House of Waris

[cerfas]

Photos from Diane Pernet's blog:

 

[cerfas]

Benjamin Cho for House of Waris, from yoox.com

yoox.com
35,000 USD

 

[raijin]

Ive been planning to pick up an ebony wood lapel pin for a while now, but Seven still isnt open!

 

[cerfas]

Skull ring is 6,000 euros
Infinity ring is 11,000

Some of the jewelry can be found at Colette

 

[cerfas]

Ooh, I didn't know that Seven is going to carry his stuff.
Why is it not open yet ?!

 

[cerfas]

More from Benjamin Cho for House of Waris, yoox

 

[cerfas]

I like the shark's teeth ones

 

[arlekindearrabal]

wow, those are really cool! i'd like to get my hands on that...

 

[cerfas]

There were some skull cufflinks too but I am TIRED of skulls!!

 

[Spacemiu]

I don't really get the hype, I like it all but it dosn't look terribly cool or very original to me. My favorite piece is the knuckle ring.

 

[cerfas]

Has there been a big hype?
I just like the box that it comes in, and the rings are pretty cool. Maybe there are other things similar to the rings, but if so I haven't seen them before and the design really stuck in my mind


JC Report:

Big Up, Waris
New York, Paris
Call it tribal chic or ghetto fab, there's no disputing the originality of the elegant, intuitive jewelry coming from the House of Waris.

The enterprise was launched after a chance meeting in Los Angeles two-and-a-half years ago. While shopping at Maxfield, Waris (yet another one-name talent) was asked by the buyer where his two startling diamond rings — spanning three fingers on each hand — came from. Upon explaining that they were his own design, Waris found himself taking an order, thus launching his design "house."

His acting career began in much the same way. Casually asked by a director friend to keep 5 months free for a "project," Waris canceled a trip to his workshops in India and found himself plunged into the adventure that became the magical, marvelous The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou by Wes Anderson.

One thing led to another, as seems to be the case in Waris' life: while filming at the Cinecitta studios in Rome, he found himself discovering, and then working with, a Roman atelier on his next jewelry collection. The pieces made in Rome are often cast in sleek white gold and encrusted with diamonds. From the Indian workshops come necklaces of carved smoky topaz, yellow gold and tourmaline pendants, and hand-hammered and drilled earrings — no two pieces are exactly alike. The diamonds here are discreet, not in the bling-y places you would expect to find them, but running down the outer edge of a miniature dagger, for example. Handmade wooden boxes add the final touch of luxury, with the House of Waris logo burned onto the hinged lid with an iron stamp.

Having personally delivered this new collection to Colette in Paris and visited his workshop in Rome, Waris has recently returned to New York to begin his role in Spike Lee's Inside Man, alongside Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, and Willem Dafoe. We welcome yet another member to the new guard of talented multihyphenates, designer-actors who continue to put a new face on fashion.

The House of Waris is available at Seven (NY), Maxfield (LA), Colette (Paris), and Loveless (Tokyo).
-Karina Jeffrey

Photos: House of Waris jewelry

 

[Spacemiu]

oops we posted the article at the same time...

 

[cerfas]

another yoox Benjamin Cho for HoW

edit: Space...hahah

 

[Deleted member 7575]

looks cheap

 

[Scott]

Cerfas,is that deer in the last post? Oh my,spiders+Deer!!!!!

Having said that,I do feel the skeleton/skull bits are a bit close to what Yoshiko is doing...maybe slightly more macabre and severe. As much as I like skulls,I must agree,they are a bit overdone.

 

[pucci_mama]

I love this, and would love to get my hands on some pieces!!

But why, oh why is it so bloody expensive?

 

[cerfas]

Short update:
An Earnest Cut & Sew, a store in NYC, carries some House of Waris jewelry

 

[Arturo21]

$35000!

 

[lostinemotion]

I want that ring...it's gorgeous.
35 grande! is you kidding me?!
I have seen this guy around nyc at parties...seems like a nice guy.

 

[justlooking]

looks like those cheap rings at those cheap jewellery stands in shopping arcades or at the markets.