London’s own jewelry designer Michelle Lowe-Holder, for her ‘Elizabeth’ SS/13 collection, Queen Elizabeth + British heritage were guilty forher inspiration. By modernizing the mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth ruff – worn on the drawstring collar or chemise (below) –
(painting: Michiele Janz van Miereveld)
with a little edge, using more tactile natural materials such as wire + cork, get ready to be stopped as all of these pieces are stunners – The necklaces especially, make a statement.
(photos: Polly Penrose)
(via WE ARE SELECTERS)