Monica Wealthy Kosann, who believes within the energy of phrases and storytelling in her jewellery designs, took a really playful method to her newest assortment.
Kosann and Charles M. Schulz’s “Peanuts” have partnered on a line of friendship bracelets that includes phrases and phrases from the beloved caricature, together with some classics resembling “Good Grief,” “Oof,” “Aaugh” and “Smak.” They’re integrated into 10 types, in 18-karat yellow gold and sterling silver with diamonds and treasured gem stones. Costs vary from $325 to $2,415. The gathering launches Tuesday.
“As somebody who grew up with ‘Peanuts’ by my facet, I couldn’t be extra excited to enter into this partnership highlighting the long-lasting characters created by Charles M. Schulz,” Kosann stated. “Our nice jewellery model relies on taking iconic, timeless concepts and making them trendy for a brand new technology. That’s what ‘Peanuts’ embodies for us because it celebrates its seventy fifth anniversary.” The Monica Wealthy Kosann model can be coming off a milestone, having celebrated its twentieth yr in enterprise final yr.
Bracelets from the Monica Wealthy Kosann/Peanuts assortment.
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Kosann stated her model has at all times been about “the empowering nature of phrases.…With that in thoughts, our launch assortment gives bracelets that seize iconic ‘Peanuts’ phrases and artwork.…The bracelets construct off the inspiring nature of our Poesy Bracelet assortment together with the friendship bracelets which have captured the guts of a brand new technology,” Kosann stated.
“The theme of friendship has been on the coronary heart of ‘Peanuts’ since Charles Schulz first created the beloved caricature in 1950,” stated Liz Brinkley, vp, international licensing, trend, house and collaborations for Peanuts. “Monica Wealthy Kosann is a good associate to convey this theme to life by their fashionable and complex friendship bracelets that ‘Peanuts’ followers won’t need to miss.”
Just like the characters, the vocabulary of “Peanuts” conveys a variety of feelings. “Oof,” for instance, suggests the bumps within the street to a lofty aim, whereas “Aaugh” suggests the frustrations alongside the way in which. “Good Grief” speaks to the facility of our vulnerability, and “Smak” is the final word expression of affection.
The Kosann-Peanuts assortment is out there at monicarichkosann.com and within the designer’s three namesake freestanding retail areas: the Retailers at Columbus Circle and at Hudson Yards, each in Manhattan, and The Somerset Assortment in Troy, Mich. There may be additionally a Monica Wealthy Kosann store inside Bergdorf Goodman, and the gathering might be bought at many different shops. The Peanuts assortment might be obtainable to wholesale companions for fall 2025.
From the Monica Wealthy Kosann/Peanuts assortment.
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