Eclectic in her combination of apparently discrepant influences where hard rock and traditional bridal and tribal styles mix unabashedly with a certain 80’s feel, Maria Francesca Pepe brought us this season yet another fantastic jewellery collection along with a lavishly illustrated lookbook. Reminding us of a pictorial style typical to the tattoo genre, which can … Continue reading
“A rose-tinted flower peeking out of a crack in a pavement… a glint of sunlight on a rusty can… a pebble marking gentle waves in a rain shower’s puddle” Eclectic and flamboyant, suggestive always of myriads of styles in each and every of her pieces, Ayala Bar’s jewellery compositions are a vibrant and continuous burst … Continue reading
Joji Kojima’s latest collection Insecta pays tribute to the earth’s biodiversity and the fascinating new discovery of species that science brings us year after year: “Creatures called insects with more than 2000 new species a year being discovered even in the 21st century. This is a collection of jewelry that expresses creatures with their distinct … Continue reading
Think sandy beaches and subtropical climates, bodies tanned to perfection in jaw-dropping natural scenarios, think samba, bossa nova and alegria, candomblé, football-philia and favela, and yes, you are in Rio de Janeiro. “Tall and tan and young and lovely, the girl from Ipanema goes walking and when she passes, each one she passes goes ah” … Continue reading
It is most certainly a rather challenging and exciting task to come up with innovative jewellery design in a city with such a powerful and unmistakable heritage in goldsmithing as Cairo. In fact, what we have until now mostly observed in the majority of brands based there, is that in terms of new design approaches, often … Continue reading
The concept behind Ek Thongprasert’s jewellery work is very clear: to transfer traditional and classical jewellery silhouettes into silicone, a material of choice since the beginning of his collaboration with jewellery designer Noon Passama, also co-founder of the brand. This substitution of qualities, though fairly simple to conceive, has a tremendous effect in the pieces as … Continue reading
Mawi started its successful path 12 years ago as the result of a creative collaboration in business and in life between Mawi Keivon, sole responsible for the design direction, and Tim Awan, heading the management side of the brand. We had last week the exciting opportunity to meet them both at their studio in London Dalston … Continue reading
Kirsty Ward launched her eponymous label back in 2010 after completing the prestigious MA in Womenswear at the London Central Saint Martins. Since then both her clothing and jewellery collections have been gathering an array of positive reviews and mentions from top British fashion institutions such as Vogue and Elle UK, Selfridges and WGSN. Ward’s S/S … Continue reading
Rarely do we come across jewellery designs so intensively striking. We found in Maria Piana’s S/S 2013 collection a very determined vision, steadily focused in the creative direction taken. These are objects that seem to be somehow gravitating the surface of the bodies they adorn. The thin sheets of plated metal from which they are … Continue reading
We welcomed recently the opportunity for a private viewing of Fiona Paxton’s latest jewellery collection in her London press office at Sane Communications. What we much cherish in Paxton’s work is the undoubtedly strong ethnical influence that one immediately grasps from the very first moment of looking at her designs. Just the stunning hand beading craftsmanship … Continue reading
Meaning “fang” in Georgian, the native language from sisters-in-law and founders Natia and Tamar, Eshvi is a new jewellery brand launched past March during Paris Fashion Week after a creative and business partnership with Giselle Ganne, formerly head of silver design at Stephen Webster. “The debut collection was inspired by the Art Deco Era and … Continue reading
Delfina Delettrez previous collection was inhabited by a variety of surrealist icons such as mirrors, eyes and other juxtaposed imagery from the movement. Although this fascination could have ended up revealing not much more than a interesting-for-the-moodboard kind of inspiration, Delettrez proved in fact to be drawn into the meanings behind those symbols, following a … Continue reading
In a 1940’s catalogue of the North-American retailer SEARS, one can read their latest jewellery items being advertised as “the prettiest newest jewellery, the kind girls love to wear”. As these were mostly made out of sterling silver, one could hardly imagine that more than half a century later, jewellery design would turn on to … Continue reading
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