What is the first thing you think of when you read the word ‘lobster’? Do you immediately see in your mind of a deep red and clawed crustacean with a wedge of lemon and side of drawn butter? Or maybe it is the image of a beautifully grilled lobster tail?
Well, not everyone conjures the image of a delectable meal; for some it is cause for inspiration. Here are a few ways people reflect on lobsters 
that are innovative and even borderline on unusual.
Lobster Pets
An aquarium is a beautiful hobby and interesting conversation piece that takes knowledge and diligence to properly maintain. Owners like to collect rare or unusual fish and other water life to observe, and one unusual yet popular fish store find is a pet lobster.
We are not talking about your standard Maine lobster weighing in at 7 pounds with claws and all. Depending on the size of one’s tank, it could be as little as a few inches long. The trick to keeping an interesting tank is finding other water creatures that it won’t want to eat!
Here we see a Florida native crawfish in a colorful electric blue, photo by Pet Solutions.
Lobster Fashion
It is possible that Salvador Dali was the first public figure to be well known for his obsession with lobsters that he began incorporating into his mixed media work in 1934. Fine Lobster has discussed his infamous Lobster Telephone, inspired by an off-hand remark in which he exclaimed he didn’t understand why when he ordered lobster in a restaurant he wasn’t served a telephone instead. His obsession was contagious.
Elsa Schiaparelli was known as a daring fashion designer and quite possibly the first one to ever use and market the color known today as ‘hot pink’. She referred to it as ‘shocking pink’ and it quickly became her signature. At peak of her career between the World Wars, she went toe-to-well-shod-toe with Coco Chanel, her main competitor. Salvador Dali also influenced her and together they collaborated on a number of pieces including the ‘Lobster Dress’ for her summer and fall collection in 1937. Here we see it on the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson (1895-1986), in a photo by Cecil Beaton (1904-80) in England (also in 1937) just prior to her third marriage to the Duke of Windsor.
Guinness Book of World Records
Tim Edwards is a student in England attempting to make the Guinness Book of World Records for a rather unusual feat—to run the fastest marathon in an animal costume. Now known as Lobster on his Nottingham Trent University campus, he is training for his first ever marathon, the 2010 Virgin London Marathon April 25th.
On the occasion he wears the costume during a jog as he tries to get used to it, he admits to getting strange looks from passer-bys. Of course his efforts are all in the name of philanthropy as he is raising funds for a local children’s charity, and also to take away the title from the current owner Alastair Martin (a 42-year-old Scottish teacher who completed last year’s London Marathon dressed as an ostrich.)
At Fine Lobster, we take a little bit of pride knowing that our favorite crustacean is seen as more than a fantastic source of delicious protein, but also as beautiful inspiration!
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