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Those Stitches Healed Beautifully

What’s the sound of one hand clapping?

Ponder — while thrusting yours into the air for all non-Buddhists to envy.

Gracing your digitus is a Flos ad Florem (a.k.a. bloom or blossom) creation, a spectacular new Italian jewelry collection that embraces Nana’s crocheting in a thoroughly modern manner.

For cocktail rings, yarn is tightly wound into a spongy but sturdy coil, then fashioned into a knot and dotted with crystal clusters to fit snugly on the finger. Lurex yarn is also spun around semiprecious stones like hematite and hung from the neck like a spider web’s houseguest.

Designer Brunella Caccaviello works in the spirit of haute couture (every step is done by her hand). She’s also dabbled with Pucci, Ferretti, and Valentino, and works as a professor of fashion in Milan. This woman has her fingers in everything.

Now use yours to give her a round of applause.


Available at Annie O., 105 Rivington Street, between Ludlow and Essex Streets (212-475-3490).