Marco Panconesi Reaches For The Stars With Net-a-Porter Jewelry Debut

Panconesi grew up in Florence, where he studied classical Latin and Greek, developing a passion for history and mythology that is carried through to his work with design features that are rooted in jewelry of the past The talk of the town in Paris since his debut collection launched on SSENSE back in March, Marco Panconesi's own brand represents a concentration of expertise acquired through years of working for some of fashion's biggest names Part of the team that brought Casey Cadwallader's new sexy to the runway at Mugler, he was also hand-picked last year by Rihanna to design the bold dress jewelry for Fenty, which met with huge critical acclaim.

"A lot of my work takes pieces I have developed for the runway and makes them more comfortable to wear Even though my jewelry might be big or striking, I aim to come in under 20g." Panconesi trained in fashion design at PoliModa and his work harnesses high jewelry handcrafting technique and expertise combined with architectural forms, to produce fashion-forward pieces using semi-precious materials in the demi-fine space.

His focus on engineering makes jewelry an extension of the body, and it's often modular, designed to be worn in more than one way: "The starting point is usually something that exists already I try to rework jewelry concepts from the past, creating new functionality and adding elements of fun and play," he says If the chatter amongst the assembled fashion and jewelry industry insiders back in his Paris apartment is anything to go by, Panconesi jewelry scores a bull's eye on the sweet spot between fashion and fine. Source