Recommended Reading: Look at All the Amazingness Lauren Wolf Dug Up for Design*Sponge
Did you know we pull together a column called “Obsessions” for Design*Sponge every couple weeks where we ask an Of a Kind designer to give us the scoop on the stuff he/she’s sweating right now? WELL, WE DO. And this go, we tapped the amazing Lauren Wolf, who between her jewelry line and her Oakland store, uncovers boatloads of coolness daily. Read on… —erica
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Alumni Sunday: Brown Sugar Druzy Ring by Lauren Wolf
This is the sort of ring you put on yourself. Not only is Lauren Wolf’s creation ridiculously stunning, but it’s also complex: the soft, taupey druzy is sparkly and girly, but the irregular, oxidized silver setting and band are a little gritty and a lot interesting. In summary: It suits you. —erica
Read more about the designer behind the line:
+ On heading to Mexico do dive into jewelry.
+ On three of the hyper-talented artists she showcases at her Oakland store.
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Are You in SF? Oakland? Menlo Park? Palo Alto?
Well, all you Bay Area-ers, come out and see us tomorrow night and meet some way cool designers. We’re co-hosting a low-key little shindig at Lauren Wolf’s aaaahh-mazing Oakland shop Esqueleto, and it’s a total come-one, come-all affair. So: COME. —erica
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Of a Kind
We didn’t have much druzy experience until Lauren Wolf turned us onto the glisteny, rocky stuff, but these earrings have turned us a little obsessive. What makes the sparkly finish wearable everyday is the way the designer surrounds it in a little toughness: oxidized silver prongs that are not messing around. —erica
Read more about the designer:
+ On ditching advertising for jewelry-making.
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Of a Kind
Overheard at Of a Kind HQ (from the mouth of a certain Claire Mazur): “I want this Lauren Wolf ring as my wedding ring. In yellow gold.” Yes. YES. —erica
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Next Level: Pyrite
Hunks of gleaming pyrite are the new crystals. (Ok, not that crystals are actually doing anywhere—they’re like the leopard print of the jewelry world.) Still! The rough-but-sparkly nature of fool’s gold is pretty magical…and a little nostalgic. Tell me you didn’t buy a piece of this stuff on a grade-school field trip. Here, how to wear it, no matter how risky your look. —erica
LEVEL I: This Lauren Wolf design is like the gold stud’s cool cousin—the one who owns every issue of Sassy.
LEVEL II: The wood and pyrite make this necklace Sophie Monet created for us feel both earthy and supernatural at once.
LEVEL III: Pretty sure that this Low Luv x Erin Wasson ring could open some secret doorway in an Indiana Jones movie.
LEVEL IV: Yes, this is a bangle. Because apparently Kelly Wearstler is tougher than we thought.
