I’ve long considered my friend Jessica Biales to have impeccable taste. I learned to cultivate the art of minimalism from her, back in college. She had almost nothing in her closet, yet she always had everything she needed. On the walls hung posters of architectural renderings by Frank Gehry and Phillip Johnson, mounted on foam core rather than taped to the walls. And her duvet was plain black.
Hardly the stuff of college dreams. When I need to cull, I channel that dorm room, which only one year before was laden with images of Monet’s Giverny, an inspiration board laden with Calvin Klein’s ponytailed models and Christy and Linda in Chanel, and a double mattress topped with a floral comforter; home to moi. Jessica was the New York City sophisticate incarnate. And now, reigning queen bee of the style world, Jenna Lyons, has confirmed what I always knew—Jessica Biales has style.
J.Crew, which has been experimenting with collaborations with all sorts of cool kids—including CFDA winners and other under-the-radar labels—has picked up two rings by Jessica Biales. It’s the company’s first offerings in fine jewelry. They are carrying a limited run of two solid 18-carat gold signet styles—one yellow gold, and the other rose gold bedecked with pavé emeralds.
I gave the collab a shout-out in Sunday’s Boston Globe, as “The One Thing” in the paper’s new “Enthusiast” section. Jessica’s work has gotten a ton of press over the past six months. Let’s have a look.
Jessica Biales “Candy” Signet Rings
Available at Hu’s Wear in D.C., Good in Boston, and online at J.Crew
All pieces also available at JessicaBiales.com
The Boston Globe, June 16, 2013
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Vogue, February 2013
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Jessica Biales “Slice” Rings
available in white gold, rose gold, and yellow gold
plain or with pavé white or black diamonds
Harper’s Bazaar, February, 2013
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Jessica Biales “Slice” Rings
in rose gold with tsavorites,rubies, sapphires
[I have the slice ring with tsavorites. I wear it between two rose gold rings by Melissa Joy Manning that my husband gave me for my birthday a few years ago; also from Good.]
Jessica Biales Block Signet Rings
in sterling silver at Good and 18-carat yellow gold at J.Crew
Jessica Biales Wave Rings
small and large in rose, white, and yellow gold
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J E S S I C A B I A L E S J E W E L R Y
a v a i l a b l e a t
Hu’s Wear in D.C. | Good in Boston
online at J.Crew | and at JessicaBiales.com
See my Instagram photos of Jessica’s rings here:
Shopping Trip: Good Boutique
