must-shop sample sales May 22 - on Gilt: Kate Spade. on Rue La La: LANVIN & Jimmy Choo accessories. on Refinery29 Reserve: Clare Vivier clutches, $60 off LnA, $100 off Rachel Pally, spend $100 get $200 at So Low (yoga & streetwear).
Tom Bins safety pin earrings – $322 at Zoe
Razor necklace at Kirna Zabete
Screw bracelet by A.L.C. – $395 at Barney’s Co-Op
Screw top ring by A.L.C. – $125 at Barney’s Co-Op
Boyfriend chain bracelet by Bing Bang – $75 at Charm & Chain
Knotted nail ring by A.L.C. – $84 at Azalea (20% off with code GRECHEN20)
Hexagon Ring by Mociun – $357 at Mociun
I love edgy jewelry. Up until recently, that’s been mostly spikes, thorns or skulls, but lately hardware-inspired jewelry is making a comeback. A.L.C. pretty much devoted their whole line of jewelry this season to hardware styles: screw tops, bent nails, handcuffs 
– and Cartier’s iconic Juste un Clou rings and bracelets have been around since the 70′s, but have been re-issued this year.
My favorite pieces are A.L.C.’s twisted nails (which, unfortunately are also painful, according to a friend who had and returned the knotted nail ring) this season, but I always love the simplicity of Mociun’s jewelry, and Tom Binns takes the lowly safety pin to new levels with his crystal earrings. What do you think? Are you wearing hardware-inspired jewelry this season?
What’s your favorite piece?
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I’ve had these two rings open in my browser for a few days, lusting over each:
This agate ring by Jan Michaels at Oak NYC is only $54 and would be great for special occasions – I personally have never worn such a large ring, but I love it when I see them on others and I’ve sort of been craving one…
These 14k alphabet rings at Catbird are just my style (small, delicate, subtle), and just $88 – I’d wear one all the time:
Which ring is more your style?
Thank goodness for history…I clicked through to this necklace from a blog I have in my reader (and now I don’t remember which one..sorry!) and closed it without bookmarking it last night! But I was so obsessed with it, I was determined to find it again, and spent time looking back through the hundreds of blogs I have in my reader before I realized I could scroll through my browsing history. D’oh.
Anyway, I’ve always been kind of a heavy metal girl; loved the music in middle school (oy!) and now, the jewelry. If I could, I’d wear heavy metal chains sometimes, and delicate layers other times. This is one of those necklaces I’d love to wear layered with other chains of different lengths for some interest. And it’s only $22. LOVE it!
48 hour sale: 10% off all accessories at Shop Green Apple including celebrity favorites One of a Kind and Orka Messica. Wear Orka’s fashionable friendship bracelets alone or stack them up- either way, we can’t get enough!
