“It usually is a representation of something from your life or something special that someone gave you,” she said. The pieces seem especially designed for life at home in a sweatshirt, just as Ms. Mota has been seen in several recent YouTube posts. That’s why, especially coming into holiday, jewelry is a big opportunity.”To codesign the collection, Ms. Mota worked with Yunjo Lee, who spent several years at Tiffany & Co., until her departure in 2014. Ms. Lee’s collaborators at that luxury jeweler were decidedly different — she said she worked closely with Frank Gehry and Paloma Picasso, for example — but she stressed that Ms. Mota had been a valuable partner. “She’s much younger than any other people that I’ve worked with,” Ms. Lee said, “but she’s not any less inspiring or any less influential.”

Source: New York Times November 16, 2020 20:48 UTC