This month's issue of Vogue featuring Blake Lively has a great photo of the cast members of the Broadway hit "Fela!" wearing Linhardt jewelry. The white Turkana beads can be purchased at our NYC gallery: 156 First Avenue in the East Village NYC. Click here for the full article.

Donning slicked back pony-tails and severe ensembles, models Anabela Belikova, Ella Petrushko and Simona Andrejic all exude elegance and refinement in Plateau 7. Published in Numéro #112 and photographed by Sebastian Kim, the daring spread features an intriguing mix of pieces from Dolce & Gabbana, Dior, Viktor & Rolf. As for jewelry it is always an honor to be featured with the legendary Alexis Bittar - you can see his signature earrings and my signature Linhardt "Pebble" rings. Thanks to fashiongonerougue for the image, and Numero Magazine for featuring the work! Its always a pleasure to be a part of your beautiful editorial shoots.

Always a trip seeing where this image pops up! Thanks to Rob, Joe and Brenda for the heads up!!!

 

ABOVE: ALLA KOSTROMICHEVA WEARS THE LINHARDT 4-FINGER BULLET RING IN RECYCLED STERLING SILVER (LEFT); AND RIBBON RING IN RECYCLED STERLING (RIGHT); COURTESY NUMERO MAGAZINE 108.

Stunning photography. Am so honored to have jewelry featured, thanks so much to Numero Magazine 108! See more:

 Thanks to New York Magazine for including Linhardt in their Black Friday Shopping Guide. Click here for the full guide.

 

Quite fitting that they featured my "Bullet Ring"... Here's an interview with fashionista social club The Women's Mafia.

 

 

ALICIA KEYS POSING WITH LINHARDT SIGNATURE "LOOP" RING - EXTENDED VERSION IN 18K WHITE GOLD.

 

Sometimes the way it goes down is you never know where your jewelry is going to pop up. I know Alicia Keys had some of the work from my signature "Loop" collection but didn't know it was going to be used to to promote her new album The Element of Freedom. Today I received a phone call from my friend Jennifer who saw these posters at Sony and recognized my ring. Apparently this image is also used on the cover and main story of Billboard magazine this week. Fun! Looking forward to seeing where else this pops up!

 

 

Amber Rose will be sporting the Linhardt Pixel ring in crystal quartz with a sterling silver patch of green moss growing out the side in an upcoming photo shoot styled by Kanye West for Elle Magazine (actually styled by Wuori/Barrett but I guess the pieces were "narrowed down" by Kanye). Stay tuned for some amazing video and stills from the shoot!

 

 

Linhardt (literally) gets on the map for the October 2009 issue of Japanese Harper's Bazaar - featuring a beautiful section dedicated specifically to New York City's best shopping boutiques. Thank you so much for including us, your magazine is gorgeous and I am in love with the Japanese aesthetic! Pick the magazine up on newsstands worldwide in early October.

 

 

ABOVE: BEHIND-THE-SCENES STILL OF THE NEW ALICIA KEYS MUSIC VIDEO WITH ALEJANDRO SANS.

 

The music video is finally out! Alicia Keys paired up with Spanish songwriter and 14-time Latin Grammy award-winner Alejandro Sanz on a single called "Looking for Paradise. Alicia Keys will be featuring Linhardt original jewelry in her new music video which was shot at the end of this past summer right here in NYC. Click below for behind-the-scene stills on set! See the video here.

 

 
It has been an absolute pleasure to work with my favorite photographer in the whole world Rinze VanBrug on the new photo series, which features Linhardt customers as the models. These are all amazing people who I have made custom pieces of jewelry for, and I am grateful to highlight them and the work that celebrates their unique personality. You can view the behind-the-scenes sneak peek images here. Check the web site Nov. 10 for Rinze's actual images!

 

Super excited about my forthcoming collaboration with incredibly talented and super sweet fashion designer Nary Manivong. Nary is the essence of how the roughest journeys yield the most breathtakingly inspired results. The Laotian-American self-taught designer rose from a tumultuous upbringing to establish his clothing label. Nary is the subject of a new documentary called Dressed, which will screen the opening night of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week NYC. Stay tuned for some video blogging about Linhardt jewelry in Nary's show.

 

 
Pick up Essence this September to see the shoot with Gabrielle Union, on newsstands nation wide.

 
ABOVE: GISELE BUNDCHEN WEARS THE LINHARDT BULLET RING IN MOKUME GANE TECHNIQUE OF RECYCLED STERLING SILVER AND COPPER; SHOOT PHOTOGRAPHED BY GREG KADEL; COURTESY NUMERO MAGAZINE 101.

 
ABOVE: HAND-CRAFTED ONE-OF-A-KIND SOFALA PLATE, MADE IN MOZAMBIQUE  FROM SUSTAINABLE WOODS. TEXT BY SUMMER RAYNE OAKES; PHOTOS COURTESY ESTHER HAVENS.

As you may recall, I’ve shared some sustainable design and development stories from Mozambique while working with Allan Schwarz. The whole team is super excited to officially be launching the A.D. Schwarz line for the first time in New York with some limited quantities of handwrought sustainably-harvested wood jewelry and Sofala plates. You can read more about the project below. The items will be available at Linhardt Design Studio on 156 1st Avenue.

 

SCREENSHOT: SHOWING TAGUA, AN ORGANIC SUSTAINABLE SEED FROM ECUADOR; COURTESY SUNDANCE

Am honored to have been chosen as one of ten artists to be showcased on a new Sundance series entitled "The New Revolutionaries," which profiles artists who are pushing and/or re-defining the boundaries of their medium. Sundance writes "They are re-thinking the status quo, and take an untraditional approach to their work." These video diaries will support Sundance's on-air film stunt which includes documentaries featuring revolutionaries in design and art. Both the series and the stunt are sponsored by Hyundai. "The New Revolutionaries" Series will air from now to September 2009 on the Sundance Channel. Or view the sneak peek by clicking here.

 

 
PHOTO: SUMMER RAYNE OAKES POSES FOR PHOTOGRAPHER RINZE VAN BRUG IN THE EAST VILLAGE, NYC

Linhardt Design Studio recently shot its latest campaign for the Fall 09 collection with eco-fashion model Summer Rayne Oakes and the Dutch House of Photography's Rinze VanBrug.

 

ABOVE: ECO-FASHION MODEL SUMMER RAYNE OAKES SIGNING HER NEW BOOK, STYLE NATURALLY AT STELLA McCARTNEY IN NYC. PHOTO: COURTESY TREEHUGGER.COM.

Style, Naturally is the only book to offer such a comprehensive visual guide to environmentally-conscious fashion and beauty from all corners of the globe. From cotton basics to haute coture dream pieces to organic skincare, these goods help connect what's in our closets to what's happening in the world. Check out more by clicking  here.

 
Jewelry by Lisa Linhardt is on display at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Only fifty miles from New York City in Northern Fairfield County, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum enjoys a national reputation for its perceptive exhibitions and ground-breaking education programs. The Aldrich is known for stylish events in award-winning new galleries, located in a jewel-like setting in a historic town. Linhardt Designs are also available for purchase at the Aldrich web store.

 
Many Thanks to New York Magazine for giving Linhardt Design Studio a glowing review! Please check it out here.

 
ABOVE: LINHARDT SWOON PENDANT FEATURED IN LUCKY MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2008.

For the month of November, Linhardt Design Studio will team up with Lucky Magazine to give readers 20% off ALL Linhardt custom and ready-made pieces. See the Nov 08 issue for details!

 
ABOVE: ALICIA KEYS WEARS THE LINHARDT PIXEL RING IN BLACK ONYX WITH AN 18K YELLOW RECYCLED GOLD INLAY.

 

Thanks Alek! I'm a huge fan...

 

 
ABOVE: INTRICATE HAND-MADE FILIGREE HOOP EARRINGS FROM COLOMBIA; SHOWN IN RECYCLED STERLING SILVER.

Filigree is an ancient technique originating from Spain and Italy. It came to Mompox, Colombia during the Spanish colonization period when the Spanish arrived to this small Colombian town. Mompox was the main port, on the Magdalena river, where all sterling silver and gold was received from the Colombian mines. The Spanish jewelers taught the native people and created a fine legacy to their jewelry making skills of today. Filigree is made by Colombian jewelers with very rudimentary tools. The labor is slow and refined - very delicate sterling threads of different thickness are interwoven in endless circles. This jewelry is hand made using recycled sterling silver, 18k gold or 24k gold vermeil. To this very day, Mompox continues to be the "Colombian Filigree town." The above design as well as other hand-crafted filigree work is now available at the Linhardt gallery.

 

Congratulations to Wary Meyers Decorative Arts for their book deal with NYC-based publishers Stewart Tabori and Chang. Linda Wary and John Meyers have been refurbishing vintage pieces into beautiful works of art ever since I met them back in 2002. The book, called "Tossed and Found," is scheduled for release in October 2009 and is an extension of their former column in Time Out: New York magazine. The book will be sold at the Linhardt gallery as well as various booksellers worldwide. Thanks Linda and John for all your love and support, you truly deserve this! Congrats!!!!!

 
Kibera is one of the largest slums in Africa. It is the size of NYC's Central Park with one million inhabitants, yet has no proper sewage or waste disposal system. Kibera also houses the highest concentration of HIV-positive women in East Africa... One of the more positive days spent in the African slum of Kibera was when I visited Carolina for Kibera, an NGO that fights abject poverty and helps prevent violence through community-based development. There I learned about the Tabitha Clinic which provides Home-Based Care (HBC) to twenty families living with HIV/AIDS with the help of ten trained community health workers. HBC provides free treatment of opportunistic infections, food, and clothing for these patients and their families.

Since implementing the HBC program, many women in Kibera with HIV/AIDS have regained so much strength and energy that they have literally come back to life.  These women have formed a small cooperative called the Power Women Group, in which they make traditional beaded jewelry. I am thrilled to say that their work is now available at the Linhardt gallery. Profits from the sale of their artwork are shared among the members of the group. Please stop and have a chat with me to find out how else you can help the women of Kibera.

 

ALL HAND-SEWN BY LINDA WARY - ITS DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THE PHOTO BUT THE TORSO LINES ACTUALLY SAY "LINHARDT". SO COOL.

 
When contemplating the interior of my new boutique, I recruited friends Linda Wary and John Meyers of Wary Meyers Decorative Arts to help design an eco-friendly space that reflected my use of repurposed materials in my jewelry. I first met Linda back in 2002 or 2003? back when we were both art directors at a publishing company. She always had the best vintage clothes (I even remember taking a beautiful purple 70s coat off her hands) and it seemed scouting/thrifting was a real passion. I also remember when former Anthropologie Display-Director John Meyers walked into her life - it seemed a match made in heaven. Eventually they both moved from the Big Apple to Maine and formed Wary Meyers Decorative Arts, where they create a variety of artistic endeavors including paintings, interiors, illustration, design and more - all stemming from their passion for scouting. I thought they were the perfect team due to their incredible artistic vision coupled with a true love for repurposing materials. You have to see what they did with the space...