Timeless Style with Nixon and Jules Kim

We talk rebellion, awkward fashion moments and timeless style with the NYC-based jewelry designer

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On a recent cold day in New York, we were lucky enough to spend the morning with jewelry designer Jules Kim who’s been a major player in the jewelry scene for quite a while. We warmed up with a coffee with Kim and visited her intimate, appointment-only, below-ground showroom and shop on Bowery, which houses all her products—made locally in Manhattan. Founding and spearheading Bijules …

Interview: Filmmaker Ry Russo-Young

The NYC-based independent writer/director details the creative process behind her series of short films for Cotton

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NYC-based independent filmmaker Ry Russo-Young has three feature films under her screenwriter/directorial belt, which have earned nods like a 2009 Gotham Independent Film Award and 2012 Special Jury Prize at Sundance. Her 2012 film “Nobody Walks,” co-written with Lena Dunham and directed by Russo-Young, features John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby and Rosemarie DeWitt (along with some scorpions) in a chilling too-real tale of repression giving into …

Tit Tee by Sarah Shikama

A playful, hand-beaded top that leaves almost everything to the imagination

Chicago-based visual artist and metalsmith Sarah Shikama is best known for her handmade jewelry (which draws inspiration from as varied subjects as Brancusi to the sea), but it was her “Tit Tee” that made us stop in our tracks. The hand-beaded, illustrated outline of breasts is cleverly subtle and an office-appropriate (maybe) way of expressing support for the #FreeTheNipple movement. The Tit Tee is available …