Collection Gift Guide: Crushed Romance
December 1, 2006
According to jewelry designer Pamela Froman, “You wouldn’t believe what you
have to go through to get into some of the fashion magazines. They only want to know who
I’ve ‘been on,’ ” meaning how many celebrities have been photographed wearing her
jewelry. “I tell them, ‘Tyra Banks, Cheryl Ladd, Molly Sims.’ Then it’s, ‘OK, who else?’ ”
Froman, however, says that who wears her jewelry is much less important than
how it is worn. “I believe that the more you wear a piece of jewelry, the more it becomes a
part of you—an expression of your personality,” she says.
Top Photo: Melange Eternity. Bottom Photo: Harlequin Sunset and Flare. All are handmade from
textured gold. Photographs by Jay
Lawrence Goldman Photography.
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In this case, that also means an expression of individuality. Each of the
limited-edition works of art that make up her Get Crushed collection—featuring hand-hammered
surfaces—is unique, a quality more important to Froman than any celebrity endorsement.
Her Gothic Romance necklace ($7,720), for instance—which features a handmade chain of
white gold links and a similarly “crushed” heart pendant that drips with one gray Tahitian
pearl—is one of a kind.
“I like jewelry with texture,” Froman says. To achieve such a tangible
effect, she gives the gold a crushed, weathered, well-worn look.
Aside from textures, the blending of tinctures is another theme common to
Froman’s work, as evidenced by the mixture of pink, white, and green gold framing diamond
bezels in her Melange Eternity band ($3,770). Orange sapphires sparkle in the Harlequin
Sunset bracelet ($5,700) and Harlequin Flare ring ($2,000); the term is used here to describe
the variety of colors and shapes. “Mixed-color metals used to be very old-fashioned,” Froman
says. But then again, so are most romantics.
Pamela Froman
323.954.7436
www.pamelafroman.com
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