M ♥ W is a luxury crafts jewellery label and the brainchild of Mirit Weinstock, a 35-year-old Israeli jewellery designer with a passion for exceptionally made and unique accessories. After graduating
from Shenkar college in July 2002, Mirit was invited to participate in ITS#ONE
in Trieste, Italy.
Talented as she is she has managed to intern for the likes of such great fashion brands as Alexander McQueen, Li
Edelkeert's trend magazine "View On Colour," and Lanvin. Alber Elbaz, Artistic Director of Lanvin, has said of her stint while working for the label: "Through her entire
internship, Mirit proved the highest professional qualities. Her work was
creative, conceptual, precise, original and inspiring".
At the
beginning of 2004, Weinstock launched her own label of ready to wear fashion for
women. In 2011, Mirit not only started
a MA -two years program "Master of Fine Arts" at the Bezalel
academy, Tel Aviv, but also launched her new international jewellery brand M ♥ W that is sold in specialty stores Such as Colette in Paris,
ZOZO in Japan, Anthropologie in the USA and many more.
For Fall 2012, Mirit Weinstock devided her women's collection into two categories, and also presented her first men's collection.
The inspiration for the first group of the women's
collection was found in eyes, tears, the moon, satellites, stardust and the sky
at night. Silver domes and octagons covered with enamel are at the center of this
group, combined with feather eyelashes, chains of tears, sapphire and smoky
quartz stones. To these I added fake eyelashes dipped in silver and gold.
The second group of the collection was inspired by the
Senecio Daisy's poetic white seed puffs, Pussy-willow branches carrying pretty,
fuzzy, furry flowers, and leafs. I created lean silver branches and combined
them with stones, fake eyelashes and the original dry furry flowers to create
pendants and brooches. This fusion of inspirations
and materials created a colorful and surprising handmade new collection, where
each jewelry is unique and singular.
The
men's collection is a small concept group, inspired by the human spine,
presenting silver neck pieces, brooches and cufflinks.
Mirit filled in our Fashion-Pixel questionnaire, and without further ado we present you her answers:
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| Mirit Weinstock |
Fashion-Pixel: What
is your personal style when it comes to dressing?
Mirit Weinstock: Everyday
something different depends on my mood :)
F-P: What
is your favourite colour?
MW: Ivory.
F-P: Which
designer do you admire?
MW: Dries
Van Noten.
F-P: What
are you going to buy next for your wardrobe? Where from?
MW: This
morning I was thinking about a floral printed summer overall, I hope to find
one in a vintage store.
F-P: What
is your favourite outfit?
MW: I
have lots of favourite outfits...
F-P: Do
you usually buy clothes from your trips abroad?
MW: Yes…usually
in flee markets and vintage stores in Paris.
F-P: What
piece would you place in a fashion museum?
MW: All
runway pieces by Alexander McQueen.
F-P: What
is a key item that all wardrobes should have?
MW: Red
lipstick.
F-P: Would
you like to live in another era?
MW: Yes,
I want to be David Bowie in the 60's.
F-P: What
inspires you?
MW: So
many things inspires me! From shuttlecock balls, to raffia fibres, twigs,
thorns, bones, the human spine, eyes, the moon , Japanese packaging,
traditional jewelry and that is only a few… At the moment I find my inspiration
for my Spring 2013 collection in clowns!
F-P: What
is your favourite material to use?
MW: In
my jewelry collections I love to take materials such as shuttlecock ball
feathers or Raffia fibers and explore ways I can transform them into jewelry. Usually by reconstructing them, knitting, braiding, covering them is silver or
gold… I'm fascinated by materials and try to explore each season new ones.
F-P: How
do you determine what is chic?
MW: The
right personality can make any look chic, really it's more about the people and
less about the outfit...
Mirit Weinstock's jewellery are also available online here.
All images courtesy of Mirit Weinstock©
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