Everything for the medieval lifestyle: the garb, the swords, the tankards, the tents, right down to the rings of castle keys. There's a great selection of imperious jewelry and they also delve into the amusements of the time with festival masks, puppets, and gaming of yore.
Sponsor Thank-You and an Update
Posted by Lilah Wild at June 26 2009 12:51 AM
First of all, thanks to this week's sponsor: Edica, who are currently stocking tops that fuse rocker slashes with cyber neon.
And, Friday morning we are embarking on a road trip to our new home, Williamsburg! We are aiming to get at least one review posted a day but it might be slow due to intermittent internet access and sheer exhaustion (which accounts for other recent slowness. Apartment-hunting in Brooklyn and then coming home to pack an entire household really sucks the wind out of one's descriptive sails.) We'll be back full speed for sure after July 4 - and so will Psyche Noir.
The online home of one of Project Runway's most fabulous contestants, who brought a fierce and delightfully unapologetic 80's rock and roll vibe to the competition catwalk. Hers is the couture version of leather jackets and tight tight pants, featuring corsetted jeans, slashed tops, and classic biker vests thrown over everything, and the dressier stuff pairs laced bustiers very nicely with the 40's silhouette of pencil skirts. No set catalog but her current collection is posted with contact info, and custom is welcome.
Despite the cutesy name, this shop boasts a roster of choice lingerie brands, including Anais, Insinuate, R. Crescentini, Luxxa, Valege, Nuits de Satin, Hom, Obsessive, Cervin, Lola Luna, Valisere, Cette, Axford's, Vipa, Skinny Dip, Pamela Mann, and more, classic lacy boudoir fare shot through with a pinup vibe. They're also well-stocked on the erotibles, oils and toys which look chosen as much for the glamour factor as for the pleasing scents and shapes, with a predilection for pretty little whips.
Fancy little hats lovingly handmade and garnished with all sorts of froofy updates, for both retro outfits and historical ensembles. Pillboxes given a showgirl flair, pinstriped teaparty floppiness, top hats smothered in clocks and skulls and velvet, fetishy vinyl tricorns, sexy little drops of netting everywhere. Custom welcome.
Bugs and trees and mushrooms rendered spacey and stylized on handmade, limited-edition earth-toned tees and hoodies. Contrasting panels, nature motifs, and fun with hoods are a design constant, custom is welcome with the explicit statement of "the crazier the better," and they're also available for psychedlic-inclined event backdrop art.
A goth-rockabilly-emo-punk store that carries about thirty brands' worth of flamboyant clothing: Criminal Damage, Raven, Jist, Hell Bunny, Disturbia, Poizen Industries, Loungefly, Sourpuss, Gothic Lolita Punk, Iron Fist, Spiral, Phaze, Queen of Darkness, and more, with all the accessory necessaries and kitschy jewelry to match. Screaming color provided by Stargazer, Medusa, Directions, and Manic Panic.
Mid-century goodies for the retro-inclined home decorator, both vintage and new, for every room in the house. 70's cookie jars, picnic baskets, lawn flamingos, Viewmasters, metal lunchboxes, fondue pots, tiki lights, jewelry, and whole pages devoted to cowboys, old-fashioned electronics, cookbooks, pinups, and cocktail hour.
Body jewelry carved exclusively from different kinds of woods, where the rings and veins of nature are shown off to maximum effect in plugs, eyelets, and inlays, and the hanging styles are pure dazzling forest sprite. They also carry the elegant curves of Maya Organic and Morton Manley's journeys into rockabilly silver. Thanks to 
Chainmail jewelry that drips chains and bells from headpieces, anklets, necklaces, belts, and flowers both hand and foot, with excursions into rainbow maille and gemstones. They also do bracers and coifs for more aggro outfits and custom is most welcome, with a long page of weave types from which to whip up something shiny.
A retro brand that aims for nothing less than 100% pure bombshell. Wiggle dresses curve from halters and capsleeves, falling into below-the-knee mermaidy ruffles and playing with polka dots, leopard, stripes, or classic vampy black. Also a good place to find pinup-style swimwear, both skirted longlines and side-tie bikinis, and tiny laceup bandeau tops.
A bedroom boutique carrying a wide range of sensual goods, from erotic art and honeymoon gift kits to grinning penis candles. The copious toy section features the likes of Phallix, Fun Factory, and Mantric, and they also carry light bondage gear, Dreamgirl lingerie, and a page of designer sex furniture.
