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One Can Never Have Enough Boxes
Horn is such a hot material right now. Buffalo and cattle shed theirs naturally, right? God I hope so. I remember in last month's issue Charlotte Moss recommended a beautiful horn box from Vivre. The biggest one is $165, too rich for my blood. I swear I saw the exact same at Club Monaco for less but my online source is Wisteria, which sells a 10" box with black sides for $59:
Barrette and cuff sold separately, not that you'd want to go there. Worn together these would remind me of that ice queen saleswoman in Pretty Woman!
August 26, 2007
Hi Nick,
*LOVE* your finds!
I did a big roundup of "Horn Decor" on my blog recently, if anyone's interested:
http://morewaystowastetime.blogspot.com/2007/07/trendspotting-are-horns-new-antlers.html
All the best,
Leah
http://morewaystowastetime.blogspot.com
I liked that icy saleslady. She should get her own spinoff movie: "Icy Lady."
Hey Nick,
Yes yes, do love those horns! And yes, they do have horn boxes at Club Monaco and in three sizes! However, they are not that cheap! If I'm correct, the largest size runs about $200. One of these would look great paired with the lacquer boxes from cb2...
I have difficulty believing horn can "harvested" from bovines. Horn is like our human fingernails...it grows from a live "cuticle" in the center. Don't confuse horn with antlers which many animals shed.
In cattle the the center of the horn is live tissue and grows throughout the animal's lifetime. I highly doubt these boxes are "cruelty free" any way. Horn products are made with some degree of cruelty to the animal...They were either cut off live or dead cattle.
Buffalo horns are NOT naturally shed! Same goes for cattle and bison horns. Antlers ARE naturally shed. So, while the trendy buffalo horn items are gorgeous, please know the horns were cut off of a animal. We can hope it was already dead at the time and being used for meat, but in reality will never know. God forbid it was cut off of a live animal, as there is a fleshy, blood supply portion inside the horn. Visit http://www.enaturalist.org/unit/28/fr
for more info on horns vs. antlers.