Sydney's leading couture jewellers Fairfax & Roberts are pleased to announce the launch of a new collection created exclusively by Michelle Jank.
The bespoke suite comprising a necklace, bracelet and ring is the first of a series of ranges which will be created in the Fairfax & Roberts Castlereagh Street workshop under her unique design direction.
Large and impressive shapes, a signature of Jank's work, are ever present in the collection that embraces the timelessness of 18 carat white gold and diamonds, the romanticism of pink tourmaline and aquamarine and the playfulness of citrine and topaz.
“Vintage costume jewellery is particularly inspiring because it was created during a time when people really experimented with scale, a signature of my work,” says Jank. "I like working backwards to go forwards - reworking classical vintage costume pieces to give them new life as something precious and enticing.”
"For Fairfax and Roberts I have celebrated the cycle of design using vintage pieces sourced from markets in London and Paris. I love the idea that they have a history, they tell a story. I also like pieces that tell a story or that are a reminder of someone, a place or a time. I will be creating pieces that can be personalised and added to so customers can expand and individualise their collection pieces.”
Jank's collection epitomises a new artistic expression and celebrates the ever-growing interest in vintage jewellery - taken to a whole new level with her collaboration with the Fairfax and Roberts master jewellery artisans.
When designing, her inspirations were British society and style icon Daphne Guinness, who is a collector of haute couture and statement jewellery pieces (and more recently perfumer for Comme des Garsons) and British designer Charles James, whose ball gowns were created in the 40s and 50s.
Proudly chosen by Fairfax & Roberts as one of Australia’s leading creative talents, Michelle Jank is the personification of eclectic elegance and will fashion a new and exciting story between Fairfax & Roberts and true jewellery aficionados.
