Wednesday Addams may be a role model today, but in the early 2000s, she was the kind of child your mom asked you to stay away from. A rule breaker. An outlier who didn’t care if she was shunned. I, on the other hand, participated enthusiastically in everything, from ballet and gymnastics to basketball and even calligraphy.
But when it came to fashion, I struggled. It felt like swimming against the tide—if something fit, I hated how it looked on me and if I loved something, it rarely fit. Picking up a medium while the saleswoman gave me the side eye and handed me a large or holding my breath while trying to squeeze into a dress like an overstuffed suitcase you have to sit on to shut. One wrong move and the zip is broken, along with your confidence.
Instead, I found solace in jewellery, inspired by my mom. She would boldly pair her chunky silver earrings with a big bindi and kohl-rimmed eyes, standing out in rooms filled with women in their dainty diamonds. It was a smart technique, diverting attention to something you want people to notice.
Taking notes from her, I started wearing linen pants and a cotton shirt with a wrist full of silver kadas to college when everyone else was in skinny jeggings and skintight T-shirts. I also experimented with the occasional nose ring—in this case, a silver bindi strategically stuck onto the right side of my nose. After the first week, I had classmates message me on Facebook asking where I shopped and if they could borrow my jewellery. It was a boost of confidence. The girl who rarely flipped through fashion magazines was dishing out style advice.
Over the years, my oeuvre has evolved. What was initially a reflection of my mother’s style became a jumping-off point and source of inspiration. The black bindis transitioned into a jet-black winged liner and the silver jhumkas and gold Kolhapuris taught me how to style mixed metals.
Like me, Lucia Silvestri’s first muse was also her mother, whose personal style influenced her daughter’s highly sought-after works. When I met the Bvlgari jewellery creative director in Milan, she was introducing the world to the brand’s new high jewellery collection, Eclettica, joined by Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Dua Lipa, Anne Hathaway and loyalists from all over the world.
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