With its almost contradictory qualities – simplicity yet intricacy, delicacy yet longevity – Alice Waese’s organic-inspired debut collection of limited edition silver jewellery, leather accessories and paper illustrations is enticingly elegant yet utterly lust-worthy. A Canadian-born designer and founder of the London-based Curioser + Curioser label, Waese was trained in both garment design and fine art. And her continuing fascination with both aspects of this training – traditional visual media like drawing and sculpture alongside the raw cloths and natural materials on which she focuses – is immediately recognizable throughout her work. The debut Curioser + Curioser collection, both seasonless and unisex, champions a curious aesthetic: fed by outwardly simple natural forms and patterns, it also suggests a thoughtful, almost ponderous originality. The hand-cast jewellery, softly structured leather bags and oversized merino knits are experimental and playful whilst sharing an underlying conceptual narrative. And with each piece limited to international editions of 90, the entire collection has pure collectability written all over it.

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