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P.A.M.: Dreams Freud Dreamed
(01 May 2007) - Every item in P.A.M.'s new Spring/Summer collection (titled "Dreams Freud Dreamed") has character, creative design and boasts quality construction. T-shirts, sweatshirts and jackets incorporate subtle stitching details, at times creating unique triangular shapes and textures. The graphics used are eye-catching but not loud and the jewelry is imaginative and striking. Creative cuts and details make P.A.M. a label to look out for this summer....
(01 May 2007) - Every item in P.A.M.'s new Spring/Summer collection (titled "Dreams Freud Dreamed") has character, creative design and boasts quality construction. T-shirts, sweatshirts and jackets incorporate subtle stitching details, at times creating unique triangular shapes and textures. The graphics used are eye-catching but not loud and the jewelry is imaginative and striking. Creative cuts and details make P.A.M. a label to look out for this summer....
Iosselliani Silver Snake Bracelet
(12 April 2007) - Master of the opulent, mystical, and baroque, Roman jewelry line Iosselliani follows a cultural legacy of defining beauty with the tastefully over-the-top. Established in 1997 by Paolo Giacomelli and Roberta Paolucci, the revered label melds traditional metals and gems, often layering one delicate strand upon another until an ornate piece forms an unexpected look that's misshapen, refined, and altogether enchanting. Representing one of the...
(12 April 2007) - Master of the opulent, mystical, and baroque, Roman jewelry line Iosselliani follows a cultural legacy of defining beauty with the tastefully over-the-top. Established in 1997 by Paolo Giacomelli and Roberta Paolucci, the revered label melds traditional metals and gems, often layering one delicate strand upon another until an ornate piece forms an unexpected look that's misshapen, refined, and altogether enchanting. Representing one of the...
I. Ronni Kappos for Anthropologie
(11 April 2007) - Those in the know love I. Ronni Kappos jewelry for her brightly colored vintage glass beads and styles that are feminine and playful while still looking unfussy and chic. I just found out her designs will reach a much wider audience with her new line of necklaces and earrings for Anthropologie. (Look for Water Lily, Cipher, Niobe with 24k gold details and Leger necklaces.)...
(11 April 2007) - Those in the know love I. Ronni Kappos jewelry for her brightly colored vintage glass beads and styles that are feminine and playful while still looking unfussy and chic. I just found out her designs will reach a much wider audience with her new line of necklaces and earrings for Anthropologie. (Look for Water Lily, Cipher, Niobe with 24k gold details and Leger necklaces.)...
Custom Aramith Cufflinks by Atelier Verstraeten
(11 April 2007) - Aramith is the type of resin used to make pool balls, and I first spied these cufflinks made out of the material on the Paul Smith website. They are not a Paul Smith product though, rather they are made by Belgian jewelry designer Hubert Verstraeten. While you can buy them ready-made from Paul Smith or Vivre, If you go direct to his site, Atelier...
(11 April 2007) - Aramith is the type of resin used to make pool balls, and I first spied these cufflinks made out of the material on the Paul Smith website. They are not a Paul Smith product though, rather they are made by Belgian jewelry designer Hubert Verstraeten. While you can buy them ready-made from Paul Smith or Vivre, If you go direct to his site, Atelier...
The Venerable Bead Pendants
(05 April 2007) - To assuage spring fever, The Venerable Bead's handmade glass pendants look like little Chrysanthemum blossoms in vibrant otherworldly colors. Artist Paula McDonough wrote us and pointed out that she makes them herself with Borosilicate (aka Pyrex) glass. Using a technique called "glass implosion," she heats the glass on one side causing it to "bloom" creating a one-of-a-kind floral pattern. Pendants cost $25 and are...
(05 April 2007) - To assuage spring fever, The Venerable Bead's handmade glass pendants look like little Chrysanthemum blossoms in vibrant otherworldly colors. Artist Paula McDonough wrote us and pointed out that she makes them herself with Borosilicate (aka Pyrex) glass. Using a technique called "glass implosion," she heats the glass on one side causing it to "bloom" creating a one-of-a-kind floral pattern. Pendants cost $25 and are...
Wood Links
(22 March 2007) - In a dramatic departure from her delicate china Stain tea cups, British designer Laura Wood’s latest project is all about big, chunky and funky jewelry. Working with sheets of plywood and a laser cutter, Laura has been having fun with geometric patterns inspired by the joining mechanisms of her drawing board. Laura says that this project focuses on reduction of material wastage; by using...
(22 March 2007) - In a dramatic departure from her delicate china Stain tea cups, British designer Laura Wood’s latest project is all about big, chunky and funky jewelry. Working with sheets of plywood and a laser cutter, Laura has been having fun with geometric patterns inspired by the joining mechanisms of her drawing board. Laura says that this project focuses on reduction of material wastage; by using...
Fetty of Brooklyn NY Rocks Necklace
(14 March 2007) - A twist on the old "diamond in the rough" adage, these pendants by Fetty of Brooklyn are made from a rock found in the streets of NYC set with a small champagne diamond. The subtle sparkle and contrasting materials make for a winning combo, especially hung on it's 16" oxidized sterling silver chain. These necklaces (as if the first bad pun wasn't enough) are...
(14 March 2007) - A twist on the old "diamond in the rough" adage, these pendants by Fetty of Brooklyn are made from a rock found in the streets of NYC set with a small champagne diamond. The subtle sparkle and contrasting materials make for a winning combo, especially hung on it's 16" oxidized sterling silver chain. These necklaces (as if the first bad pun wasn't enough) are...
Reader Find: Clown Chic Jewelry
(06 March 2007) - Cast from bird feet, these Clown Chic pendants showed up in CH's new Reader Finds section and as a tip from Berns Rothschild, the designer of the line, at about the same time. Much like cute-and-sinister combos, Rothschild's gold-plated pieces (also available as belts) mixes high-end materials with gross-out subject matter. Starting at $135 for the more delicate partridge foot necklace (the chicken is...
(06 March 2007) - Cast from bird feet, these Clown Chic pendants showed up in CH's new Reader Finds section and as a tip from Berns Rothschild, the designer of the line, at about the same time. Much like cute-and-sinister combos, Rothschild's gold-plated pieces (also available as belts) mixes high-end materials with gross-out subject matter. Starting at $135 for the more delicate partridge foot necklace (the chicken is...
Unearthen Crystal and Bullet Jewelry
(02 March 2007) - Just as designer Gia Bahm takes her time harmonizing the history and opposing forces that define her new line, Unearthen, so should you consider the distinct powers and potential in each of her crystal creations.The design of Unearthen necklaces centers around a stark and potent union between the bullet and the crystal. A bullet casing binds either a single crystal or a collection of...
(02 March 2007) - Just as designer Gia Bahm takes her time harmonizing the history and opposing forces that define her new line, Unearthen, so should you consider the distinct powers and potential in each of her crystal creations.The design of Unearthen necklaces centers around a stark and potent union between the bullet and the crystal. A bullet casing binds either a single crystal or a collection of...
Arthur Hash Jewelry
(01 March 2007) - With witty simplicity Arthur Hash’s painted metal brooches of silhouetted forms are just the right minimal accessories for any stylish lapel. The pretty forms of the white grenade and pastel pink chainsaw have contradictory cute-meets-sinister appeal. But it's his series of people striking poses make the best collectors items. A sophisticated form of old-school playground pins, you can swap them with your friends—girls and...
(01 March 2007) - With witty simplicity Arthur Hash’s painted metal brooches of silhouetted forms are just the right minimal accessories for any stylish lapel. The pretty forms of the white grenade and pastel pink chainsaw have contradictory cute-meets-sinister appeal. But it's his series of people striking poses make the best collectors items. A sophisticated form of old-school playground pins, you can swap them with your friends—girls and...
Odd Bird Domino Pendants
(14 February 2007) - Printed and then hand-colored onto dominoes, each of these one-of-a-kind pendants features an image on one side—from a sweetly ironic diamond ring to the subtle visual pun of the four-leaf clover (pictured above left, click for detail). The other side reveals a heart-shaped finding for those who prefer to wear their heart somewhere other than on their sleeve—our one concession to today's holiday. Made...
(14 February 2007) - Printed and then hand-colored onto dominoes, each of these one-of-a-kind pendants features an image on one side—from a sweetly ironic diamond ring to the subtle visual pun of the four-leaf clover (pictured above left, click for detail). The other side reveals a heart-shaped finding for those who prefer to wear their heart somewhere other than on their sleeve—our one concession to today's holiday. Made...
Retainer Necklace
(12 February 2007) - I never had a retainer when I was a teen and always wanted one. I was jealous of my friends, who used to spend the day flipping them in their mouths. It looked like so much fun. I used to pretend that I had a retainer by shoving fruit roll to the roof of my mouth. One friend recently told me that she used...
(12 February 2007) - I never had a retainer when I was a teen and always wanted one. I was jealous of my friends, who used to spend the day flipping them in their mouths. It looked like so much fun. I used to pretend that I had a retainer by shoving fruit roll to the roof of my mouth. One friend recently told me that she used...
Chrishabana Jewelry
(31 January 2007) - A slightly different approach than the delicate scenes made of hair by Melanie Bilenker's jewelry, the latest offering from Brooklyn-based jewelry designer Chrishabana feature charms strung on braided locks of human hair. Drawing on the 18th century tradition of curling, plaiting and weaving hair into decorative motifs, Chrishabana's pieces return the air of sentimentality to hair as a medium. The collection features three versions...
(31 January 2007) - A slightly different approach than the delicate scenes made of hair by Melanie Bilenker's jewelry, the latest offering from Brooklyn-based jewelry designer Chrishabana feature charms strung on braided locks of human hair. Drawing on the 18th century tradition of curling, plaiting and weaving hair into decorative motifs, Chrishabana's pieces return the air of sentimentality to hair as a medium. The collection features three versions...
Anuschka Hoevener
(30 January 2007) - Thanks to the connection to Berlin that Project No. 8 co-owner Elizabeth Beer has (she's a partner at Arratia, Beer gallery there), the shop has a selection of some of the best Berlin lines. In addition to Schiesser, Kwik Shop and Bless, they carry Anuschka Hoevener, a designer who often incorporates sculptural volume into her work, though not in the usual puffed sleeve kind...
(30 January 2007) - Thanks to the connection to Berlin that Project No. 8 co-owner Elizabeth Beer has (she's a partner at Arratia, Beer gallery there), the shop has a selection of some of the best Berlin lines. In addition to Schiesser, Kwik Shop and Bless, they carry Anuschka Hoevener, a designer who often incorporates sculptural volume into her work, though not in the usual puffed sleeve kind...
Melanie Bilenker
(30 January 2007) - Made using strands of her own hair, Melanie Bilenker creates brooches, pendants and rings featuring delicately-rendered everyday scenes. A graduate of Philadelphia's University of the Arts, Bilenker's work is inspired by the Victorian tradition of keeping lockets of hair or miniature portraits painted with ground hair and pigment to commemorate the memory of a lost love. Her use of physical remnants evokes an intimate connection...
(30 January 2007) - Made using strands of her own hair, Melanie Bilenker creates brooches, pendants and rings featuring delicately-rendered everyday scenes. A graduate of Philadelphia's University of the Arts, Bilenker's work is inspired by the Victorian tradition of keeping lockets of hair or miniature portraits painted with ground hair and pigment to commemorate the memory of a lost love. Her use of physical remnants evokes an intimate connection...
Refinery29: Animal Farm
(08 January 2007) - Jewelry designers are using their primal instincts—literally. Our favorite recent trend in accessories are pieces that pay homage to animals great and small in brilliant pins, cocktail rings accented with bejeweled eyes and necklaces carved from unexpected materials such as porcelain, wood and resin. Best of all, behind these bunnies and buzzards are symbols, meanings or omens that date back centuries and range from...
(08 January 2007) - Jewelry designers are using their primal instincts—literally. Our favorite recent trend in accessories are pieces that pay homage to animals great and small in brilliant pins, cocktail rings accented with bejeweled eyes and necklaces carved from unexpected materials such as porcelain, wood and resin. Best of all, behind these bunnies and buzzards are symbols, meanings or omens that date back centuries and range from...
Magnetic Jewelry Kit
(04 January 2007) - Much like a DIY version of Luis Pons' Magnetik Distractions, this Magnetic Jewelry Kit comes with 125 super strong magnets in six different styles, including silver spheres, long and short cylinders and cubes, all of which can be endlessly reconfigured into different pieces. Without need for clasps or hooks, you can also add other magnetic items, such as coins or other jewelry. If it's...
(04 January 2007) - Much like a DIY version of Luis Pons' Magnetik Distractions, this Magnetic Jewelry Kit comes with 125 super strong magnets in six different styles, including silver spheres, long and short cylinders and cubes, all of which can be endlessly reconfigured into different pieces. Without need for clasps or hooks, you can also add other magnetic items, such as coins or other jewelry. If it's...
ToyMe Jewelry
(18 December 2006) - The creative project of a 26 year-old Milanese metal worker who grew bored of his job at a bank, ToyMe is a new line adding witty irreverence to jewelry. With inspiration from his own childhood, ToyMe transforms classic toys, elements of urban culture and fashion into silver rings, necklaces and bracelets. A cast of an old cowboy figurine is a pendant necklace, a Lego...
(18 December 2006) - The creative project of a 26 year-old Milanese metal worker who grew bored of his job at a bank, ToyMe is a new line adding witty irreverence to jewelry. With inspiration from his own childhood, ToyMe transforms classic toys, elements of urban culture and fashion into silver rings, necklaces and bracelets. A cast of an old cowboy figurine is a pendant necklace, a Lego...
Mouse Skull Necklace
(11 December 2006) - Skulls might be last year's thing but to me they transcend fad, and I know I'm not alone. This little mouse skull is made of oxidized silver and cast from a found original. Crafted in Brooklyn by Andrea Gentl and India d'Arthenay of Thorn, it comes on a 22" chain. It's $218 from Active Endeavors, but if you enter the coupon code: COOLHUNTING you'll...
(11 December 2006) - Skulls might be last year's thing but to me they transcend fad, and I know I'm not alone. This little mouse skull is made of oxidized silver and cast from a found original. Crafted in Brooklyn by Andrea Gentl and India d'Arthenay of Thorn, it comes on a 22" chain. It's $218 from Active Endeavors, but if you enter the coupon code: COOLHUNTING you'll...
Pet Hypothesis Jewelry
(05 December 2006) - Handmade from repurposed billboard vinyl, the debut line of Pet Hypothesis jewelry follows in the tradition of Freitag and other creative re-users by reinventing industrial materials as accessories. Designer Chelsa Robinson (also formerly ReadyMade's product manager) layers sterling silver chains over bits of colored vinyl that she sews with contrasting thread. We chose to feature Geopanic for its confetti-like abstraction of CMYK colors with...
(05 December 2006) - Handmade from repurposed billboard vinyl, the debut line of Pet Hypothesis jewelry follows in the tradition of Freitag and other creative re-users by reinventing industrial materials as accessories. Designer Chelsa Robinson (also formerly ReadyMade's product manager) layers sterling silver chains over bits of colored vinyl that she sews with contrasting thread. We chose to feature Geopanic for its confetti-like abstraction of CMYK colors with...
Waris Tears Pins
(05 December 2006) - Jewelry designer and sometime actor Waris teamed up with French label A.P.C to create these Waris Tear Pins. Part of a new line he designed for the brand inspired by "love and heartbreak" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird," the all-silver pins make understated accessories and are an unconventional gift. They come two to a set for $77 from A.P.C.'s site....
(05 December 2006) - Jewelry designer and sometime actor Waris teamed up with French label A.P.C to create these Waris Tear Pins. Part of a new line he designed for the brand inspired by "love and heartbreak" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird," the all-silver pins make understated accessories and are an unconventional gift. They come two to a set for $77 from A.P.C.'s site....
Alexis Canter Jewelry
(30 November 2006) - Alexis Canter creates beautiful jewelry from casts of baby teeth, coffee beans, chicken bones and other organic remnants. The Brooklyn based designer's signature piece--a 14k gold casting of the winning half of a wishbone--makes a perfect good luck charm and the 14k gold baby teeth earrings (pictured) are the ideal synthesis of creepy and cute. Available at Stuart and Wright in Brooklyn the "Lucky...
(30 November 2006) - Alexis Canter creates beautiful jewelry from casts of baby teeth, coffee beans, chicken bones and other organic remnants. The Brooklyn based designer's signature piece--a 14k gold casting of the winning half of a wishbone--makes a perfect good luck charm and the 14k gold baby teeth earrings (pictured) are the ideal synthesis of creepy and cute. Available at Stuart and Wright in Brooklyn the "Lucky...
Perfido Bracelets
(20 November 2006) - Contrasting the warmth and rich tones of wood with lucite's sleek modernist appeal, these bangles are made by Brooklyn-based furniture studio Perfido Design. The chunky, brightly colored bracelets made their debut as part of New York-based fashion label United Bamboo's Spring/Summer 2006 line, fitting well with that collection's Modern Art-influenced looks. You can get them in a variety of wood/lucite combinations from Perfido Design...
(20 November 2006) - Contrasting the warmth and rich tones of wood with lucite's sleek modernist appeal, these bangles are made by Brooklyn-based furniture studio Perfido Design. The chunky, brightly colored bracelets made their debut as part of New York-based fashion label United Bamboo's Spring/Summer 2006 line, fitting well with that collection's Modern Art-influenced looks. You can get them in a variety of wood/lucite combinations from Perfido Design...
Skull Pendant
(15 November 2006) - From Southern California designer and motorcycle enthusiast Mitchell Binder. A sterling silver skull on a plain sterling chain, much like we imagine a biker might wear. Chain is 19" long. $215, Buy it at BASE...
(15 November 2006) - From Southern California designer and motorcycle enthusiast Mitchell Binder. A sterling silver skull on a plain sterling chain, much like we imagine a biker might wear. Chain is 19" long. $215, Buy it at BASE...
Valley
(10 November 2006) - Valley, a new retail space in New York City's Lower East Side, aims to create a living room-style atmosphere by creating a one-stop shopping experience, incorporating apparel, a nail and waxing salon and a cafe. The artistically-inspired space will host seasonal art installations and events in attempt to bring clients, friends and community together. Conceived by sisters Julia, 33, and Nina Werman, 30, a...
(10 November 2006) - Valley, a new retail space in New York City's Lower East Side, aims to create a living room-style atmosphere by creating a one-stop shopping experience, incorporating apparel, a nail and waxing salon and a cafe. The artistically-inspired space will host seasonal art installations and events in attempt to bring clients, friends and community together. Conceived by sisters Julia, 33, and Nina Werman, 30, a...
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