Pure Pleasure: Nomade Exquis presents Metaux Melanges, the jewellery collection curated by Mo Clancy

Oh how I envy all those super-stylish women who effortlessly pull off fancy jewellery: crazy, oversized necklaces; thick, solid bracelets and weirdly shaped rings. If it was mandatory for girls to belong to some jewellery party, my persona would grace a conservative bench! My brief story involves two thin golden chains and most recently a maxi-size ring with a lime green rock (yes, I went bananas there!)

Anyway, I vowed to become more jewellery-aware and maybe even start to accumulate some great stuff! Starting very low-key is the only option at the moment (meaning Ebay, car boots and charity stores hunting) but before I do that, here's a little something I'm dying to share: Metaux Melanges collection curated by the one and only Mo Clancy.

The collection (available soon from Barney's and directly from Nomade Exquis) is a modernist mix of over seventy-five pieces of vintage jewellery from the late 1950's through the late 1970's. The works were assembled over eighteen months by Mo Clancy and ivolve such names as Robert Larin, Guy Vidal, De Passille-Sylvestre, Jorma Laine and Pentti Sarpaneva.

'Metaux Malanges explores the workmanship of the craftspeople who contributed to these movements, with shapes, materials and intentions appreciated as a true form.'

Photos by Elena Lacuesta from the Nomade Exquis Fall 2009 Catalogue