Lizzie Fortunato Jewels Resort 2012 "Paradise is an Island"

DRAWING ON THE NOTIONS OF ‘ESCAPE’ AND ‘DESERTED PARADISE,’ THE DEBUT RESORT COLLECTION FROM LIZZIE FORTUNATO JEWELS IS MARKED WITH AN EXOTICISM EVIDENT IN NECKLACES STRUNG WITH CARNELIAN ‘TUSKS,’ BRONZE BEAR CHARMS, AND CAST ARROWHEADS. THE CONCISE COLLECTION FEATURES TITLES CULLED FROM THE ATLAS OF REMOTE ISLANDS (JUDITH SHALANSKY), AND IS PHOTOGRAPHED ON TWO WORLDLY FRIENDS OF THE LINE -- KATJA, BORN IN BERLIN, EDUCATED IN SOUTH AFRICA, PARIS, AND NEW YORK, AND LIVING IN HAITI; AND APOLONIA, WHO HAILS FROM MEXICO CITY, STUDIED IN PARIS AND NOW RESIDES IN NEW YORK -- THE PERFECT MODELS FOR JEWELRY INSPIRED BY A GETAWAY.