Serg
Gallery
By definition, to be naked is to be unclothed. To be parted from our T-shirts, shirts, trousers, dresses and the like. And further, stripped down past our intimates: bras, boxers, stockings and socks. This definition takes into account all the garments — small or larger, inner or outer — that conceal, clothe and protect our bodies. But what about the rest: the earrings, the rings, the jewels with which we adorn ourselves? Can one be considered naked while donning an ear cuff, au naturel wrapped in a body chain? Jeweller seems to think so. “Jewellery is that thing that empowers you whether you are dressed or naked,” .
In addition to this intimacy, Backus also designs these naked jewellery pieces to be completely customizable, transformable to suit the wearer’s own personality and proclivities. It makes sense: where else are we more ourselves than when we are naked? Speaking to her new AW20 offering and its accompanying campaign, which features entirely nude models wrapped in the collection’s modular body chains (some up to ten feet in length), she says, “I wanted the collection to be versatile and I wanted people to wear it however they want. I obviously don’t expect anyone to go out wearing nothing but chains, but I think that by presenting the pieces this way it leaves them open to interpretation and to people’s personal styles.”
Finally, we return to Crocetti, a pioneer of this naked jewellery movement, of jewellery as the utmost personal statement. This past month, the designer announced the launch of his latest collection titled “To The Core,” an amalgam of the designer’s signature pieces: the ear cuffs that seem to meld with the body, piercing-less nose rings, subversive-luxe takes on body modification, meditations on the way we interact with jewellery — permanently or not — to define ourselves. describe not only the offering at hand, but also the ethos that the designer has crafted over the course of his career, which “speak[s] to the many individuals who crave armours that help them externalize their true selves.”
Naked Jewellery is spring’s most intimate trend
Emily Ratajkowski gets naked again to show off the glittering goods in jewellery campaign pictures
