Ever lose touch with a friend from growing up and when you bump back into them find that they are doing something pretty cool? Well that’s what happened when I got back in touch with Joie. Joie DiGiovanni is a chick I have known for years and is now gaining momentum on the east coast with her handmade jewelry.
What started as a collection of hand strung beaded bracelets has blossomed into a full blown line complete with leathers, fresh water pearls and semi-precious stones. We had been chatting several months back and she sent me over a necklace that I fell in love with so when she reached out a month or so ago when I was back in Philly asking if she could get my take on her newest additions I of course said yes.
The meet-up began as a casual meeting of the minds and a game of dress up in sweatpants on my couch and ended in the idea to do a collaboration. The next day I was over at her studio and she was showing me the high end pearls and how she hand drills each and every one of them. I was extremely impressed and excited.
(That’s Joie in her element)
We put our heads together and I spit out ideas while she worked her magic to create a fun and approachable line that is easy on the eyes and easy on the budget. So take a look below at the beginning of an exciting collaboration: ARIEL PECHE X JOIE DIGIOVANNI… Bringing my style as blogger and the expertise of a designer into your closet.
They look great alone, layered, and can be worn several ways. All items are now available for purchase on my site under “Peche Products” If you still have some gifts to check off your list, get ’em here!
This can be worn as a small necklace or pulled tighter to be worn as a pearl choker with either the fastener pearl knotted (as seen above) or hanging down. It features a grey 12-14mm A+ quality freshwater pearl on 2mm red leather.
Just like the red choker, this can be worn as a small necklace or choker and with is made top quality freshwater pearls. It comes with a grey pearl or can be purchased with a white pearl.
As with the other chokers, the brown choker features a 12-14mm A+ quality freshwater pearl in white on 2mm leather.
This can be worn as a small necklace or pulled tighter to be worn as a choker with either the fastener pearl knotted or hanging down. It features one grey 12-14mm A+ quality freshwater pearl flanked by two white pearls of the same quality on 2mm black leather, separated by double knotting.
This gorgeous necklace can be worn several ways, as seen below. It features a white 14-16MM A+ Baroque freshwater pearl along with several grey and white freshwater pearls and gold nuggets.
Just like its black counter part, the brown lariat and be worn multiple ways but features a grey 14-16MM A+ Baroque freshwater pearl.
The Pearl And Nugget Hoop Earrings
These gold filled hoops are beautiful and still lightweight despite the gold nuggets and fresh water pearl.
They can also be simplified by removing the gold nuggets for a cleaner look.
So, what do you think? All feedback is welcome and helpful!
Soon to come… the chokers will soon be up in green, navy and plum leathers. Can’t wait? Shoot over an email (arielpeche@gmail.com) and I can have them sent your way 🙂
xx
A
*Special thanks to Stephanie Bacos for being an awesome model
