Fashionable accessories.

They say a diamond is a girl’s best friend, but what about those who like something a little edgier? For fine jewellery with a tough edge you can't go past Cartier's Juste Un Clou; a collection which gives the phrase 'tough as nails' a whole new meaning.

Can nightmares be beautiful? Haunting things that flash into your submerged consciousness like the flickering images of a projector reel, causing you to jolt awake, gasping for your own reality? If such horrors usually reserved for nightmares and horror films can be beautiful, than this is the occasion. With its dark magic, Maripossa’s 2013 campaign simultaneously haunts and captivates. The Australian jewellery label brings rawness…

The great shame in owning an iPhone is that it’s beautifully designed… and yet you have to hide its beauty beneath some protective casing or risk destroying it all together. Hence the emergence of a new need in the marketplace – a need for beautiful iPhone cases. The Dairy are an Australian company that produce graphical, fully protective phone cases – i.e they aren’t stickers.…

From laser welding to wax casting, to the history of the cultured pearl... the art of jewellery making comes not just down to imagination, but down to the technology and science that allows new techniques to shape the process of design. Worth a read for jewellery lovers is this article, which looks at some of those advances and the jewellery trends they ignited.

Australian label sass & bide will be joining three other superstar labels including Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood & Ilaria Venturini Fendi in a bid to help fight poverty and promote ethical fashions as part of the ITC’s Ethical Fashion Initiative. The duo has collaborated with women living in East Africa to create two limited edition pieces which will uphold the ITC project’s ideals of export…

What do you get if you take the mathematically engineered beauty of architecture and infuse it with the spirit of ’70s rock? In a nutshell, jewellery by Vera Xane. Vera Xane is designed by Australia’s Alex Smyth-Kirk. It’s not the first jewellery brand to immerse itself in nostalgic associations of the free-spirited 1960s and ’70s, nor will it be the last – but Smyth-Kirk brings…

Globe-Trotter are synonymous with craftsmanship and the nostalgic magic of travel. So if James Bond needed a custom-made rifle case that was both sturdy and stylish you’d imagine that’s where he’d be headed. And so, that’s where the costume department of SKYFALL headed. In the film, Bond carries a bespoke carry case produced especially by Globe-Trotter – who worked closely with the film’s armorer to…

If there ever was an accessories collection that hit the spot, it’d be Jason Wu’s spring 2013 line. From the offset we see a minimalistic and clean range, but if you look closer, Wu’s handbags and shoes are laced in ladylike fun. Tonal shades of eau de nil, cobalt blue, nude, almond and an interesting polka-dot-tights print make way for an addictive season. I guess…

Since its my job to Wikipedia things, here are some facts about the common bucket hat. You can trace back the origins of the bucket hat to Ireland, where fishermen and farmers wore the soft cotton hat to protect themselves to the rain and sun. Apparently, eyelets found on the sides are supposed to aid in ventilation. Sean Connery looked badass in one as Indiana…

It’s an intriguing look book of its own accord… And right on brand message, too. Tribal beading, burnished bronze and engraved silver, belonging well and truly in the sass & bide realm, are collaged against the images into backdrops and crowning headpieces alike. But the true stars of the images are the sunglasses. This is a look book showcasing the brand’s summer 2012 eyewear collection,…