Alan Crocetti is Making Timeless Jewelry for Modern Times

Social shifts have provided Alan Crocetti's eponymous jewelry house fertile ground in which to flourish "It's all about men wearing jewelry that maybe women would wear It's so amazing how many guys are actually buying into the brand, what it represents, and not thinking that the pieces are feminine, masculine etc.

These ideas come from a patriarchal point of view, which is dying pretty fast now Happy times." The designer's foray into jewelry started at renowned fashion school Central Saint Martins in London, but his path wasn't as straightforward as those who'd walked it before You know, the clothes, I still hadn't finished them, but the jewelry was finished" Crocetti and his friends had started wearing his creations, and it wasn't before long people were enquiring to use them for editorials.

Within a year, Crocetti was invited to be part of London's Fashion East initiative - which has incubated design talents such as JW Anderson - and put on his first jewelry show Following his Fashion East debut, Crocetti's first collection was picked up by Dover Street Market, followed by a recurring collaboration with Berlin-based label GmbH Most recently, Crocetti's pieces were worn in Helmut Lang's FW19 show at New York Fashion Week.

"Someone asked me once, 'What is it about jewelry that's so special?'" he says. . Source