In Montreal,we sunbathe wherever we can…A neighborhood party in a parking lot with nowhere to sit for those with kids, a bench with a salad in a recycled plastic container for thecorporate girls, the office rooftop, the alley behind the store, a plastic chair outside a café… Anything to soak up as many rays of the hot summer sun as possible!
And now that we’ve started to get a tan, we want to deck ourselves out in jewelry —and, of course, we’re going to shop local, for “Made in Montreal” pieces , and small brands from our favorite local artists…
Bilak Jewelry
Bilak’s manifesto matches its colorful, handmade creations:“My jewelry is my light.” The handcrafted silver is almost mystical, and it’s perfect for meditating on a terrace, captivated by the jewelry’s coolness and its oracular curves.
Atelier Melrai
Hairpins straight out of folk tales, pearly stars, colorful stones… These areslow-madepiecesinspiredby the ocean’s healing power, and the silver and seashell designs make us want to let our hair grow down to our hips and play at being mermaids.
Vegevedge
Fish, birds, rabbits, horses, flowers… Vegevedge’s handmade sterling silver jewelry, crafted in Montreal, is half-sophisticated, half-whimsical. We’ll wear this “treasure” just like we used to wear our friendship bracelets after a month at summer camp, and we’ll set it down next to the seashells we collected on the beach, in the evening, on the nightstand of a vacation home.
Statique Jewelry
Statique’s “Soleil” necklace is perfect for summer, and we’ll add a ring with a sweet stone to wear while digging our hands in the sand—wearing jewelry while camping is just edgy enough to be very, very Montreal.
Gooey Jewelry
Colorful stones, whimsical shapes that mimic nature’s most beautiful forms—everything is handmade in limited quantities, and each piece is a statement piece that , on its own, will transform a simple swimsuit into something that turns us into mystical creatures by the water’s edge (or by the pool).
