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PHOTOGRAPHY: SARAH BLAIS FASHION: LUNE KUIPERS WRITER: CARAGH MCKAY

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Jewellery designs for the fast lane

For Paris-based jewellery designer Annelise Michelson,

the shiny gloss of industrial car-spray palettes has

long been a source of joy. ‘It’s the energy that these

colours express. They make everything feel exciting,

like a fast sports car,’ she says, pondering the ainity

for vivid coated metal in her own designs. The

high-shine melange of purple and icy blue that

spills across her new ‘Sea Leaves’ earrings, however,

take their tangled tones from another automotive

inspiration. ‘I wanted their brightness to have a strange

impact, like car oil mixing with water on the road.’

Barcelona-based jewellery label Gaviria also revels in

industrial metal inluences. Its bright, powder-coated,

primary-coloured designs have a sparky character that

tugs on unnoticeable, everyday details, such as the

undulations of a car grille. Swiss high jeweller Suzanne

Syz, meanwhile, is a master at confusing industrial

materials with precious ones. The fruity red aluminium

that makes her diamond-speckled ‘Hello It’s Me’ hoops

so easy to wear was created by the same workshop

that colours the wings and tails of the Airbus A380.

‘SEA LEAVES’ EARRING, PART

OF THE ALGAE COLLECTION,

£430 PER PAIR, BY ANNELISE

MICHELSON. LEATHER COAT,

£2,940; JACKET, £655, BOTH

BY MAX MARA

‘HELLO IT’S ME’ EARRING, PRICE

ON REQUEST, BY SUZANNE SYZ.

LEATHER COAT, £2,940; JACKET,

£655, BOTH BY MAX MARA

‘LARGE EERO’ EARRING,

PART OF THE SPACE RECALL

COLLECTION, £269 PER PAIR,

BY GAVIRIA JEWELLERY.

JUMPER, £335, BY MAX MARA

Hair: Yoshitaka Miyazaki using L’Oréal Professionnel Tecni Art. Make-up: Verity Cumming using Bobbi Brown. Model: Kasumi at Named Models. Location: Dalston Pier Studios

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