Showing posts with label jewelry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jewelry. Show all posts

Stones and Carvings


Manuel Bozzi on the Stage at San Remo!

Manuel Bozzi has made his voice heard all the way to San Remo Music Festival, the inspiraton of Eurovision!

But it was Manuel Bozzi, the jewelry maker from Pias, that was on the stage singing; rather, singer Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi of the duo La Crus, who was wearing a Manuel Bozzi ring.

San Remo Music Festival was born in 1951 in the Ariston Theatre of the city, San Remo, and has launched the careers of Italian singers like Andrea Boccelli and Eros Ramazzotti.

As for Manuel Bozzi, he is the rock-chic craftsman who is known for romantic and refined men’s jewelry, making his voice heard around the world.

See some more shots here.

Photos Courtesy Claudio Leoni Public Relations.

I Bought It Files: SHARK Bracelet & Faux Fur Leopard Print Coat!

I realized yesterday that AN ENTIRE DAY HAD PASSED without me engaging in ANY sort of online shopping experience. So today I vowed to right that terrible wrong.

I had an online gift certificate to Fred Flare, which is one of my favorite stores of all time (run by some of the nicest PEOPLE of all time -- Chris, Keith and Jen are LITTLE MIRACLES), which is why I'll soon be the proud owner of a new leopard-print faux fur coat AND a Disney Couture shark bracelet. TWO NECESSITIES, of course.
($78, FredFlare.com)
I've been on a mission for MONTHS now to find a great faux fur coat, and I hope this one delivers. It's no Wren fur coat, but it's also not $795, now is it?


($54, Disney Couture, FredFlare.com)

I'm not necessarily a Disney person, nor am I usually into licensed merch (often it skeeves me out), but I do positively LOVE Disney Couture's jewelry, particularly because it doesn't look like kid Disney stuff. And it's made really well. My Disney treasure chest ring, also from Fred Flare, looks brand-new after years of wear. Oh yeah, and Disney Couture's Tron merch is out of this world. (Get it?) Anyway, I ended up buying this shark bracelet. Because I really really needed a shark bracelet, as it turns out.

Oh yeah, get 30% off with code word "Flare." YAY! Love a sale!

Manuel Bozzi and His “Ancient Keyrope” Pendant

The “Ancient Keyrope” pendant by Manuel Bozzi “wave” in a world of ropes cleverly forged in the silver playing in an eternal interlacement of knots, romantic “jails” for stones with an inestimable symbolic value. The Pisan designer seems to contain, force humble treasures in baroque knots, stones made rich because cut and shielded as diamonds. This "stolen treasure" kept narrow to the heart with the rope cause “key” of our deepest heart.

The new creations of the Pisan designer Manuel Bozzi take roots in Baroque and deco art to produce jewels which “live” of a symbolic duality in a world of silver-engraved ropes woven to form knots and capture treasures and tighten them to the heart. A new state of mind is born and molded into the metal: these are immortal instants, taken and bunged with knots. An evolutionary run that of Manuel Bozzi marked by a deep knowledge of the ancient jewel, a hard run, marked, always very rocky where symmetries and strict, specula geometries melt into distant alchemies.

Photo Copyright Manuel Bozzi.

Flirty florals

Flirty florals
Enamel necklace
Fantasy Jewelry Box, $59.

“Bords de Mer” by MoutonCollet

Bords de Mer” (‘Edges by the Sea’) is the recent collection of jewelry by Matthieu Mouton and Nicolas Collet of MoutonCollet.

The collection reconstructs the modern masculine identity from legendary heraldic knights and epic adventures by sea.

Symbols include classic cavalry fashioned into nail-shaped pendants.

Friends from childhood, Matthieu and Nicolas are based in Brussels, Belgium, with a studio in Paris.



Photos Copyright MoutonCollet.

“Stop & Frozen Chains” by Manuel Bozzi


Italian designer Manuel Bozzi has just released his new collection of unisex jewelry entitled “Stop & Frozen Chains.”

Pursuing his latest dream, Manuel Bozzi narrates a story of bonds, ropes, and ties interlaced with plots and speaking of games and “enchained” tensions.

In fact, the chains stop as if frozen in an visual illusion that unravels the flow of time, drawing our attention to the mobility of precious silver links, which have been stylistically welded into the chains of rigid bracelets.

The stylist writes, From an harmonic curve, a magic bond was born and made “indissoluble" by goldsmith art, which mixes tradition and innovation in an enclosing game between parody and technique...




Photos Copyright Manuel Bozzi.

Why Men Are Wearing More Bracelets

As summer heats up, so has the amount of men wearing bracelets!

According to a recent article in the Financial Times, this growing trend has been spotted on business men across the world, who have been adding a bracelet to their custom-made suits and elegant designer watches for an air of nonchalance.

Worn in the office or on the golf course, David Yurman has a beautiful selection of men’s bracelets, perfect to add a touch of casual elegance to your summer look.

Based in New York, David Yurman launched his label of fine jewelry and timepieces in 1980 and is now a recognized leader in fine jewelry and luxury watch brands.
Photo Copyright David Yurman.