♥ cold-hearted snake.

this ssssummer i have ssseized every sssingle

opportunity to wear my sssslithery snake bracelet,

given to me by my aunt whose eccentric

old lady friend bequeathed it to her.

coiling it half way up my forearm,

i feel the weight of symbolic wisdom and immortality

that ladies like cleopatra must have felt when they chose to

entwine themselves in these ever.regenerating,

forever.spiralling serpents.

and while i do enjoy the theatrical,

almost halloween-effect that

this costume piece lends to my wardrobe,

i never imagined that it was anything beyond a forgotten bobble

from an old woman's long lost box of junk jewelry,

until...

i happened upon an image that looked

uncannily similar to my beloved snake.

by taking time to inspect the snake,

i found out that my bracelet is

no ordinary iparty accessory of a bygone era- no,

but rather a 1950's vintage gem from whiting davis,

a company as famous for its reptile jewelry replicated from fine museum pieces,

as it is for the mesh bags it has produced since the late 1800's.

now that's a horse {errr.. snake!} of a different color!

and just as snakes magically rejuvenate,

so do companies like bvlgari,

who are bringing sssssexy back this fall with a

resurrection of their serpenti collection to celebrate

the luxury brand's 125th anniversssary.

the original collection was made famous

by none other than miss cleopatra herself: elizabeth taylor,

who wore this bvlgari watch while filming in rome.

here's chloe sevigny sssporting a vintage bvlgari snake

via instyle.

this new collection from bvlgari promissses to play

on the bold icon of the passsst,

by adding diamonds, gems, mother of pearl

to the pink + white gold snake bracelets, watches and rings.

i guess what goes around,

really does come back around.