Green Never Looked This Glam

Jewelry maven Monica Macha was featured this week in Sun Valley's Idaho Mountain Express as a pioneer in the eco-chic movement!

Inspired most by the past styles of fashion houses such as Givenchy and Chanel and the gilded glamour of the 40s and 50s, Macha also creates looks similar to the jewelry of Miriam Haskell, one of the last names in costume jewelry.

Macha builds her designs from the recycled treasures she finds at estate, garage and antique sales, crafting each piece to make a bold statement as well as a singularly fashionable bit of flash.

These daring designs are worth a pilgrimage to Sun Valley, but we can save you the trek. Monica Macha's wearable art is available here at UrbanMinx.com!

Vintage Charm

Vintage is all the rage on runway and red carpet alike, but Elizabeth Ngo takes the look a step, or rather a couple centuries, further with her line of singular vintage jewelry.

While many jewelry designers today try to emulate the fashions of the glamorous past, Ngo actually takes buttons from Victorian and Edwardian Europe to build her miniature pieces of art in the form of delicate and distinguished bracelets and rings.

Each piece of Elizabeth Ngo’s antique button jewelry is a unique representation of the extraordinary period of art and history from which the original buttons came. Ranging from finely detailed castings to glass buttons bursting with colour and character, each is set carefully within lustrous sterling silver -- a perfect marriage between vintage and modern design.