jewels: by camille miceli

jewellery by camille miceli, photo by garance doré

i found these over on garance doré‘s blog.  they’re by camille miceli, now doing jewelley for dior, previously of louis vuitton plastic-paper-chains fame (exhibit b):

daisy necklace, Louis Vuitton’s Fall/Winter 2009, via ilovelv

i’m not so mad about the plastic/paper chains – i like them better on their own than on the models, where they’re very…large.  and a little pre-school for my taste – but i appreciate the recliaming of childish persuits…and the hilarity of paying US$1,050 to indulge them.

jewellery by camille miceli, photo by garance doré

these new works for dior, though.  these i love a little bit.  they remind me of coral formations, or rock strata.  you couldn’t wear much else with them, but they’d be pretty stunning, just with the simplest of simple shirts and jeans.  i like jewellery that makes its quiet presence known without needing an elabourate backdrop.

jewels: punch-ons for the environment

picture and links from inhabitat.

i really love (and find quietly hilarious)…these moss knuckledusters by icelandic designer hafsteinn juliusson.  it’s such a beautiful idea, on so many levels: portable plants, jewellery that incorporates growing things, and most of all the lovely contrast between hard and violent things that can kill you…and the warm, living softness of moss.