X Offender

By Allison Hall

You know that feeling that you get when you’re browsing in a store for nothing in particular and then all of a sudden you see ‘It’? ‘It’ is something that you instantly fall in love with and you will stop at nothing until ‘It’ is yours; sitting in the palm of your hot little hand…that’s what happened to me this week. I stopped in at Periwinkle to see what was going on and while peeking in one of the display cases I was instantly drawn to a photo frame displaying a page from an old novel accompanied by an illustration of a naked woman. This was part of the display for XXX LittWear, a line of pendants created by Maggie Krawczyk.

Maggie had the awesome idea of taking text from old adult novels and pasting the original content into pendants to be worn around your neck. There several different necklaces to choose from, but there was no way that I was leaving the store without the one featuring the word ‘twat’ taken from Chastity Bell’s 1970 novel Sensual Student. I mean really, who doesn’t want to walk around wearing cute jewellery that upon closer inspection contains cheeky sexual lingo?

This isn’t Maggie’s first venture into the accessory world; she has also created a line called Neogami Original Jewellery (www.neogami.com) which consists of earrings, necklaces and pins made from origami paper.

If the necklaces are too racy for your taste or you’d rather admire the retro erotica print on the walls of your home; you can purchase the pages of text and illustration, like the one that originally caught my eye, all nicely matted and framed. Each piece is completely original and is bound to be a much talked about addition to your interior décor!

XXX LittWear can be found on Esty.com or at these stores in Toronto:

Periwinkle on Bloor – 2137 Bloor Street West
Ransack the Universe – 1207 Bloor Street West
Made You Look – 1338 Queen Street West