Bling with a bite from Brangelina
Serpentine cuffs from Brangelina's new Asprey collection. (Image courtesy Asprey via WWD)
Just in time for the holidays Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have designed a collection of high-end jewelry featuring snakes and lots of diamonds.
Items start at $535 and include serpent cuffs, serpent pendants, serpent rings, serpent cuff links and even a baby-spoon with a serpent-shaped handle. The Brangelina inspired bling will be available at Asprey stores starting later this week.
So why snakes? According to Women's Wear Daily, Jolie received a ring in the shape of a snake when she was pregnant with Shiloh. The actress has since considered the reptile a talisman and protector of her family.
All proceeds from sales will go to the charity Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, a non-profit co-founded by Jolie that works to educate children affected by war or natural disasters.
No word yet on whether the collection includes serpent-inspired beard beads.
By
Liz Kelly
| November 16, 2009; 11:38 AM ET
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Brangelina, Celebrity Products
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Posted by: reddragon1 | November 16, 2009 12:01 PM | Report abuse
this beats a vial of blood. but only barely.
Posted by: epjd | November 16, 2009 12:03 PM | Report abuse
And the diamonds are from "conflict free" sources? Seriously, the whole process of verifying that nobody has been mutilated or risked their lives for the diamond trade is quite flimsy. For someone who promotes a platform for caring for children of the world, I can't see how she can do this by selling diamonds.
http://www.globalwitness.org/pages/en/the_kimberley_process.html
Posted by: mdreader01 | November 16, 2009 12:10 PM | Report abuse
What? No serpentine belt? I'll have to make do with an OEM serpentine belt. My car will be disappointed.
Posted by: sasquatchbigfoot | November 16, 2009 12:39 PM | Report abuse
Oooh! I really like these- beautiful and unusual. I'm not sure about the baby spoon, but the design is lovely.
Posted by: Bawlmer51 | November 16, 2009 1:22 PM | Report abuse
Ghetto.
Posted by: jezebel3 | November 16, 2009 2:07 PM | Report abuse
Ghetto FABULOUS.
Posted by: kbockl | November 16, 2009 3:20 PM | Report abuse
"The actress has since considered the reptile a talisman and protector of her family."
Snakes protect her family -- I assume we mean Brad and the kids here and not her Mom and Dad -- from what? A sense of social propriety? Any kind of sensible discretion? Media overexposure? Help me out here.
Posted by: td_in_baltimore | November 16, 2009 3:31 PM | Report abuse
too funny... it's the same jewelry that middle school kids adore
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I choose to believe the real inspiration for this line was the movie "Snakes on a Plane." Oddly, the motif would work quite well if done in beard beads. Or as well as beard beads can ever work.
I beleive the tat on Angie's shoulder says, "If found, drop in nearest US Mail box. Return postage guaranteed."