Queen Amidala Inspired Pin by Fulcrum Dawn

Celebrate Queen Amidala with this beautiful pin design by Etsy seller Fulcrum Dawn. The enamel pin features lips with the ‘Scar Of Remembrance’ red and white design as worn by Queen Amidala and other queens of Naboo. Follow Fulcrum Dawn on Instagram “My fate will be no different from that…

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Armageddon Expo – Auckland 2018

Armageddon Expo was held in Auckland this past weekend – the biggest comic/sci-fi convention in New Zealand. While the convention also visits a couple of other New Zealand cities throughout the year, the Auckland event is by far the biggest and best – held annually over the long weekend ‘Labour…

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Armageddon Expo – Shopping for Princess Leia

This past weekend the Armageddon Expo convention was held in my hometown of Auckland – it is our largest geek convention here in New Zealand, held annually. I attended as part of the media, and was delighted by the array of Star Wars fashion and collectibles available this year. I’ll…

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Interview with Lantern Pins

Today’s Mos Eisley Marketplace article features an interview with Star Wars fan and accessory designer Jackie, from Lantern Pins. Her range of Star Wars inspired pins and jewelry include a great variety of designs, including many inspired by female Star Wars characters! I absolutely adore the ‘Moodly Love’ and ‘Light…

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Review – ThinkGeek Exclusive Rey Blazer

Today’s review features the ThinkGeek exclusive Rey peplum blazer by Robe Factory. Inspired by Rey’s jedi training outfit from The Last Jedi, the ‘everyday cosplay’ style blazer is a stylish and subtle way of wearing Star Wars fashion to the office – or anywhere. This is today’s power piece –…

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Her Universe 2016 Christmas pin revealed!

Her Universe have revealed the 2016 Christmas pin – Ahsoka Tano! Limited to 1500, this year’s pin features custom artwork of Ahsoka Tano by Dave Filoni. As the Her Universe website is still down, the pin will be a gift with purchases of Her Universe product from HotTopic.com, starting 2nd…

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R2-D2 jewelry at Hot Topic

Hot Topic has a couple of new R2-D2 jewelry items available, including a neat R2-D2 ring! The ring is ‘flat’, rather than 3D sculpted like other versions – I love the different take on a classic idea 🙂 The other recent arrivals include R2-D2 stud earrings, and silver tone R2-D2…

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More Loungefly previews

The fashion trade show WWDMagic recently took place in the US, and Loungefly has been releasing sneak peak photos of some of their new upcoming Star Wars items! Following on from earlier preview photos (see them here), comes more photos! The first photo shows a close up (of a wallet?) revealing a…

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Styling pins and patches

The Disney Style blog recently posted an article about styling Disney Pins, featuring a great collection of Star Wars pins. As I can’t visit a Disney Park very often (and there are no Disney Stores in New Zealand), I’m afraid my own collection of Disney pins is very small. I…

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Review – vintage ‘Sisterhood’ pin

This isn’t a licensed Star Wars item, but apart from being vintage I can’t find any other info about it. Found while checking one of my bookmarked Star Wars sellers on Ebay is this awesome ‘Sisterhood of Jedi Knights’ pin. Measuring approximately 8cm x 4cm, made of plastic, the front…

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