It always pleases me to see originality in jewellery design, and that is exactly what I found in Yossi Israel and Véronique Vingerhoets’ brainchild. The owners of Limited Edition Jewellery each have their own collection: Yossi’s is inspired by Warhol-esque pop art and Véronique’s by her desire to wear diamonds in a different way.

Yossi is not a newcomer to the jewellery scene. He’s had more than 25 years of experience working in the Antwerp diamond industry after he moved to the city to learn more about setting diamonds. Last year, the time had finally come for him to start a company of his own so he could make whatever he dreamed of.

And Yossi’s dreams are interesting, to say the least. Besides pop art, you’ll also find influences of tribal signs, graffiti and tattoos. He drafts each one up in a 3D-programme, then a special device “prints” full models of the pieces in wax. It’s pretty nifty, and Yossi is clearly having a blast working with it. He’s also invited a local graffiti artist to decorate one wall of the boutique, so that visitors can be inspired as well.

And then there’s Véronique’s collection. Named Five after her lucky number, it contains bracelets and necklaces with tiny charms encrusted with gems and very small diamonds. These funky beauties are not as expensive as you would think, since Véronique wants to keep her jewellery affordable – so that every woman can wear diamonds. Her designs are often funny or sexy – or sometimes the two combined – with charms in the form of pursed lips or a four-leaf clover, and they’re quickly gathering admiration of local fashionistas.

When a friend of Véronique wore one of the bracelets during an interview with Diane von Furstenberg (the queen of the wrap-dress), Furstenberg said she adored the “tiny red lips dangling at her wrist”. But it’s not only Furstenberg: Limited Edition is negotiating with Harrod’s in London and Colette in Paris to sell the collection in these number one hot spots for new trends.

Lucky for us, we only have to travel to Antwerp to secure our very own it-bracelet.

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