Silver is a big trend in jewellery right now. Pictured here is a shell pendant from JuJu Vera. Photo: The New York Times
In the 1980s and 90s, Robert Lee Morris’ sculptural silver earrings, breastplates and cuffs earned him certain trappings of fashion stardom: a yearslong collaboration with Donna Karan, a friendship with Karl Lagerfeld, exporting his namesake jewellery brand to Japan.
Morris’ Artwear store, known for its museumlike approach to displaying statement jewellery, became a destination in SoHo well before the New York neighbourhood turned into an open-air mall.
