With his latest Giles & Brother collection, Philip Crangi is
putting his own spin on fashion's minimalist trend. The designs, he
insists, aren't "minimal, but rather super-maximal with as few parts as
possible." The tightly edited offerings represent a step away from the
more-is-more aesthetic that has dominated costume jewelry for the past
several seasons, focusing instead on highly polished metals and leathers
with a handcrafted touch. Crangi, who began his career as a goldsmith,
turned for inspiration to familiar objects like horse bits, and then set
out to reduce each design to its essence. The results include
gold-finished cuffs, leather wrap bracelets, and a Seventies-style
necklace made from three linked pieces of brass. "Jewelry doesn't need
to be precious or fine in substance to be great," the designer says. "It
just needs to be highly artistic" (gilesandbrother.com; from $60 to
$285).Cuff Love
With his latest Giles & Brother collection, Philip Crangi is
putting his own spin on fashion's minimalist trend. The designs, he
insists, aren't "minimal, but rather super-maximal with as few parts as
possible." The tightly edited offerings represent a step away from the
more-is-more aesthetic that has dominated costume jewelry for the past
several seasons, focusing instead on highly polished metals and leathers
with a handcrafted touch. Crangi, who began his career as a goldsmith,
turned for inspiration to familiar objects like horse bits, and then set
out to reduce each design to its essence. The results include
gold-finished cuffs, leather wrap bracelets, and a Seventies-style
necklace made from three linked pieces of brass. "Jewelry doesn't need
to be precious or fine in substance to be great," the designer says. "It
just needs to be highly artistic" (gilesandbrother.com; from $60 to
$285).Categories:
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