Picking Up Crumley

At last week’s trunk show, I happened upon a New York based accessories designer, Crumley, headed by Brian Crumley (pictured left) has a diverse spectrum of collection as well as collaborations with VPL, Rachel Comey, and Serial Cultura. At the show, the thing that caught my eye was artfully mixed textiles with jewelry, silk necklaces using the fabrics from Serial Cultura’s fall collection, bits of ribbon, zippers and leather. Each piece is a mixed media sensation.

I quite liked the mixture of texture, the silk necklaces had a surprising weight to them that made them more substantial than pieces of fabric alone. The artful clasps and are as much statement as the rest of the piece. The glass bobble necklace reminded me of a delightful glass yo-yo, and the zippers, well who can get enough of zippers? Though it’s not so new to use fabrics as jewelry, I do really appreciate the knotting to create a sculptural effect, something I often try at home and never can seem to get right. Perhaps that’s why sailors had to learn how to tie knots…it’s not as intuitive as you think!