Time and again, the reminders are there. Simple things, little but
enduring, forgotten for years or kept safely in a special place—
jewelry touches all those vulnerabilities, affecting even the steeliest
characters in ways that seem far from inanimate. Goldsmith Christa
Lühtje knows the way the spell is cast. From her studio in Germany
the accomplished designer sculpts gold into extraordinary radiant
and natural forms. The eternity of a circle, worn as a ring and
bearing all the virtues of handmade, one-of-a-kind art, there are no
mass-produced trinkets or museum-quality gems that feel this warm
or eloquent. These pieces hold a lingering awareness of forever. The
artist has stated, “If a piece that I've made does not just adorn the
wearer but also graces him or her in the truest sense of the word,
then I know that my endeavor has been successful.” A collection
with a soul is more precious than ever, this is why the small things stay
with us always. For information, christaluehtje.com + 49 8 9857 4177
When the temperature starts to behave, we seize it as a chance to rebel. Longer
brunches, shorter skirts, a forgetful air in sunshine and soft breezes. All that time
locked inside, and now the invariable industriousness that earned you a second
promotion just slips out the door for late afternoon cocktails. If this is what spring
fever looks like, we have found its decorous accessory: the Double Happiness
clutch from Shanghai Tang, a Op-Art seduction in silk satin and leather with riotous,
punchy 1960s Hong Kong nostalgia. The piece effervesces not purely for its just-at-sunset, fruit-flavored color combination, but in its smart, cultivated mood–the
kind of ebullience squandered by the wild child, but intuitively captured by the
right modern woman. For their spring/summer season, Shanghai Tang passionately
ponders Love Restraint, a theme that finds artistic opposites—passion and self-possession—in fluid harmony. To purchase, 212 888 0111 shanghaitang.com
