November 7, 2006

Tasty Delights

Malin Collection

Given your druthers, you’d wear candy necklaces all the time.

If only they didn’t end up in your belly by day’s end.

For none of the calories and all of the fun, try sweet accessories by Malin Collection. Using jute, leather, silk, cotton, wool, and cashmere, Swedish designer Malin Nyman-Smallcombe strings wood beads and semiprecious stone discs, gold vermeil, and sterling silver beads to create polished bracelets and necklaces with a natural edge.

Traditional autumnal colors combined with black, brown, gray, and purple are found in the fall/winter family, while the spring/summer group lightens things up with creams, light woods, and sherbets. Feast your eyes on it all and meet the designer at her trunk show at A+R this Saturday — or swing by on your own time.

You may find it hard to control your hunger for the wearable confections.

Just don’t let your eyes get bigger than your wallet.

Available at A+R, 1716 Silver Lake Boulevard, between Effie Street and Swan Place, Silver Lake (323-913-9558). To see styles, go to malincollection.com.