I have always had a thing for organic-looking, rough-hewn jewelry. Hammered metals, bizarre settings, and unique gems fascinate me. While most of the time Forever 21's ridiculously inexpensive jewelry will do the job, sometimes a girl needs a special, one-of-a-kind trademark piece. For my birthday this year, my sister and husband decided to buy me a necklace I had been wanting since seeing it in Lucky magazine 3 years prior. I'll never forget the description of the carved wooden manta ray necklace: "Equal parts sinister and cute." It's hand-carved and from the West Hollywood store called Roseark, although the store used to be called Kaviar and Kind. With diamond eyes, the manta is available in carved wood, bone, or mother of pearl in your choice of yellow, white, or rose gold. Sienna Miller has the bone version like the one pictured above, but mine is dark, carved from wood, and hangs from a yellow gold chain (see picture to left). My favorite way to wear jewelry is to mix inexpensive with expensive, and always a vintage piece or two of my grandmother's thrown in for good measure.
www.roseark.com
