fashion week: behind-the-scenes
Images from the Binetti runway show at NYC Fashion Week

ABOVE: LINHARDT RUFFLE RING IN RECYCLED STERLING
Diego Binetti is just about one of the most fun fashion designers you can work with. He is uber excited about his new collection, which debuted on Sept 19th during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in NYC on Manhattan's Pier 66. This season it was all about the sophisticated traveller, with maritime splashes of sea blue, magenta, and yellow on a solid base of sailor white. I adorned the women with huge artful cork necklaces, and lots of minimalist sterling jewelry. Here are some impressions of behind-the-scenes before the show, on a day with the most perfect weather! Its a fairly crazy scene back stage but filled with lots of adrenaline and positive energy. Binetti definitely rocked the runway and I am very grateful for the opportunity to have been chosen to show with his fabulous new collection, some of which you will see here...

ABOVE: BEFORE THE CRAZINESS - BINETTI MAKING LAST-MINUTE TWEAKS AT PIER 66 IN MANHATTAN.

ABOVE: FUN AND MADNESS BACKSTAGE, PREPARING FOR THE RUNWAY SHOW.

ABOVE: PRE-ADORNMENT OF BINETTI'S NEW COLLECTION, WHICH FEATURES LINHARDT JEWELRY.

ABOVE: BINETTI BEING INTERVIEWED PRE-RUNWAY SHOW.

ABOVE: OVERSIZED LINHARDT SIGNATURE RING IN RECYCLED STERLING WITH NATURAL CORK ACCENT.

ABOVE: LINHARDT WAVE RING IN RECYCLED STERLING.

ABOVE: LINHARDT EARRINGS IN NATURAL CORK AND RECYCLED STERLING.

ABOVE: LINHARDT RUFFLE RING IN RECYCLED STERLING.

ABOVE: LINHARDT BULLET RING IN MOKUME GANE TECHNIQUE FEATURING RECYCLED COPPER AND STERLING.

ABOVE: LINHARDT NATURAL CORK NECKLACE WITH ACCENTS OF RECYCLED STERLING.

ABOVE: LINHARDT ASYMMETRICAL NECKLACE IN NATURAL CORK AND RECYCLED STERLING.

LEFT: HAND-SCULPTED NATURAL CORK POD WATERFALL NECKLACE WITH TOUCHES OF RECYCLED STERLING; RIGHT: OVERSIZED SIGNATURE RING IN RECYCLED STERLING AND NATURAL CORK, SWOON PENDANT IN RECYCLED STERLING; BY LISA LINHARDT.

LEFT: CLEAR QUARTZ BULBOUS FACETED RING WITH CHARD OF ROUGH RUBY; RIGHT: CURVE CUFF IN RECYCLED STERLING; BY LISA LINHARDT.

LEFT: BLUE CORAL RING IN RECYCLED STERLING; RIGHT: DARK CORK EARRINGS WITH RECYCLED STERLING; BY LISA LINHARDT.

LEFT: BULLET RING IN RECYCLED 18K WHITE GOLD; RIGHT: AGATE SLICE RING WITH CHARD OF ROUGH RUBY; BY LISA LINHARDT.