In hopes of cashing in on the vampire trend, HBO is launching its new True Blood jewelry line. Designed in collaboration with designer Udi Behr, the items include fang-like clasp closures.

Behr designed the collection of rings, necklaces, and earrings using the TV show’s themes as inspiration. The pieces, which incorporate sterling silver, stainless chain, leather and rubies, target fans of the show and its gothic aesthetic. Prices range from $59 to $1,295.

For those of you that love True Blood as much as we do, here’s a preview of next weeks episode.

Not a fan of Anna, but love True Blood…love this dress featured on the cover.

“It’s like, I’m sorry, maybe there are a lot of women who keep their bras on while they have sex… I don’t happen to be one of them, I don’t think the naked body is particularly shocking or interesting.”

Between Twilight, True Blood, and the upcoming Vampire Diaries, it looks as though Vampires are here to stay. Show your support for the bloodsuckers and buy these super cute ‘Baby Vamp’ rings. Gold or silver.

If any of you watch True Blood, you will find this spoiler trailer mesmerizing. To tell you the truth, I hated the first season, I gave the show no credit for creativity, and Sookie was the most annoying character. Now I know why: they were saving the good stuff for season two. Now I’m addicted. Check out the video.

Via Blackbook

I’m not sure why I like this, maybe cuz I just started watching True Blood, but it’s kinda cute…

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Starting September 7th, the amazingly diverse and incredibly interesting Anna Paquin will hit the small screen as a Southern waitress with the ability to read minds in  HBO’s highly anticipated retelling of Charlaine Harris’ “Southern Vampire” books. The series, “True Blood”, is shaping up to be a sexually charged tale of vampires in America. Paquin talked to WWD about her role, going blonde, and about the joys of waiting tables.

WWD: What attracted you to this part in the first place? 

Anna Paquin: Well, this whole world is so kind of exciting and unusual as far as the supernatural elements but also has so much in it that’s really emotionally poignant and the characters are so strong and so well drawn out. My character is so tough but she’s sweet and she’s innocent, but she’s kind of worldly. There’s just so much to it that it does not get boring.

WWD: Vampire sex certainly doesn’t get boring. In fact, the show gets quite graphic.

A.P.: You know, there’s some pretty full-on stuff of that variety. And on the whole I think vampire fascination is so intertwined with the whole idea of dangerous sexuality and that sort of scary edge to it.

WWD: What was it like down in Louisiana when you were shooting? 

A.P.: Most recently, hotter than hell. I mean literally 108 degrees. You know it’s gonna be like that. I’ve been to the South in the summertime, but there’s still nothing that really prepares you if you’re not from there from stepping outside and feeling as if you just opened an oven into your face. But it kind of makes all the tiny, teeny, skimpy outfits seem incredibly justified.

WWD: Your waitress costume is quite skimpy.

A.P.: Yes, it is. And I had the most modest waitress outfit of all of them. Lynn Collins — who plays Dawn — I mean, it’s barely even underwear.

WWD: And then there’s the tanning business.

A.P.: I get the spray-painting thing. The first time it’s kind of awkward because you’re standing there naked in front of a stranger who is airbrushing your entire body and it’s not like, you know, you just need to get your arms and legs done. This is not a show where all the clothes stay on all the time, so there can’t be tan lines in places that reveal that you’re the palest girl on the planet.

WWD: Your character is a waitress. And there’s the cliché of the actress going to Hollywood and becoming a waitress until she gets discovered. Obviously you started off on a very different trajectory.

A.P.: I was lucky enough not to have to take that route to being an actress. But at some point it would have been nice maybe to at least have practiced carrying plates around on a tray before walking onto the set because I felt really stupid when everything went flying off.

WWD: But you picked it up quickly?

A.P.: Yeah, you know, I’m not actually stupid. Well, not quite as stupid as I possibly look now that I’m blonde.

WWD: Sookie has mind-reading abilities and you’ve played the mutant Rogue in three X-Men films. What superpower would you choose to have in real life?

A.P.: You know, I’m okay with being pretty normal.

Thanks WWD for the amazing interview and photo.