Editor’s Note
**Editor’s Note:** From literary inspiration to bold design, these two jewelry labels are shaping the future of fashion.
Fashion begins with jewelry. And it ends with jewelry. Vogue has selected two jewelry labels to keep an eye on.
What kind of jewelry does a designer with a literature background create? The answer can be found in ‘Alighieri’ by designer Rosh Mahtani, who stopped by Seoul last summer for a trunk show. A graduate in French and Italian literature from the University of Oxford, she felt a bit lost after graduation. New inspiration struck after reading Dante’s Divine Comedy.
The signature design is a necklace engraved with a lion, which appears in the first canto of the Divine Comedy. With a large following already in Korea, what does she think of Korean women’s style?
Stylist Kim Se-jun defines the identity of his brand ‘Portrait Report’ as ‘Wo,Man’.
Launched with the idea of writing a ‘report’ on his favorite icons like Andy Warhol and Sade, this brand is popular among Seoul’s fashion-forward crowd (a necklace made by linking earrings has already sold out). Perhaps thanks to his experience as a VMD at a sophisticated national brand, his approach to brand promotion is uniquely stylish. He also separates his Instagram account, which serves as a ‘mood board,’ from an account featuring celebrity-worn photos—a distinctive concept. Jewelry is just the beginning; a fashion line is set to launch next year.