Brazilian jeweler H. Stern has teamed up with Brazil’s premier contemporary ballet company, Grupo Corpo to capture their spirit in jewelry form. 63 dance-inspired pieces will make up 10 different jewelry lines, each named after one of Grupo’s signature performances. One highlight, in particular, is the spiral flower ring, inspired by Grupo Corp’s staging of 21, a dance piece featuring an immense patch-worked floral backdrop. Each piece comes nestled in a handcrafted, velvet lined, imbuia wood box and Grupo Corpo’s logo sealing the deal.

Cute. A term that is used excessively in a modern woman’s vocabulary, but that’s exactly why we love Alex+Chloe’s quirky and creative jewelry designs. With everything from necklaces to bracelets to rings we might have to buy an item or ten. No wonder why Visa sends us Christmas cards.

Simple necklaces featuring single tiny daggers and antler charms are the perfect accessory to any outfit since you can pick from a few different shades of silver and gold. These pieces carry a strong, straight-forward yet feminine statement that almost every girl would obsess about. Alex+Chloe shows us that you can shrink down a knife or a skull, and somehow make it cute and bad ass at the same time.

Log on to their website to check out additional designs and learn more about their pop up store here in Los Angeles through March 13th.

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After debuting in Beverly Hills recently and in Paris prior, a collaboration between fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto and jewelry house Mikimoto has been made available. The line consists of 29 pieces which draw influence from the lunar cycle. Sculptural curved forms take on the quality of liquid suspended in space. Prices range from $1,100 to $55,000 for the line. Available in Mikimoto’s U.S. stores (Beverly Hills, Costa Mesa, Las Vegas, and New York) and the Yohji Yamamoto store in New York.

If you’re a fan of limited edition handmade designer art, jewelry and clothing you’ll probably be as happy as we were to discover Little Paper Planes. This site is run by Silverlake artist Kelly Lynn Jones who is a talented artist in her own right.

We were especially happy to see some of our favorite underground zines sold here such as FYEO and Broken Wrist Project (if you don’t live in LA, you’ll probably never find these and you are so missing out).

If you see an artist you like, you can probably find out more about them in Little Paper Planes Artist Interviews section.