Kika Mishto’s Winter 2012 jewellery collection is quirky and dark.
The French designer created an eerily elegant line of brooches, necklaces, earrings and bracelets. The line hints at Spanish and French cultural inspirations, with titles like ‘Coeur’ and ‘Corazon.’ All-Souls-Day skulls delicately dangle from gold chains. These accessories may seem dark, but the skull charms glow in the dark, keeping things light and playful. Other pieces feature anatomically correct hearts, with BPM chart details. These charms are glazed and bloody looking. The long dangling ‘BCOEUR’ earrings are a perfect combination of girly elegance and gory grunge. The heart charms are a fun surprise to an otherwise feminine design.
The gory theme makes Mishto’s Winter 2012 collection perfect for for spicing up any outfit.
Creepily Charming Accessories
Kika Mishto's Winter 2012 Line is Endearingly Eery
Trend Themes
1. Eerily Elegant Accessories - Designing accessories that combine elements of darkness with elegance can disrupt the jewelry market.
2. Culturally Inspired Accessories - Incorporating cultural references like Spanish and French could disrupt the jewelry industry through refreshing and cultured motifs.
3. Surprising and Playful Accessories - Innovation opportunities lie in creating accessories that offer an unexpected playful twist, like glow-in-the-dark skull charms on dark designs.
Industry Implications
1. Jewelry - Mishto's collection presents an opportunity for the jewelry industry to monetize on accessories that cater to off-beat fashionable tastes.
2. Fashion - Adapting Mishto's design approach to fashion would disrupt the industry by introducing an element of playfulness and subversion that has been few and far between in recent years.
3. Cultural - Mishto's collection presents the prospect to capitalize on the demand for cultural products in the retail industry, enabling it to cater to a diverse market.