Jewelry in China has historically been perceived as an investment rather than art and, until a few years, ago there were few options to study jewelry design in Beijing. The available training programs used to be focused on the reproduction of old techniques and existing styles and patterns. Recognizing the need to stimulate personal creativity, The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) was one of …
Frustrated with losing their sunglasses and also spotting the same styles on faces around them in New York, Holland-born Alex van Klaveren and Washington native Zoe Nightingale took their mutual obsession with shades, entrepreneurial know-how and knack for throwing parties to launch The Monocle Order, an online eyewear club, in 2011. Departing from the usual sunglasses-of-the-month model, it exclusively carries independent designers and coveted vintage …
The upshot of a collaboration between Kate Spade’s more accessible brand Saturday and Nixon, these plastic gems brighten up your wrist while keeping track of time. Several styles available.