Nanushka x Alighieri Is A Jewellery Collection Full Of Pieces That Every Woman Will Want

It was very much a meeting of two minds between Sandra Sandor and Alighieri’s Rosh Mahtani. The former is founder at Nanushka, the Budapest-based brand that has a firm following among fashion editors for its 'modern bohemian' clothes. The latter is behind Alighieri, the jewellery brand which famously started as a musing on the work of Dante. They had admired each others’ brands from afar before a friend introduced them. ‘Alighieri has always been about creating community through objects, and it was wonderful for me to work alongside a woman I really admire,’ says Mahtani of Sandor.

‘There is such synergy between our brands that it felt like a really natural collaboration as soon as I met Sandra.’ Sandor, who is based in Budapest, reciprocates entirely. ‘I've been a fan of Alighieri for quite some time. I really liked her approach towards jewellery, treating it as heirlooms to be passed down, and her commitment towards sustainability,’ she says.

The results will thrill fashion fans. The nine-piece jewellery collection has been designed as wearable talismans that will complement the clothing . ‘Very quickly we were set on a path of making pieces that were rooted in handmade craftsmanship, but had a strength and certain toughness to them’ says Mahtani. The pieces have wonderfully evocative names - ‘The Forbidden Cloister Cuff Chapter II, for example, or ‘The Flicker Of Monastery Necklace’ - and the gold really sings against the pared-back neutral tones - think camel, chocolate and caramel - that Nanushka does so well.

Sandor loves layering the necklaces, but says her favourite piece is the aforementioned cuff, which in the imagery is styled over a rib knit jumper so that it shines against the fabric. ‘I really like its robustness combined with a very feminine shape. It resembles an amphora that's just been dug up and is like a real heirloom that I can pass down one day to my children,’ she says. For Mahtani, it’s the chunky ring set that really strikes a chord. ‘The bulbous shapes reflect the woman's body, but create a really strong and tough feeling when worn as a trio. It epitomises what it means to be a woman in the modern world.’ If you needed an excuse to buy into the collaboration, that seems like a winning one.