They were on the DA’s desk last night. This morning, the entire team denies having seen them. Kitesy Martin Studio designs sculptural jewelry in Paris—meant to be layered, mismatched, and, if certain colleagues are to be believed, borrowed for an entirely indefinite period.
Two Kitesy earrings, resting beside a cold coffee and a copy of Vogue. This morning, they vanished. The intern saw nothing. Neither did the project manager. As for the writer, she suddenly decides that working with her hair down suits her perfectly.
Evidently, the line between “I love your earrings” and “I’m borrowing them” is a very thin one.
Kitesy Martin would probably have appreciated the sentiment. A graduate of the Arts Décoratifs de Paris with stints at Balenciaga, Balmain, and Lacoste, the designer founded Kitesy Martin Studio in 2018, bringing with her a vision of jewelry that rarely plays by the rules.
Here, gold and silver mingle, earcuffs stack, earrings are mismatched, and the goal is less about finding the perfect pairing than the one no one else would have dared. It is a philosophy inherited from her mother, whom she used to watch mixing fine jewelry with costume pieces.
The result? Sculptural jewelry bold enough to transform the white shirt you’ve worn three Mondays in a row into a "new look," and coveted enough to have captured the attention of Patou, Ganni, Nike, and Le Tanneur for limited collaborations.
But back to our colleagues.
At 12:47 PM, over lunch, the writer finally ties her hair back.
Et voilà! The earrings reappear.
