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São Paulo-based Lane Marinho's marvelous eponymous accessories line is a new takes on classic brooches and necklaces. Painstakingly constructed by hand—in some cases taking more than an entire day to finish just one—her Rococo-inspired creations are stunning examples of her close study of sewing and embroidery.
Marinho cites the concept of nature's Golden Ratio as it relates to plants and flowers to explain some pieces that she builds in a progression of size with the end result to "create a harmonic composition," she says. Materials range from linen to other fabrics, all spruced up by metallic finishings, silk thread, cording and sample pieces. Worn with basics, her accessories look like art pieces.
Marinho, who manages a special-designs team for a major international shoe company based in Brazil as her day job, takes orders directly via lanemarinho [at] gmail [dot] com but she also sells at B. Luxo Store in São Paulo.
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