Did you know the Spring 2010 trend is the warrior fashion in clothing and accessories? These are inspired by military wear from ancient civilisations. Fashionising.com identified the key elements as metal plating (think armor), tunics especially leather, chain maille inspirations and tribal motifs.
Cool! I already enjoy doing the last two in jewelry design. So here is a look at some inspirational designs on the warrior theme - it is always fun to see how different designers tackle the same theme.
The BR Republic has some awesome luxury designs based on medieval armor. Shown above is their mask pendant which resemble helms worn by medieval knights. Their crusader red gold and sterling silver ring is another fine example. Their website lists stockists in the UK. Via
Even the late Alexander McQueen got into the warrior act with last year's fall RTW collection. His head armor accessory is way over the top as it covers not just the head but the mouth, nose and shoulders. It reminds me of the chain maille coif medieval knights used to wear under their helms. Via
You should see the work of leather craftsman is BlackMarketTrades on Etsy. He made this amazing Leather Dragon scale bracers, hand cutting every bit with leather shears. He uses rivets. Bracers are arm guards worn by archers for protection.
What could be more warrior-like than chain maille? And yet, Athena's Armoury on Etsy's lovely hand jewelry called the Feminine Warrior Handflower manages to be pretty.
Less feminine and a unisex design is my Full Persian chain maille bracelet.
I also love the Warrior Empress earrings by Ear Candiez who makes "Silly art for your ears". This is a superbly imaginative design. Doesn't it remind you a little of Japanese samurais?
Celtsmith has an amazing Celtic Torc necklace which is based on a real archaeological find. The Celts used to twist wires together to make these distinctive neck pieces. Check out my past post on Boudicca: The Warrior Queen's jewelry for more information on torcs and the story of a Queen who lead her people against the Roman army in England.
My grey tribal earrings sold very quickly but I will be uploading another when I can. Here is a new design in my store the Warrior Princess Tribal Shield earrings.
For real warrior jewelry, check out my past post Treasures from the Sutton Hoo, an amazing archaeological discovery of a "ghost image" burial ship of a warrior chieftain in England. It dates back to the 7th century - the gold craftmanship back then was incredibly good.
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Cool! I already enjoy doing the last two in jewelry design. So here is a look at some inspirational designs on the warrior theme - it is always fun to see how different designers tackle the same theme.
The BR Republic has some awesome luxury designs based on medieval armor. Shown above is their mask pendant which resemble helms worn by medieval knights. Their crusader red gold and sterling silver ring is another fine example. Their website lists stockists in the UK. Via
Even the late Alexander McQueen got into the warrior act with last year's fall RTW collection. His head armor accessory is way over the top as it covers not just the head but the mouth, nose and shoulders. It reminds me of the chain maille coif medieval knights used to wear under their helms. Via
You should see the work of leather craftsman is BlackMarketTrades on Etsy. He made this amazing Leather Dragon scale bracers, hand cutting every bit with leather shears. He uses rivets. Bracers are arm guards worn by archers for protection.
What could be more warrior-like than chain maille? And yet, Athena's Armoury on Etsy's lovely hand jewelry called the Feminine Warrior Handflower manages to be pretty.
Less feminine and a unisex design is my Full Persian chain maille bracelet.
I also love the Warrior Empress earrings by Ear Candiez who makes "Silly art for your ears". This is a superbly imaginative design. Doesn't it remind you a little of Japanese samurais?
Celtsmith has an amazing Celtic Torc necklace which is based on a real archaeological find. The Celts used to twist wires together to make these distinctive neck pieces. Check out my past post on Boudicca: The Warrior Queen's jewelry for more information on torcs and the story of a Queen who lead her people against the Roman army in England.
My grey tribal earrings sold very quickly but I will be uploading another when I can. Here is a new design in my store the Warrior Princess Tribal Shield earrings.
For real warrior jewelry, check out my past post Treasures from the Sutton Hoo, an amazing archaeological discovery of a "ghost image" burial ship of a warrior chieftain in England. It dates back to the 7th century - the gold craftmanship back then was incredibly good.
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I actually like most of the warrior jewelry...
ReplyDeleteI particularly like your tribal earrings Pearl...very cool, I would wear the gray ones especially!!!
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I love it! I don't know tat I would wear the head piece, bu the rest, with out a doubt!
ReplyDeleteThe headpiece is a no-go for me, but the other things are really cool, especially the bracers. As an archer I started to design my own bracers and arm protectors awhile ago and they are really a kind of jewelry themselves.
ReplyDeleteI have bookmarked your blog. There is inspiration there. Best wishes Celtsmith
ReplyDeleteDagmar, you are amazing to do so many things including archery!
ReplyDeleteWarrior jewelry is known internationally for high end jewelry design.It is very expensive jewelry.
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Thank you so much for feature my Handflower! You found some really amazing artwork for this post. I now have to go check out the Boudicca post you did -- she's amazing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful earrings! My 17 yr old granddaughter would love these!blake31856@bellsouth.net
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