De Mian Designs, Trunkt
I remember when I was a three-year-old little lamb: putting on plastic heels and ridiculous dresses, I’d smear pots of pink blush onto my cheeks and lips while eyeing my mother’s jewelry.
And now, almost two decades later, I’m a short- and dark-haired sheep: wearing wooden platforms and dramatic frocks, everyday I smudge on piles of black eye shadow and mascara, finally wearing my mother’s bangles and earrings.
Forever darling, currently dull, somehow those precious pieces lost their mythological glitter over the years — once upon a time every ring and earring was magical and now these diamond studs are diamond duds.
And then my fairy godmom hooked it up — or I was cruising through Trunkt.com — and now I’ve De Mian Designs in my life.
Blooming necklaces of organza flowers and Swarovski crystals are enchanting, and a youthful dreaminess is channeled through grownup standards.
It’s fitting, then, that “many of our pieces are the combination of the work of two individuals,” say De Mian Designs cofounder Monika Peczeli. “Usually I pick a very ordinary material, like a fabric, and combine this with traditional jewelry material to transform a caterpillar into a butterfly.
“Eniko, on the other hand, is obsessed with geometrical forms and details. How to make things simpler. It’s like a logical game. Getting me back to reality, to put a point at the end. From the two of us comes this really unique, full of wit, but elegant jewelry.”
Full of wit and elegance. If only the jewelry came with a Prince Charming to match.
But if it’s between a boy and a bracelet, it’s clear what I’d rather have on my arm.
