{"product_id":"natly-earrings-crescent-city-connection-bridge","title":"Nat'ly Earrings: Crescent City Connection Bridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis acrylic earring design celebrates the 1988 opening of the Crescent City Connection, or as Vic and Nat’ly called it, “Da new bridge.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Orleans cartoonist Bunny Matthews designed quirky earrings for Nat’ly — one half of his iconic Ninth Ward comic duo, Vic and Nat’ly — that featured in their appearances on WYES‑TV’s \u003cem\u003eSteppin’ Out\u003c\/em\u003e from 1988 to ’98. Local artist Emma Fick brings Nat’ly’s cartoon chic to life with these wearable reproductions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced for the Historic New Orleans Collection’s 2026–27 exhibition \u003cem\u003eBunny Matthews: His Life, Art, and Obsessions\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcrylic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePost\/stud closure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eVic and Nat’ly Crescent City Connection cartoon\u003c\/em\u003e, 1988; ink and colored pencil on paper, by Bunny Matthews; aired on \u003cem\u003eSteppin’ Out\u003c\/em\u003e, September 30, 1988; HNOC, acquisition made possible by the Laussat Society, 2022.0218.1.224\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Emma Fick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49031907737849,"sku":null,"price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/5528\/4888\/files\/emma_fick_summer_2026-188.jpg?v=1788981823","url":"https:\/\/shophnoc.com\/products\/natly-earrings-crescent-city-connection-bridge","provider":"The Shop at The Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}