What is Pete Davidson’s Havanese canine Mabel like? That’s one thing jewellery designer Lisa Sahakian is aware of.
Sahakian began Ian Charms — a whimsical jewellery firm producing beaded necklaces and bracelets named after the tail finish of her final identify — on the finish of 2020 through the COVID-19 pandemic when her hours working as an assistant in actuality TV had been severely reduce.
After looking out the web for a necklace for boyfriend Max Riddle, she discovered that “nothing was weird enough” for his private style and began crafting her personal. Soon, mates and finally movie star stylists got here knocking.
“We’ve never made jewelry before, so the first ones would bust open. Though, luckily, they were just for our friends,” Sahakian advised Page Six Style. “I didn’t even really wear jewelry, but I merged my interests of pop culture and humor and it took on a life of it’s own.”
What began merely as a venture for her boyfriend was a full-time job for them each — and their custom necklaces have change into beloved by Dua Lipa and boyfriend Anwar Hadid, Naomi Osaka, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner, Jaden Smith, Pete Davidson and extra.
Naomi Osaka confirmed off her character in a photoshoot for Frankie’s Bikinis of her personal design, sporting Ian Charms.Frankies Bikinis by way of REUTERS
They now promote pre-made necklaces for between $150 and $175, although most types are at present offered out. Custom orders run $275 for a necklace and $90 for a bracelet.
Made out of beads of all sizes and shapes, the designs are a mixture of whacky shapes — together with a dizzying array of fairies, pizza slices, smiley faces, enamel, boxing gloves, stars, hearts and the rest — mixed right into a playful and ebullient string. It’s a friendship bracelet for the TikTok technology, with a touch of irony.
The couple knew they hit it huge when their first movie star shopper, Dua Lipa, wore her necklaces out in November 2020 — and paired them with all the pieces from bikinis to winter sweaters. Soon, Hadid dipped into Lipa’s jewellery field, sporting the designs himself, together with a custom piece that includes a photograph of their West Highland White Terrier canine, Dexter, that Sahakian affixed to a pendant appeal.
Joe Jonas can be a fan of the model.Diggzy / JP / SplashNews.com
Pete Davidson’s stylist, Britt Theodora, reached out to Sahakian for a custom necklace this summer time after recognizing them on different stars. “She described what he loves, what his dog is like and said mushrooms are cool,” Sahakian defined of the customization course of that lets her into her topic’s psyche. Davidson’s ensuing jewellery options cube — maybe hinting at a secret love for playing — trippy mushrooms and silver, blue and pink beads.
The 27-year-previous designer took an opportunity and despatched him a shock second necklace with a hilarious picture of “Saturday Night Live” boss Lorne Michaels dangling by the collarbone in a teeny body.
Davidson beloved it a lot that put it on instantly, his stylist advised Sahakian, and has since worn it to an NBA sport and once more to Wimbledon. He layered the campy piece with a custom silver “PD” necklace, a bauble that each he and girlfriend Phoebe Dynevor personal and put on usually to honor their lengthy-distance relationship and matching initials, in addition to his father’s FDNY badge pendant.
Pete Davidson wore his Lorne Michaels pendant necklace whereas at Wimbledon with girlfriend Phoebe Dynevor.i-Images by way of ZUMA
“I feel like I get to infuse my sense of humor and my love of pop culture; I get to use that and make these really funny connections with celebrities. It’s super-personal,” Sahakian advised us. “They get this custom piece that makes them laugh and they want to wear it.”
Lisa Rinna’s daughter, Delilah Hamlin, for instance, acquired a bit that includes a “really embarrassing” picture of their S.O. of her boyfriend, “Love Island” star and mannequin Eyal Booker. (One of Sahakian’s cheekiest designs is her “Crush Collection,” which contained a bit centered with Justin Bieber’s mugshot.)
But Sahakian says she’s even selective concerning the well-known faces she’ll make custom items for.
“Since the beginning we’ve been really careful to only make pieces for people that we feel like really have a sense of humor and fit the brand,” she mentioned. “We’re a brand that trolls ourselves, so we want to make sure that anyone who gets a custom really has a sense of humor and fits with that psychotically perfect, funny, doesn’t take themselves too seriously, confident archetype.”
While a dozen notable names have worn Ian Charms, forcing a surge of curiosity so robust she needed to briefly shut down custom orders so as to sustain with demand, there’s one couple Sahakian simply may raise the ban for: A$AP Rocky and Rihanna.
Lisa Sahakian based Ian Charms through the coronavirus pandemic, although she had no earlier expertise making jewellery.Katie Theel
“They are the epitome of amazing, confident style, always ahead of the trend. They’re so funny and have such good chemistry,” she mentioned. “If I get them in the Crush Collection wearing pictures of each other, I’m done.”
Sahakian says she and Riddle plan to broaden past jewellery into clothes and different residence decor sooner or later, retaining the spirit of one thing “weird and funky” that “makes you do a triple take.”
“Nothing is off limits yet,” she declared. “Especially because we didn’t know how to make jewelry, so we’re like, ‘We’ll just figure it out!’”
