Today's #DesignerSeries choice is Suzanne Syz, a woman of beauty and humor who apparently doesn't want much data out on line about her, so we'll respect that. #JewelWatch
She's based in Switzerland.
She works with an art business model, mostly. Meaning she produces individual pieces that are one of a kind, and sold at those prices.
In some cases artists also have a manufactured line that they design for, we'll be seeing both.
This is the piece that got my attention.
She's famous? Notorious? For her rings. They are fabulous, and extremely varied.
Also at work? A great sense of humor.
Her 'mere mortal' pieces are often anodized aluminum with tiny diamonds set in. And very fun.
There are suites!
Many of them fun, and funny.
She also works with ceramic coatings,
And titanium, anodized and not.
Jade, when the mood strikes...
So we'll cruise through the website, here, and see what other goodies we've got. "Pieces Uniques" it's labeled here. suzannesyz.ch/2014/04/21/the…
Great, it won't copy and paste, we're back to Google and "that looks like it's probably hers".
Titanium, and the big slices of stone are low-grade diamond.
ACTUAL CHANDELIER EARRINGS.
And this is the chesterfield ring, as in couch. As in upholstered furniture.
You can see why I love this stuff.
I keep returning to her earrings because they are awesome and also because most of them are very light, given what they're made out of.
She could give DeBeers lessons. I think these go with the diamond slice bracelet and ring up thread.
She also passes the brown diamonds test. (Make something with brown diamonds that doesn't look like shit.)
So that's today's designer, Suzanne Syz. Still at work and creating, I hope for many years to come.
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Today we're going to do a #JewelWatch thread that's kind of also a #RoyalWatch. It's one of those "I thought you knew that" kinds of things.
Look out, there's history.
The Delhi Durbar parure.
It is so named because after Queen Mary took the throne with... whoever she married... George V, right. (I know the queens because they wore the jewelry. No joke.) Anyway, when they took the throne, they decided to also be crowned in India, in Delhi.
There had been durbars, the Indian ceremony I think the British Empire cooked up on the spot, to officially take the "throne" of India which had definitely not existed before the Empire. (It had been a group of independent nations, not one.)
This is all speculation, I'm not saying otherwise. But it smells.
Right, so Christmas Day, Kate Windsor did the walk from Church that's traditional.
It's the last time anyone "public" has seen her.
There are rumors that an ambulance was seen leaving where she was staying, sometime in the next few days. Rumor. Entirely rumor.
January 17, so already not seen for twentyish days, the Palace announces Kate has gone into the hospital the day before, for "planned abdominal surgery". At that time everyone was told not to expect to see Kate until Easterish. (That's March 31.)
There were some questions about the liquid organdy dress - the dark blue, very shiny, full skirt, corset waist. And I mentioned that the next time I was on my computer (where the fashion images live) I'd post some more photos. #FashionWatch
Armani, 2021:
As I said before, it's made of some kind of high tech fiber, and silk. It's very short on details so I assume proprietary tech is involved.
Guo Pei, 2016.
I haven't done much digging, to see if it all tracks back to a single manufacturer, or a couple who've licensed from a tech company. But that's my first guess.