Dear Maria Francesca Pepe, today it is the forth time, i talk about your work. Two years ago, it was “Paradoxa”, your first collection that caught my eye and made me immediately fall in love with your ability to transform unusual shapes and heavy-weighting volumes into wearable jewelry. Then there was “Mucha”, modeled by Alice Dellal. You experimented with materials such as calf, iguana, caiman and sheep skin and oversized shapes that were supplemented by some more filigree details and pieces. This was pretty refreshing.And then, it happend, that you started to mix  fashion design and jewelry making in “Art Brut”. This was the point were i got lost.

Like i already wrote, wether it were the shots, or the fashion – i didn`t get the uniquesness of your collection.  But thankfully, this changed with your fantastic “Les fabulous C” collection. Back on the track i just praised  – the fashion and the jewels, the way how you brought them together and my joy to be able again to dream about wearing Maria Francesca Pepe. Curiously and full of expectations, i landed on your website again to find “Bathing Beauties”. A collection of dresses, jewelry and shoes for summer 2010. While watching your fashion film, i dreamt away to old Hollywood, became a diva, standing on a pool. In one of my bejewelled hands a cigarette, in the other a glass of champaign. Hair well done, head held high and warm summer breeze caressing my soft flowing silk dress. BUT THEN – SHOCK. (more…)

As a jewelry designer, she raised the fashion crowd by storm. Massive pieces with extroverted charme and cool elegance are significant elements of Maria Francesca Pepes portfolio and the translation of her avant-garde signature into the accessories-segment worked at first go.

But when the London-based designer included fashion designs into her last collection “Art Brut” the strong affection I always felt, when Maria Francesca Pepe came up with new collections, just …did not appear. (more…)

After the heavy weighting, voluminous and silver dominated “Paradoxa” collection which I adored, Maria Francesca Pepe´s winter collection comes along way more soft and floating. Working with materials such as calf, iguana and caiman, sheep skin and brass Pepe gave the “Mucha” pieces a more flowing, fleet-fooded impression. The oversized shapes stay, but are supplemented by some more filigree pieces and although I have to admit that I am not yet of the fashion-forward mark for leather-wobblings around my neck – I totally got for Maria Francesca Pepe and her unique handwriting in jewelry design. (more…)

It was a long journey for Maria Francesca Pepe to build up her own successful and groundbreaking jewelry brand… (more…)