The songwriter who coined the immortal phrase “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend” for Marilyn was mostly right. Dripping in expensive Rococo ornaments, the greatest seductress to grace the silver screen channeled the innate fascination and love we all share for jewels. If staring at shiny things is innate to our species, it’s easy to understand why. Gazing up into the skies at the sun, moon, and stars was one of the earliest methods humans codified to understand the cycles of nature.
While the diamond industry revamps some of its labor practices and lab-grown variations compete aesthetically with the real thing, it’s a hint that the texture, luminosity, size, and shape of metals, crystals, and gemstones are as friendly to girls who love a little bling. Or even a lot of bling, the bold and unique kind that comes from artisanal designers like Sunlit Fine Jewelry.
Founded by Susan Hamilton Meir, who’s spent half her life intimately involved with jewelry as an SVA student and Sotheby’s Jewelry associate, Sunlit Fine Jewelry harkens back to the era when the shiniest objects were in the sky. In true artisanal fashion, each piece in the themed collections of rings, necklaces, bracelets, and earrings is sculpted and textured by hand and inspired by sun, moon and stars. The Shadow Collection combines the warmth of gold with the darker metallic sheen of silver to explore the yin-yang symbiosis of light and shadow. The Pyramid Collection, inspired by many trips to the Mayan and Egyptian pyramids, pays homage to the stunning architecture of these ancient spiritual structures. The Droplet Collection telegraphs the movement of the sun’s orbit into sensuous, female curves.
For the holidays, Sunlit Fine Jewelry has curated a gift guide of its most popular pieces priced under $2000 to sate a wide array of bling adoration.
For last minute gifts and an unforgettable in-person experience of these stunning architectural pieces, Sunlit Fine Jewelry is stocked at Atelier d’Emotion, and some of the chicest boutiques and galleries in New York, Connecticut, and other states on the Eastern seaboard. Added bonus: Susan Hamilton Meir is available to discuss custom designs, commissions, and pre-orders.
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