If Marie Antoinette had been a Rocker...

Every day my junk email account is bombarded with "New Arrivals" from a bzillion e-tailers, "Account updates" from Paypal, "New Release" notifications from Amazon, Ebay garbage and a slew of spam of even lesser value. I also get a few Daily Candy emails, which I admittedly leave unread only to accrue about 2-3 months worth before eventually sifting through them and relegating the especially good ones to a 'DailyCandy' folder. Today, I happened to open one on its actual date of publish only to be pleasantly surprised. Behold the work of New York jewelry designer Katherine Sturgis:



Her handmade, friendship bracelet-esque braided jewelry combines materials ranging from embroidery thread to leather, chains and swarovski. It manages that very delicate balance between pretty and glamorous yet unpolished, edgy roughness that I love so very much- reminding me on an aesthetic level of Pedro Garcia shoes. Perhaps the best part is that they are quite reasonably priced with some pieces costing as little as $115. Or, if you're like me, you're inspired and itching for daylight hours to venture out to the jewelry supply and craft stores downtown. Strike while the iron is hot-rhinestones and swarovski are supposed to be big this spring, and I don't see the edgy rocker trend as reinterpreted and reinforced most recently on the runway of Balmain as going away anytime soon.