Shining expensive kitties

Kenneth Jay Lane

The pics you see above are expensive jewelry in a panther shape most by Cartier.
The first one is a bracelet owned by the Duchess of Windsor,it's from 1952 and it's estimated 1.5 millin pounds.
This design is a symbol of the maison and never go out of fashion.
Even if we can't by these expensive shiny kitties we can anyway sport the look with much cheaper wild cats like the one you see above by Kenneth Jay Lane.

Bunny Rings

Nerd Bunny £45.00

Bunny Love ring

Cute Bunny Ring edition urban outfitters

Golden bunny ring

Digby & Iona - Big Bunny Ring

Me & Zena

Bunny rings are so cute,have a look at this selection i've made for you!

DIY:Lanvin necklace

From now on Matter Of Style will be in italian too to conquer the heart of my own country readers too. First attempt to make the Lanvin at H&M necklace available in pink and in red.
This necklace is made with opaque beads and stamped pieces we don't have.
When i first saw the necklace i tought it was a little bit eccessive, the bold colors make it look a little naive and childish. I thought: how cute if it was opaque white and i discovered that these necklace are copies of Lanvin necklaces that were in origin white.

The version 1.0 of my reproduced necklace is with pearls.

I used pearls of 4 different dimensions.
They were all in the same box bought at co.import a shop for home accessories
This is the result. I used big pearls to substitute the bigger elements.
Once done the necklace is really a statement
This is the version with pearls, now i'll go shopping for some pink opaque beads and drops and i'll try again
please let me know what you think!

Da oggi Matter Of Style è anche in italiano per conquistare il cuore dei connazionali!!
Oggi primo tentativo di riprodurre il collier di Lanvin for H&M.
Questa collana è costituita da perline opache rosa o rosse e da degli elementi stampati. La prima volta che ho visto la collana ho pensato fosse eccessiva soprattutto per i colori accesi scelti, sembra un po' un giocattolo per bambine,la sua bellezza risiede proprio nel fatto di essere un po' naif, un elemento di rottura in un look serioso. Ho subito pensato che opaco bianco avrebbe dato il suo meglio ed infatti ho scoperto che la collana non è altro che una riproduzione di un precedente design di Lanvin appunto bianco.

Per quella che io chiamerei la versione 1.0 della collana ho utilizzato perle di 4 dimensone diverse (acquistate tutte in una scatola a co.import negozio di accessori per la casa) utilizzando le più grandi per sostituire gli elementi stampati. Che ne pensate? Oggi andrò alla ricerca di perline rosa e di gocce per cimentarmi con un po' di filo di ferro in una versione più simile all'originale.

LAnvin necklace $3000

sorry for the quality of the pics, they have been taken with a phone

DIY lab: newspaper jewelry

A friend of my went to New York and brought me as a present a purse made of candywrappers. I couldn't wait and i started making my own versions of it with different materials. This is what i'm trying today.
Did you know you could wear a newspaper? This piece of jewelry is made of newspaper and the necklace is made with the handles of a shopping bag.
What do you have to do to make it?
You will need:

newspaper pages or your favorite magazine
scotch tape
handles of a shopping bag



First Coat the a page of your newspaper with the scotch tape, pay attention not to wrinkle it.
This will protect the paper and will make it super resistant.


Then cut the page in pieces of 2"x4.5"

Now fold the rectangle leaving the plastic side visible.
Make some of them.
Now it's time to join them together.
Put one piece into another.Do you see the frame now?

In the first piece will be visible a rectangle not a square. Put the second piece into the first and the 3rd.
Continue adding pieces

Contiunue until you have a row of 9 pieces.
Start another row of 5.
Now you've done the necklace.
Other 2 rows of 6.And these are the earrings.
You have quite done.

Now sew the 9 pieces row with the 5 pieces one. Take a strong thread and start sewing.The thread won't be wisible at all in fact you can harly tell the necklace has been sewn.
You have to sew on the front and on the back.


After all the sewing. take the handles of the shopping bag.They are cut of the right lenght already.
Now put one side into the necklace and with the other side make a noose so you can regulate the lenght of the necklace.

And it's done.


For the earrings sew the pieces to make them stiffer and then cut a piece of metal wire and make a u shape piece to make the connection between the paper and the hook.
Attach the hook and you've done.
Enjoy your new jewelry.