Review – Loungefly Chewbacca hair bow

Loungefly is well-known for their handbags and wallets, but they also make a range of accessories. A while ago I posted a review of two of their Star Wars hair bows, and soon afterwards also bought the Chewbacca bow from the same collection. This bow originally retailed for US$8.50, compared to US$6.50 for…

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New Yoda and Chewbacca charms

Thinkgeek has added two more Body Vibe Star Wars bead charms to their website. The first is a Yoda dangle bead charm, the second is a Chewbacca bead charm. Both are priced at US$34.99 each, the same as the other Star Wars bead charms available at Thinkgeek. These will fit…

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Stormy Night and more from Fifth Sun

Fifth Sun have added a few new women’s tank tops and t-shirts to their website. The designs include the popular ‘Stormy Night’ print, which is great if you missed out on the earlier version available at Hot Topic. I really love the Princess Leia t-shirt, which features artwork by Craig…

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New bead charms available

A few days ago I posted a preview photo as spotted on the Facebook page of Norse Legion, showing more upcoming Star Wars charm beads by Body Vibe. In my routine checking today, I noticed that Norse Legion has added a few of these charm beads to their web store. The…

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Three new t-shirts at Thinkgeek

Thinkgeek has added three new women’s Star Wars t-shirts to their website. The three designs are Trooper Pop Art, Han Solo Carbonite, and Best Co-Pilot in the Rebellion – all three shirt designs are exclusive to Thinkgeek. The Co-Pilot and Pop Art t-shirts retail for US$19.99 each, available in sizes…

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Women’s Star Wars slippers

SuperHeroStuff currently has three styles of Star Wars slippers for women available – Darth Vader, Chewbacca and Wampa. Each style comes in two size ranges, US women’s ‘7-8′ and ’10-11’ – the slip-on style means that they would be wearable by more than just the sizes listed (I personally like…

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Chewbacca messenger bags

I like the Chewbacca messenger bag available from Thinkgeek, a perfect example of taking an on-screen item and making a real world version for wearing. Bioworld has also made a slightly different version – described as ‘mini’ but I’m unable to confirm it’s exact measurements (ebay descriptions range). Both are faux leather…

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New Star Wars jewelry coming soon

Body Vibe makes jewelry collections for several pop culture licenses such as Doctor Who, DC Comics and Marvel, and has now added Star Wars to their catalogue. Coming in the new year is a great collection of necklaces, earrings and more featuring some fantastic designs. Unfortunately it looks like their…

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Riachuelo Star Wars collections

In my search for information about the Star Wars collection by Brazilian designer Triton, I discovered another Brazilian company released their own Star Wars collection around the same time. Riachuelo launched their recent Star Wars collection in stores on May 4th (International Star Wars Day) and included around 30 items, with prices starting…

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Review – Weingeroff 1977 necklaces

My first vintage Star Wars purchase for my wardrobe was the R2-D2 and C-3PO necklaces made by Weingeroff Ent. Providence, R.I. (licensed by Factors Etc, Inc) in 1977. They are amongst the first ever Star Wars merchandise – they feature the 20th Century Fox copyright details, with no mention of Lucasfilm. They were made in…

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