Pop Rock & Roll Earrings by Millie Hilgert
by Jasmin Malik Chua, Jersey City, USA 
on 03.16.08
Polished and luminescent, these candy-like danging earrings ($18 a pair) look nothing like the vinyl material from which they're derived. Fusing fashion with her love of music, designer Millie Hilgert (aka "Miss Courageous") carves up old vinyl records and suspends them from sterling-silver earwires by hand in Boise, Idaho. Lickable colors that recall ice-cream sodas, jukeboxes, and poodle skirts include cherry, lemon, cotton candy, and grape.
For the old-school connoisseur, the earrings also come in opaque black. ::BTC Elements
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as a DJ and an avid record collector, I find this apalling
Josh, I understand your point and I'd like to suggest there's also another side to consider... I volunteer at a thrift store and we throw out old vinyl daily. We keep what we think will sell, but the majority gets discarded. I'm glad Miss Courageous has thought of a way to re-purpose a music format which *most* people now regard as obsolete. Yeah, nothing beats the warmth of vinyl - but there aren't enough collectors and enthusiasts out there to make use of it all... so kudos to MC for stepping in.
Hey Josh,
I by no means wish to offend you with my creations! I do want to assure you that I do not use rare or valuable vinyl for my jewelry. I even use scratched and warped records that would otherwise end up in the landfill. Please stop me if you think my Barry Manilow Live album with the beat up cover and scratches would serve a better purpose than some groovy accessories :)
and thank you Lily for coming to my defense.
I love the fact that recycling vinyl records can create such uniquely beautiful jewelry. We need to embrace the innovation of the fashion world and realize that the materials they're saving would most likely end up in landfills.
my post was said mostly jokingly. I do hate to see records go, but I understnad the drop in use. I've seen lots of people reuse records by heating them and forming them into bowls. a friend of mine once warped small 45s into a castcading fountain. good reuse, I just hope they're not using perfectly good records and only scratched or unwanted ones.
Hey Josh,
Do you REALLY want to keep a record that is scratched to the point of unplayable, just because it's a record? Not to mention I KNOW my mom had some records with weird stuff on it back in the early 80's and I don't think anybody particularly wants to listen to it. However i do think she will be tryign to EBAY the decent ones first
are these the actual colors of the records?