Vermin Line Makes Rats and Pigeons Fashionable

At first glance these new accessories line for men looked pretty cool... until we realized they were made from pigeons and rats! Avant-garde artist Reid Peppard uses "taxidermy crafted from road kill and pest controlled vermin," according to Boing Boing. Prices aren't listed on her site, but we're guessing that Rat Bowtie will cost you a pretty penny—its eyes were replaced with Swarovski crystals.

The designer says she uses roadkill, or animals "caught by her cat, from a local city farm or snake food." And ladies, looks like she's thought of you too. How much would you pay for one of these rat headbands (pictured after the jump)? Keep in mind, these guys still have their teeth!

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on February 26, 2010 4:04 PM

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inkhorn

Someone call Lady Gaga.

justthinkin

I heard she's got the number for Terminex on speed dial.

Radtard

Hmmmmm...

nope.

Still not fashionable.

Thinky Think

Fashionable Rodent!

Very disgusting!

ides_of_march

I heard Richard Gere knows how to stuff a gerbil.

Bouncy

It's the other way around!

Kittydewdrops

Those are pet rats, not from the wild. Note the color and compare to the rats you actually see on the streets. So she is buying them and killing them. Illegal and sadistic. Or she is sending her cat into Petco to retrieve them.

TrippinJoJo

Send some to PETA.

I'm sure they'd love it.

Kelles

FAKE

ides_of_march

At what mental asylum does the designer currently reside?

Snoopy

Aren't we the clever one?

Ishtar

Foolishness.

nanas11

Bedazzled roadkill? I'm sorry, but that's just dirty and awful.

ides_of_march

It's like Ralph Kramden and Cosmo Kramer got together and came up with this.

I better hurry up with those cockroach earrings I was working on.