Gunning for accessories
A fashion designer from Philadelphia, Melanie Brandon, created a line of jewelry made from melted guns as her pledge for anti-violence in the streets. Philadelphia is touted to have the highest street violence which involves firearms. I am just counting the days before these jewelry reaches Japan shores. Anyway, it’s for a good cause and these jewelry are quite different from the conservative accessories.
How about carrying a gun around your neck?
It sounds idealistic, yet Brandon, a Philadelphia fashion designer, managed to get it done. Runway models wore the gunmetal pieces at Brandon’s two shows during Fashion Week in New York, and they will do it again here on Friday.
“This is my most significant, most important year,” she said.
The jewelry, part of her Melani Von Alexandria collection, was Brandon’s creative attempt to address a harsh reality: Philadelphia is on pace for its highest murder rate in a decade. Three hundred people have been slain so far this year, nearly all by firearms.
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