Anne et Valentin Eyewear

Encouraging individuality, Anne et Valentin design and create eyewear that makes you "delighted to be yourself." After feeling frustrated with the lack of frame choices to sell in their Toulouse shop, they designed their own small collection in colored acetate, pleasing customers and opticians alike. Now, at nearly 30-years-old, the French label constantly designs entirely new models, putting a twist on classic styles or adding …

Lillot Jewelery

Putting a sophisticated twist on tribal jewelery, Liliam Higa's Lillot collection abounds with animal pendants and tasseled chains mixed with lava beads, fresh water pearls and precious stones for a stylishly casual look. Her latest collection incorporates geometric shapes, like with her Chemistry (above left) and Molecule earrings (above right). Like her older work, these new designs make bold statement pieces, combining African bone, twisted …

Valerie Sloan Jewelery

by Fabrice Fortin Before launching her Paris-based couture label Valslo, French jewelry designer Valerie Sloan worked as a sculptor—a background that reveals itself in the masterful play of light, shadow and texture in her designs. Produced by hand in her atelier beneath her new Paris boutique, Sloan uses the ancient technique of “lost-wax casting.†First sculpting a design out of a block of wax, she …