Karen Handbag

Karen HandbagTHE STORY I was reading Out of Africa one evening, Karen Blixen on horseback, the African sun burning gold across open land, leather and freedom in every sentence. Something about that image never left me. A woman who owned nothing but owned everything, her spirit, her land, her story. I put the book down and Karen was already forming in my hands. THE CRAFTSMANSHIP Karen is shaped like nothing else in the collection, a sculpted dome silhouette in

·         Material: Gold-plated copper

almost architectural edge

Something that walks into a room before you do

I was watching the 1963 film Cleopatra when a single frame stopped me completely

set with Zirconia 5A diamond-cut machine stones along two rigid bangles

The leg is the stage

ensuring full light exposure on all facets and maximum brilliance from every angle

or wear her directly against bare skin for a look that needs nothing else

This is an editorial masterpiece

soft and weightless

the chain already lives at your neck

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