De filosofie achter Ballets Russes vormt de ultieme inspiratiebron achter een verfijnde sieradencollectie. De H/W ‘11 prêt-a-porter- en couturecollectie van Dorhout Mees vormt het perfecte landschap achter deze door Dorhout Mees + Gild Atelier vervaardigde sieradenlijn. De bijna minimalistiche, eigentijdse vormen vloeien samen tot een tijdloos, betoverend en handgemaakt product.
Evenals de H/W ’11 Ballets Russes modecollectie van Dorhout Mees bestaat ook deze bijbehorende sieradenreeks uit een basic- , een ready to wear- en een couturelijn. Read More

‘Feel good’ is the intense feeling the jewellery brand Just J wants to spread with their jewellery collection. This fall the collection will be supplement with new earrings and rings, they didn’t forget the men, because Just J is coming with some fine cufflinks.

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Copyright: Pamela Love

The slightly obscure jewellery from Pamela Love is enormously popular. There are a lot of (inter)national magazines paying attention to her designs as well as the celebrities. Unfortunatelly the brand is not for sale in the Netherlands, but on www.fashionology.nl of designer Rachel Duister you’ll find similar jewellery and it’s a lot cheaper.

Copyright Pamela Love                                          Copyright Fashionology

Rachel watches the trends closely; Ann Demeulemeester presented last autumn her Spring/Summer 2010 collection on the catwalks in Paris which featured special jewellery and accessoires. Rachel sells her own variation on this at fashionology.

Left: Ann Demeulemeester Spring/Summer 2010 (style.com)
Right: copyright Fashionology

What all these items brings together is their handcrafted element.
The transparant top from Sacha Mekel has been handmade and has a special seemtreatment.
The velt brooches are illustrated by hand by their designer Verónica de Arriba, the necklaces from Fashionology (the brand of Rachel Duister) are all limited editions and the racoon of Kenana has been handknitted by women in Kenya.

Picture 1:
1. Transparant top, Sacha Mekel price on request
2. Felt brooch with bear illustration, Depeapa 12 euro
3. Silver twig necklace, Fashionology 22 euro

Picture 2:
1. Felt brooch with bear illustration, Depeapa 12 euro
2. Felt brooch with cat illustration, Depeapa 12 euro

Picture 3:
1. Knitted racoon, Kenana

Picture 4:
1. Silver twig necklace, Fashionology 22 euro
2. Birdskull necklace, Fashionology 22 euro
3. Large claw necklace, Fashionology 40 euro

For more information:
1. Depeapa brooches and accessories http://www.depeapa.com/
2. Fashionology, jewellery  http://www.fashionology.nl/
3. Kenana, handknitted cuddly toys from Kenya http://kenana-nl.eu
4. Sacha Mekel, Dutch fashion designer www.sachamekel.nl

The story behind the jewelrybrand MAEI

Byoux Etcetera offers newcomers the opportunity to introduce themselves to the market. This time it’s up to Marieke Slangen. In November 2008 this young designer stood with her label MAEI on the international art fair Sieraad in Amsterdam. And last January, she attended for the second time Eclat de Mode in Paris.

“MAEI  was founded about 2.5 years ago, out of my love of folklore and folk art. As a child I was fond of folklore. I could browse books with pictures and drawings of distant countries, painted furniture and costumes for long hours. After I finished my bachelor in Education in Fine Arts and Design I became interested in jewelry and I started these designs. My love for folklore returned in the form of hand-painted floral motifs on wooden beads.

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Are you also looking forward to spring? Be patient…spring is almost in the air.

Until that time.. Efva Attling designed something special. This Swedish designer from Stockholm designed a new version of miniature pieces of her already existing collection, the well known Icon Pieces.  This special petit spring collection  exist of delicate chainlets. Read More

Dolce Luna exist 10 year! The brand established by Danielle de Jong and in an amount of 10 years Dolce Luna has developed into a famous jewelry brand. Danielle is for her designs  always looking for a mixture between glamour, luxury, elegance and enchantment. She creates this mixture by using materials such as Swarovski crystals, Venetian glass and free-blown glass beads from Czech.

Dedicated to this 10 year anniversary Dolce Luna has brought up a Limited Edition Luna Silver (925 sterling). This collection is split up in 4 sub collections: The Dolce Luna Wish box, Amazing Buddha, A true Vintage Victim and A tale of Hummingbirds and Butterflies.
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A new accessory brand has been introduced to Holland: Diddi. Diddi is Swedish and makes cool, tough jewellery, designed by Camilla Nihlén. She uses natural materials such as leather, suede, glass and various metals. The jewellery is nickel-free and hypo-allergen.

Besides rings, bracelets and necklaces Diddi also brings key rings. With 4 collections a year there’s always something new for a nice price.
Particularly nice are the seperate charms which can be used to compile your own jewellery, so it’s up to you! Read More

In Taipei, the capital city of  Taiwan, where the most world products come from, stands the Haoshi design studio. Griffin Yang and Cheney Tseng from the Haoshi design studio try to let us appreciate the small things in life by a jewellery collection.
On Haoshi website is written: “A glass of water, a bunch of bananas, and a puppy has it’s own different existence.”
According to Haoshi design studio this community thinks that the things that make life easy and joyful are taken for granted. It is their intention to make us more aware of our surroundings.
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