Freshly out of The Royal College of Art, Gisele Ganne is already dazzling the macrocosm of the jewellery world. 

Her Oxymoronic style unites the macabre and the beautiful and in her first collection, her pieces are inspired by Victorian mourning jewellery.  Gisele explains,“Mourning is not just about dead people; it is also about dead relationships and decaying marriages and the divorce jewellery refers to old and contemporary wedding customs.” 

Yet, before you’re put off by the sombre style, it is the paradox in Ganne’s work that makes it stand out.  Along with a slightly grave undertone, her jewellery is vibrant, abundant in bright colours and uses absurdly complicated detail which gives the collection a unique and memorable edge.

The inclusion of nature in her jewellery also adds a sense of otherworldliness, which gives the pieces instant life and all seem to come from a personal inspiration: a shoulder ‘broach’ inspired by the black widow, a single skull on a pendant of a necklace inspired by the women of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, who wear their husbands skulls round their neck.  Following on from Hollywood’s current obsession with dark antiheroes, it’s clear Ganne has certainly finely tuned her timing.

Gisele Ganne can be seen in this month’s Vogue and also at www.giseleganne.com

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