# (Fake) Bling me up

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bling-me-up/272035>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 30, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bling-me-up/272035 "2004-10-30T17:01:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bling-me-up/272035/1 "2004-10-30T17:01:37Z")

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For a Halloween costume. I’m in Chicago. Where can I buy some cheap-ass fake bling? I see it everywhere but I apparently don’t run in the circles of those that know where to locate it. Rings, medallions, etc. I am at wit’s end and I don’t have time to order it anywhere. What type of store should I check out?

Holla back!

It will be much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bling-me-up/272035/2 "2004-10-30T17:39:24Z")

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> [@stolichnaya](#):
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> For a Halloween costume. I’m in Chicago. Where can I buy some cheap-ass fake bling? I see it everywhere but I apparently don’t run in the circles of those that know where to locate it. Rings, medallions, etc. I am at wit’s end and I don’t have time to order it anywhere. What type of store should I check out?
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> Holla back!
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> It will be much appreciated.

Junk prizes at arcades and small amusement parks

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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bling-me-up/272035/3 "2004-10-30T18:05:23Z")

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You can go to the junk yard and get a Mercedes emblem and wear it around your neck! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bling-me-up/272035/4 "2004-10-30T18:46:33Z")

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A kid at my school hung a CD on a chain around his neck, and he spun it around, a la G-Unit.

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**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bling-me-up/272035/5 "2004-10-30T19:16:53Z")

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Answering my own question department:

I’ve never been in a wig store before.

That is truly a shame of the highest order.

Thank you, _Wigs and Plus_ on Milwaukee just north of Division, for blinging me up.

_Wigs and Plus_ is also the greatest store name ever.

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**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bling-me-up/272035/6 "2004-10-30T20:24:26Z")

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If you’re up for just random shiny stuff, I’d check out the plumbing section of Home Depot or Lowes. They have a lot of chromey stuff there.

It would make the costume a bit silly, but that might not be a bad thing.