Loved this post on Studded Hearts About Spell Designs THE FAIRY TALE SO FAR… For as long as sisters Elizabeth and Isabella can remember they’ve been enamoured by the feeling created when you combine feathers, leather and turquoise. In the 1960s and 70s their father was a leather craftsman and their mother was a potter, painter and wove brightly coloured threads on a loom. It seems only natural that the sisters   Read More ...

Sophia 203 Sophia Edstrand was  born in Stockholm, Sweden and lived there until she was 18. The dream of working in fashion or with something creative was always there. In that time, the Swedish fashion industry was not as strong as it is today, so she left for Paris thinking she would come back a year later to study law. She then met with her current boss, jeweler Marie Helene de   Read More ...

‘Hanna Bernhard‘ is a husband and wife team based in Paris that create ‘collectible’ jewelry. They recently accessorized the Essa fashion show in Dubai which was the first time I had seen their ‘larger than life ‘ creations. Greatest Inspirations or Influences? We are inspired by nature and animals. My husband lived in an island in the Mediterranean sea when he was young, which explains why he loves  to design sea   Read More ...

The painter, Gaella Gottwald was born in 1975 in Montreal of Croatian descent. She has lived in 13 cities in more than 7 different countries. She has a degree in History of Art and Architecture from Brown University, and received her design degree from the European Institute of Design in Milan, Italy has studied at the Applied Arts Academy of Prague, illustration and painting, film at the FAMU and print   Read More ...

Zinab Chahine Ctrl+Z Jewelry Design Zinab Chahine is a graphic designer who started her own jewelry brand  only a year ago, creating handmade jewelry with a twist. Her inspiration comes from Lebanese and Middle Eastern culture but designed in a contemporary way. Favorite Websites? www.confashionsfromkuwait.com www.urbansouk.com Fashion Icons? Edie Sedgwick for her amazing taste in jewelry, especially the huge earrings. Boutiques? When I’m outside Lebanon I shop at Urban Outfitters.   Read More ...

Silja Magg After graduating from the Rhode Island School Of Design, Lara Kurtzman worked as a theatrical costume and set designer and began creating custom jewelry and accessories for private clients. Capturing the attention of designers such as Mads Kornerup, Gerard Yosca and Patricia Field, Lara’s pieces were featured in magazines,seen in movie and television productions and on runways in both NY and Miami. Lara established Kelacala Q with studio   Read More ...

New York City (May 3, 2010) - The stars were out tonight for the Costume Institute Gala Benefit to celebrate the opening of the “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity” exhibition. The annual event co-chaired by Anna Wintour,  was held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Karolina Kurkova in Altuzarra Alexa Chung in a Phillip Lim Tuxedo Gisele in Alexander Wang mini dress

Kimberly Garett started her career in fashion working at Obligato boutique in East Hampton, NY. Upon graduation, she moved to NYC to work at Ralph Lauren doing women’s PR.  After almost two years she was promoted to celebrity dressing, where she styled and/or secured a range of VIP clients including Angelina Jolie, Penelope Cruz, Charlize Theron, Julianne Moore, Blake Lively, and Megan Fox.  She also worked on styling specific characters for films including “Sex and the City 2”   Read More ...

Jewelry design has always been in Patricia Nicolas’ blood, with an extensive family background in the industry she was born to make excitingly wearable designs. Having traveled a wide variety of the world’s greatest cities, Patricia draws on a great range of inspiration to design in her North London based studio. She grew up in Madrid and finished her studies in Boston. In order to develop her creative ideas, she   Read More ...

Charlotte Collard has one of the best fashion blogs out there and has been a model for over 10 years now, with Ford in New York where highlights of her career were shooting with the likes of Arthur Elgort, Michel Comte, Walter Chin and Jean Baptiste Mondino for magazines like Vogue, Numero, GQ, Marie Claire, Glamour, and Elle. She has walked the runways for Oscar de la Renta, Krizia, Trussardi,   Read More ...