Let me tell you a little story about the necklace above. Once upon a time, a girl walked into my work wearing this necklace. I actually jumped over the counter and accosted her, grabbing the necklace in my excitement and demanding to know where it had come from, refusing to be parted from it until [...]

Jewelry designer Gisele Ganne is reimagining a Victorian tradition with her outrageous mourning and divorce jewelry. Traditional symbols like skulls,roses and doves mingle with toy soldiers, weapons, and nooses as easily as traditional materials are incorporated right along with foam and sequins. Her rings especially are heavy in substance as well as symbolism- she even [...]