Delicate and pretty, these eco friendly jewellery brands are perfect for girlie girls!
By Paige French
Did you grow up with posters of kittens and rainbows on your walls? Was giving your dolls a makeover one of your early pastimes? Still don’t ‘get’ Gothic? Feel prettiest in pink? Then you’re probably a ‘girlie girl’–uber feminine, with a taste for the prettier things in life.
We’ve found 5 brands that make the perfect eco-friendly jewellery for unabashedly feminine women who like jewellery that makes a statement, but quietly. After all, sometimes, a whisper can say much more than a shout…
5 Eco Friendly Jewellery Brands for Girlie Girls
1. Virginie Millefiori
New York based designer Virginie Millefiori knows what girls want: refined accessories with a wee pop of colour to brighten an outfit.
To create her pieces, first, she begins each unique design with a simple sketch on a piece of paper. Then, she handcrafts each piece with a delicate touch not only in her design, but on the environment, too: Millefiori uses metals from suppliers that are 100% certified to sell the finest golds and silvers from recycled materials.
Not only this, but the gems that are used in the jewellery are all ethically sourced, and any leather used is sourced from offcuts that are generated by the leather goods industry. Virginie Millefiori’s candy-coloured jewellery is just as sweet as her ethics!
2. Hissia
We women are full of emotion, feeling and passion, as the makers of Hissia know too well: after all, they chose their name because it means “passion”in Swahili, and this is reflected in what the brand represents and expresses in its beautiful collections. We love the “Drops” line, for example, which features gold or silver drop pendants, earrings and rings, reminiscent of dew drops on a rose.
This time, the rose is you!
3. Tiffany Kunz
Here at Eluxe we love Tiffany Kunz, not only for her philanthropic nature and eco-conscious approach to jewellery making, but for her minimalist, chic designs too. She offers delicately dangling earrings, made from ethically sourced gold, hand finished in her Los Angeles studio, which bedazzle when peeping out from long, loose hair.
We also love the fine lines of her gold cuffs and her dainty necklaces, all of which are simple but pretty, allowing the wearer’s own girlish charm to shine through.
4. Edge of Ember
Which little girl hasn’t fantasized about being Wonder Woman? Edge of Ember makes the perfect gold cuffs to allow us to live out those fantasies as adults. In fact, the brand is a bit of a superheroine, in a way: it strives to address the problem of human trafficking in Cambodia by donating 10% of their profits towards helping this cause. So not only are you buying a product that has been made in a sustainable way, but you also contributing towards a charity that helps people in need.
Made from 100% ethically sourced materials, Edge of Ember’s simple cuffs, dainty chains and stackable rings certainly do exude the power of femininity.
5. Catbird
Thanks to its delicate, pretty style, Catbird’s eco friendly jewellery has become a huge hit with sustainably minded celebrities, including Emma Watson and Michelle Williams.
Catbird employs over 100 artisans in its Brooklyn studio, where they design and craft every piece of jewellery by hand. The label supports the living wage and its local community by contributing 1% of its annual sales to nearby charitable initiatives.
One of our favourite pieces is Catbird’s ‘1976’ bracelet, which was handmade at the brand’s studio in Brooklyn by skilled artisans using recycled, fair mined gold. It has a dainty chain and can be worn solo or with one of the brand’s adorable charms, like this tiny key below, attached to it.
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