17 Stunning Jewelry Lines You Need to Know About

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• The Label: Cold Picnic
  
  The Designers: Phoebe Sung and Peter Buer
  
  The Look: "We were working a lot with concrete, and trying to get th
• The Pick: 'King's Canyon' ring, $50
• The Label: I Still Love You NYC
  
  The Designer: Carrie Morrissey
  
  The Look: "Plastic jewelry is really the ultimate in mass-production, so
• The Pick: 'Blah Blah Blah' necklace, $45
• The Label: Jemma Wynne
  
  The Designers: Stephanie Wynne and Jenny Klatt
  
  The Look: "Everything is comfortable, it's light and it lays on you
• The Pick: 18 karat gold, emerald and diamond 'Revival' cuff with chain and pavé detail, $10,500. See Jemma Wynne's website for retailers.
• The Label: LAB
  
  The Designer: Laura Busony
  
  The Look: "My favorite material to work with is metal. Brass and sterling specifically, and th
• The Pick: 'Golden Dawn' pendant, $275
• The Label: Rila
  
  The Designer: Dana Bodourovbr>
  
  The Look: "Rila is named after a Bulgarian mountain range where my dad's side of the family is fr
• The Pick: Single stone 'Lava' ring, $90
• The Designer: Bliss Lau
  
  The Look: "All of the pieces are experiential, really. The whole idea is you put it on and it transforms you into a sexier person im
• The Pick: 'Elixir' rose gold earring, $588
• The Label: Digby & Iona
  
  The Designer: Aaron Ruff
  
  The Look: "For my collections, I heavily research and immerse myself in a certain historical eve
• The Pick: The 'Double Kira' ring, $950
• The Designer: Susan Alexandra
  
  The Look: “It takes three hours minimum to paint a bracelet. I use baby paintbrushes and enamel. It’s hard to compare
• The Picks: 'Universe' cuff, $285; 'Vintage Eye' bangle, $115; 'Eye See' bangle, $97
• The Designer: Liz Phillips
  
  The Look: "The stones themselves are what most influences my design process. The gems that I use are cut by hand in Jaipu
• The Pick: Amethyst and tsavorite garnet 'Delilah' ring, $1748
• The Label: Odette
  
  The Designer: Jennifer Sarkilahti
  
  The Look: "In the past few years, our collections have been inspired by trips to Greece, Bali, Tur
• The Pick: 'Klaia' cage cuff, $185
• The Designer: Satomi Kawakita
  
  The Signatures: Delicate engagement rings, gray diamonds, hexagon settings.
• The Pick: Hexagon diamond ring, $1265
• The Designer: Venessa Arizaga
  
  The Look: "My background is not in jewelry. I just had threads and threads because I just sewed all the time. I wou
• The Pick: 'Supernova' bracelet, $125
• The Label: Stanmore
  
  The Designer: Catherine Alexander
  
  The Look: "It has to do with confetti and the ocean."
  
  The Signatures:
• The Pick: 'Claire' collar in pink opal, $715
• The Label: AEA
  
  The Designer: Adrienne Alaimo
  
  The Look: "Although my pieces are very unique, they're not trendy. Everybody wants me to reference a
• The Picks: Silver 'Crown' ring, $750; Gold 'Crown' ring, $1900
• The Designer: Gillian Steinhardt
  
  The Look: "I have my mood board with images that inspire and excite me. Faces, hands, art deco architecture, details of
• The Pick: 'Right Hand' bangle, $155
• The Label: Buried Diamond
  
  The Designer: Martha Porter
  
  The Look: "I definitely think that my customer likes the fact that the pieces ar
• The Pick: Martha's charms range from $20 to $30, but she makes them in limited batches so when they're gone, they're gone. Check the Buried Diamond Etsy
• The Label: Psyche Jewelry
  
  The Designer: Nina Berenato
  
  The Signatures: Recycled materials, ear cuffs, collar necklaces, oversized pendants.
• The Pick: 'Within Vision' necklace, $195

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We've spent the past 365 days exploring the workspaces and showrooms of some of the city's most talented jewelry designers for our Open Studio feature—from the Tribeca space where delicate engagement ring high priestess Satomi Kawakita crafts her diamond bands, to Bliss Lau's Financial District body chain workshop. Get to know 17 of our favorite local jewelers—and start 2015 off right by shopping our top picks from each designer—in the gallery.
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