RENVI Jewelry

Structured jewelry inspired by Roman and Grecian architecture and handmade in LA

by Dominic Blackwell-Cooper In a city dominated by mass production and fast fashion, it’s always a treat to find a company boasting handmade pieces and limited runs. LA-based designer Morgan Cleary prides herself on just these things. Her line RENVI showcases an array of fine jewelry pieces—inspired by Roman and Grecian architecture—with a contemporary angle. “My goal is to re-invent society’s relationship with fine jewelry,” …

Commodity’s Fragrance Fitting Kit

A try-before-you-buy approach to fragrances for men and women from the LA-based outfit

Sleekly and simply packaged, Commodity’s collection of handcrafted, small-batch fragrances for men and women offer an opportunity to find one’s signature scent far away from the beauty counter. Adapting a Warby Parker-like model, the LA-based brand’s chief innovation is their Fitting Kits, which provide customers a way to play with a full range of samples before committing. Delineated by gender, their line includes 10 scents …

Dan Gluibizzi: Between Friends

NSFW watercolors inspired by how we pose for cameras and modeled on photos from across the internet

Sex, bongs and the internet—these are the motifs explored in the watercolors of Portland-via-New York artist and Tumblr addict Dan Gluibizzi (pronounced “glue-busy”). Opening tomorrow, 1 March 2014, at LA’s Kopeikin Gallery, Gluibizzi’s solo exhibition “Between Friends” features his most recent studies, many of which are modeled from images he discovered through Tumblr. Explaining his chosen title, Gluibizzi tells CH, “We live in a world …