Vice As Nice

Cast of Vices is an aptly named brand. Their collection of jewelry and accessories is molded (sometimes, perhaps, literally: "cast." Get it?) off the idea of things that pertain to the grittier, low-brow elements of urban life. Drugs, cigarette butts, beer crowns, vermin - everyday items that you might find littered about in your local ethnic bodega -are the unlikely inspirations. But the tongue-in-cheek twist is that everything is recreated and re-imagined in luxurious materials: cockroaches, crack vials and drug tablets are recreated in sterling silver and semi-precious stones, to hang and adorn your necks and outfits, while the ubiquitous plastic bags a neighborhood grocer might toss your deli sandwich or soda in are recreated in blind-embossed black lambskin leather.

The dichotomy is as much fun as you can get in jewelry and accessories. The net effect? Edgy urban accessories with all the trappings of a potential crime scene, but sans all the grime. I think they're perfect for the former punks who've grown up but still love a wink-wink, nudge-nudge reference to wear on their sleeves, or anywhere else they might want to show a bit of subversiveness.

Check Cast of Vices out on their website here, for more images of the accessories range (quite a bit), as well as stockists.