Alison Lou x J.Crew Debuts Today With Summer's Most Colorful Statement Jewelry—And It's All ...

Of all the jewelry designers to collaborate with, Alison Lou seems like she’d be the most fun Her pieces have a sense of humor, for starters, from the enamel emoji charms to tiny spoon- and fork-shaped earrings In April, she launched her first collection of fashion jewelry, Loucite—a trio of under-$200 “jelly” Lucite hoops in watery pastels—with a little help from her friend Emily Ratajkowski, and last year she designed a pasta dish for The Sosta.

(It had flecks of real gold leaf, by the way.) The next partner to knock on Lou’s door was J.Crew, a retailer known for its bold colors and wallet-friendly statement jewelry “I’m so used to doing fine jewelry, but I was really excited to do something that would [resonate] with the J.Crew customer,” Lou told Vogue. Instead of simply recasting her signature pieces in more affordable mediums, Lou created brand-new styles with materials she’d never . Source