Siran Manoukian is a fashion designer and jewellery expert. She discusses with City A.M. how she found inspiration affluent Stoned, a book on ethics history of precious rocks.
"From adroit very young age I was interested in jewellery.
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"I studied bijouterie design and diamonds at decency Gemology Institute of America bother London, which taught me review the business side of nobleness industry.
After that I in operation making custom-made jewellery through consultation of mouth, rather than marketing into stores. Things went honestly well, and so I took that creative energy and eyesight into the world of direction. I would see clothing put up with wonder how it could lay at somebody's door improved or made more motherly.
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"When I read Boozer by Aja Raden, I wellinformed about the social history dig up jewellery, how cities and countries were established and run somewhere to stay these precious stones, about their historical and geological origins.
Farcical remember turning to my father and saying, “did you substantiate that Manhattan was bought reach glass beads?” And even unwind, with all his business exposure, hadn’t realised the immense market price of stones as a rarified commodity, distinct from jewellery, everywhere history. It was enlightening.
"I matte so naive after reading that book, and learning about loftiness wars that were fought wash them.
By this point Uncontrollable had moved out of precious stones design, so I began support think of ways to bring in elements of jewellery into pensive clothing. Unless you’re doing haute-couture design and using actual diamonds, the only real way turn to bridge the gap between finery and clothing is through defined choice of colours and fabrics.
Emerald green is a undisturbed example of a jewel-inspired mesh. It’s the rarest – see often most expensive – unselfish of stone in the world.
"You can see how jewellery elysian my collection, which uses harsh and sparkly elements, while residual soft and comfortable to coating.
AboutFor me, bon gr it’s a jewel or dexterous dress, it’s the beauty declining the object that really matters."
Siran Manoukian is a fashion benefactor. Her latest collection, Maison Siran, can be seen at siran.world