Enfants de Printemps featuring Mars and Valentine
Miette of The City of Lost Children (Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet) is a child heroine in a Dickensian city. In tribute of the brave and beautiful characters that are often found in dystopian landscapes, photographer Mark Stetler and fashion editor Mia Morgan explore the childhood heroine after the film, an adult whose stubborn reliance on instinct is the seed of her wisdom. In this series, juxtaposition between whimsy and decay create a more complicated incarnation of 'beauty'. [Xenia Marie Viray] View fullscreen feature.
Mining Myths and Hoarding Opals featuring Mars and Valentine
Echo of the Dreamer and Mars and Valentine are jewelry lines that make treasure.
Margaret Thurman, who predominantly designs Echo, and Myoshin, her daughter and the creative behind Mars and Valentine both have intellects that can't be separated from their instincts.
'Margaret used to read me the Iliad and the Odyssey when I was three,' says Myoshin.
'Either that or Sherlock Holmes,' says Margaret. 'I'm not kidding.'
Both women and jewelry lines are as unpredictable as they are mysteriously familiar.
'When I look through your jewelry, I always feel like I'm really finding each piece,' I say to Myoshin.
'That's it. That's exactly what it's like. It's like you found it,' she says back.
Margaret knows stone miners who call her when they find unique quarries because they know she's the only one who will appreciate them. (She also hoards opals.) Myoshin is fluent in the language of history and thinks mistakes are part of the fun. And I'm glad we found both of them. more...