Colour Therapy

Don’t know how about you, but I’m pretty fed up with this rain. It’s almost May and we do deserve some sun. It’s the time when we are supposed to be in our summer dresses sporting bare legs and wearing gorgeous summer sandals.

However one thing that does brighten up these rainy days – is a splash of colour reaching out from the fashion magazines, blogs and shops.

Not sure whether influenced by weather or not, but my brother created a new collection of pieces called Colour Therapy. Crystal necklaces braided with vivid silks and painted with bright colours seem to be exactly what need.

Hope you like the pieces:)
Jolita x

New splash of colour

Just got a picture from my brother of the necklace he has just made. Isn’t it gorgeous? I absolutely love the colours. Would you wear it? If yes – how would style it?

Jolita x

Joia necklace photoshoot

We’ve just received some pictures from the photo shoot, which features our Joia necklace. The necklace has already been sold, nevertheless it’s always lovely to see my brother’s creations styled by professionals.

If you like Joia necklace, come and have a look at other available braided pieces in our online boutique.

Jolita x

Avenue Collection, Bahrain

Recently everyone’s eyes have been on Bahrain because of political unsettlements as well as Formula 1. However we have another reason for having our eyes on Bahrain. It’s a fabulous boutique – Avenue Collection.

Aimed at international women the boutique stocks established as well as up and coming designers and we are overly excited to be among them.

You can find a selection of braided pieces described by the Avenue Collection as “enchanting composition that its truly going to take your breath away!“. What a lovely description for something that has been handmade by my brother.

To find out more about the boutique check their Facebook page and to have a peak inside – have a look here.

Jolita x

Wafa Alobaidat pick: Prague Necklace

I was just writing a post about our pieces being available in Bahrain and as a complete coincidence one of the recent guest curators on Boticca is from Bahrain. And another lovely surprise – she picked our Prague necklace among other fabulous pieces.

Boticca – your online destination for amazing accessories – invites a different guest curator each week to pick their favourite pieces available at Boticca.

I am admiring the fashionable business woman who keeps herself busy with the blog Fashion Ambitions, the magazine Sketchbook and the creative agency Obai & Hill.

Wafa chose a selection of fabulous accessories and thought our Prague necklace is both colourful and feminine. “I would wear it with a striped shirt and baby pink jeans with simple diamond studs”.

Here’e what the necklace looks like up-close. How would you wear it?

Wedding outfit

It’s been a bit of a hectic week for me. Working hard and trying to fit in as many things as possible into four days.

I finished a bit earlier on Thursday and left to my boyfriend’s sister’s wedding, wich was in a beautiful barn and in the middle of nowhere with NO mobile reception what-so-ever.

Below is a picture of my outfit, which took me ages to assemble.

I tried taking some pictures which didn’t come out too nice… but will give an idea of my outfit. By the way, I don’t have any pictures from the wedding myself as I was asked by boyfriend’s parents to take pictures for the family, so was working as a photographer:)

So… I ended up wearing a Jigsaw dress, a white Zara jacket, my Pied a Terre heels, Carnival bangle by my brother, Chanel necklace and ring and a fabulous clutch which I received a few years back for my birthday and just can’t remember who is it by.

I was really struggling with finding a dress to wear, especially that I put on a bit of weight and I must say this Jigsaw dress is the most amazing ever. It flatters your figure in all the right places and so I was very pleased with it. I also wanted to borrow Blue St.Petersburg Necklace from my brother, however a number of circumstances prevented me getting it on time, hence I ended up with a dainty Chanel necklace instead. I still needed a piece of statement jewellery, therefore I opted for a statement bangle made to me by my brother.

Blue St.Petersburg Necklace

Now I am back to grey and rainy London to work hard. I must say it was a blessing in disguise not being able to have any mobile reception, so I’m catching up on all the emails, Facebook, Twitter and blogs:)

What have you been up to this weekend?

Jolita x

Detachable collars

Today my inspiration is detachable collars. I know they’ve been out there for a while, but for me it all started with the one and only Karl Lagerfeld.

I have to admit I don’t own any of them yet, but seeing a vast selection of detachable collars I’m definitely tempted. They can be a pretty versatile accessory to literally at least double your wardrobe.  Pair any of those with the oldest T and you’ve got yourself a new look!

From high fashion to high street the choice is abundant, and if unlike me you are very crafty, there’s also plenty of online tutorials showing how to do it DIY style.

So what’s your take on detachable collars? Do you own any of them? Can you share your experiences or inspirational finds?

Jolita x

Happy Birthday to Jolita Jewellery designer!

April 16th is a very important day, as today is my brother’s birthday! And of course without him there wouldn’t be any jewellery by Jolita.

So I wanted to dedicate a post to my brother today.

Originally born in Lithuania Algis (pronounce AL – as in Al Pacino and GIS as in gift, but with “s” -often mixed up with Elvis☺) at the age of 18 set to travel the world. After visiting New York, Sidney, Bali, Tokyo and many other cities he finally settled in London.

Having a love for art, languages and psychology he was studying various subjects, some by himself, some in the local college. Working as a manager in a gift shop, he always had a knack for fashion. In fact Vogue and Marie Claire were the magazines he used to post me, so that I could learn English.

Inspiration: Ivory bangles from Nigeria, XVI century

As any other young person in London when not at his day job, he was socializing with his friends, visiting art galleries, museums and just having fun. Fast forward n years later he was feeling rather unfulfilled at his job. So as a creative outlet we set to open a shop in Islington, selling womensware.

One thing that we couldn’t quite find for our store was jewellery, to compliment the clothes we had. That was the first seed towards creating the jewellery by himself, although it didn’t come into fruition for a little while. One day I came to see my brother after work and he greeted me with this big, over the top charm bracelet. I wasn’t too surprised as I was often getting gifts from him, but when he told me he made the bracelet himself I was stunned.

It appeared he had this recurring dream of a bracelet for about a week. Getting pretty tired of the same dream he asked a friend where he could get some bits and bobs to make a piece of jewellery. He was taken to a shop in a Beak street and never looked back.

 Jolita Jewellery workshop with designer’s favourite scents by Diptyque

Algis started making various pieces for our friends and myself and his flat was filled with boxes and jars of beads and stones. Whenever not at work he would often call me to say he’s got a brilliant idea and can’t wait to get home to start creating. Being a business minded person I suggested we set up a company and that’s how Jolita Jewellery was officially born in the summer of 2008.

He refined his style over these years and never stopped surprising me. I always get compliments whenever I wear any of his designs. They are colourful, bold, unique and very different. At least that’s what our friends and customers say.

Algis designed custom made pieces for my friend’s wedding, both for the bride and a guest, for birthdays, as a love gift and also created a number of bespoke pieces to express someone’s dreams.

Bespoke pearl necklace and bracelet for a friend’s wedding

A bespoke bangle with feathers and crystals

Recently his designs were featured in various magazines and blogs across the world and I wish him all the creative success and to grace the cover of Vogue one day.

Haute Life Magazine cover January 2012

Happy Birthday and wishing you many more years of success!

Jolita x

Jolita Jewellery in Bath Fashion week 2012

The day started pretty well today, as we’ve received an email about our jewellery being featured in Bath Fashion week. Several of our necklaces and a ring appeared on the catwalk and there’s also a behind the scenes video that I added a link to below.

I love watching behind the scenes as I find it very interesting and amazing at the same time to find out how many people and how much work is involved to producing everything from fashion shows to fabulous pictures going into the magazines.

Colour inspiration: beautiful clutch bags

It’s day two of my flu “attack”. My brain works at a pase of a snail, so can’t do much, nevertheless found it that browsing through beautiful fashion images makes me feel a tad better.

I found these gorgeous clutch bags. Stunning colours and beautiful patterns makes me want to be on holidays near the sea side. With no flu of course…