The secret ingredient is contrast
Pearls, punk and a little irony
The Next Move
The same idea becomes more radical in another two-finger ring where the pyramid studs form a stylised cross. The pyramids are glossy and finished in black rhodium, while the body of the ring remains matte.
The rings play with time. Traditionally, a signet ring suggests inheritance, family history and an object passed from one generation to another. Here, a form associated with the past carries an icon from a completely different era — one of the most recognisable characters of early video-game culture.
Made in silver with yellow-gold plating, they are set with flat transparent quartz engraved with character reminding of Pac-Man.
And because Salade de Fruits demanded at least one ingredient of pure irony, the collection also includes a series of pinky signet rings.
A black pearl appears in a silver mono ear cuff finished with black rhodium. In a two finger ring, the softness of the pearl is combined with polished pyramid studs, bringing a deliberately punk element into an otherwise restrained composition.
Against this abundance of colour, Alice created jewellery that is predominantly graphic, geometric and laconic.
Wisharawish’s new collection is vivid and playful, filled with softened bonbon colours — shades reminiscent of traditional French sweets in a bonbonnière, bright beneath a delicate, almost powdery surface.
This time, however, Anna Minakova chose to work through contrast.
For Mycelium, created for Wisharawish’s previous collection, the jewellery followed the same visual language as the clothes: organic forms, natural references, shades of grey, darkened surfaces and a sense of something grown rather than constructed.
Following the success of Mycelium, Wisharawish and Alice in WonderLab come together for the second year in a row with a new collaboration created especially for Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo.
The same lunar motif appears in short chokers made from fluid snake chain. The idea is then reduced even further in a series of minimalistic bracelets and rings made from the same chain.
Another necklace is formed from oversized pill-shaped links and finished with a carbine hook. The other end is one of the collection’s recurring lunar elements: a mother-of-pearl disc centred with a mabé pearl.
This time they appear in very different forms. Some are intricate, with complex, almost handmade-looking weaves. Others are reduced to clear, highly geometric shapes.
Chains once again became one of the principal elements of the collection, creating a visual link with the previous collaboration.
The To the Moon
and Back necklace combines an elaborate chain construction with diamond-set lettering and a moon carved from mother-of-pearl
With Salade de Fruits,
the starting point
is almost
the opposite
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L’ingrédient secret
Project:
Pearls form another recurring line throughout
the collection