Chrome Hearts and Mikimoto Collab

Audrey Hepburn and The Cramps musician Poison Ivy … That's how Jesse Jo Stark, the creative director of L.A.-based jewelry label Chrome Hearts, describes her new collaboration with the 131-year-old pearl jewelry maker Mikimoto.

In 2020, Stark began seeding plans to bring a pearl collection to fruition, to which her father and Chrome Hearts cofounder, Richard Stark said, “If it’s pearls, it has to be Mikimoto.” It was a match made in heaven. The chemistry between the two storied brands blossomed into a ripe romance of pieces that resemble Belle Époque splendor kissed with Chrome Hearts’s gothic gilding. The collection includes 11 pieces of fine jewelry and four pieces of high jewelry, produced in limited two-of-a-kind quantities.Since Richard and Laurie Lynn Stark hatched Chrome Hearts in 1988, it has proven itself a provocateur in the lexicon of punk fashion and accessories, drenching every creation (they make jewelry, ready-to-wear, and lifestyle pieces) in luxury, from the materials used to an enduring commitment to making everything by hand

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