Young&Ng Jewelry Show

"I like to think that I create with unspoken intelligence to produce ethereal, philosophical, strong beautiful pieces."
- Michelle Ng, Young&ng

This passed Tuesday, I had the inside scoop to an up and coming jewelry designer, Michelle Ng's new collection of refined modern and organic pieces, Young&ng.

Blood Cuff, Antique Gold, $470

Blood Cuff, Antique Gold & Swarovski Crystals, $545

Layered Cuff, Gunmetal, $675

The show began at the BODIES The Exhibition in South Street Seaport.  I have been to this exhibit before and it truly is an in-your-face look into the normalities and abnormalities of the body.  After some champagne cocktails and fashion networking, we worked our way through the exhibit - with flashes of our skeletal, muscular and reproductive systems and ending at the circulatory system where the fashion show began.

Into the Red/Heart Chamber presentation room, the interior was dimly lit and a row of draped models loomed in the back as we awaited the anticipated beginning of the show.  As the music began, the models were unveiled one by one, walking a runway that surrounding the exhibition's pieces.  The models were adorned with the Young&ng cuffs and crowns and strips of cloth covering their precious elements all the while, the models were painted in a white MAC body paint and dark burgundy Ramy Cosmetics and smokey eyes.  They look like the chic walking dead.  In a good way because the focus of the jewelry was on the body as a form and living organ that will live in existence in the work of art that Michelle Ng has created.