in washing machine. We told you this was a sweaty thing.
The Step Trainer Pros come in black and white with color accents; the men’s are about $90, the women’s about $85. They’ll be available in early June at Lady Foot Locker, Champs, JC Penney and Sport Chalet stores.
And just how popular are Reebok shoes these days? The high-tech tennies can be found on the teeny little feet of Barbie and her entourage. They’re even molded to fit Barbie’s permanently arched foot. Go figure.
