How to / Collect Antique Jewelry

The thing that fascinates me most about clothing is its ability to tell a story. Items hold history and memory in ways more complex than immediately knowable to the eye.

Think about it: when you wear something, physically, on your body, you form a closeness to the object. It becomes a part of your embodied identity, your personal history.

Nowhere is this notion more clear than when it comes to jewelry.