The Jewelry You Touch Every Day Might Be Telling You Something

Volume 12 – Spring 2025

Emily studied oil painting before she came to jewelry, which might explain why this issue opens with a conversation about intention. She recently sat down with David Alvarado, the artist and philosopher behind Irthly Jewelled Adornments, a brand built on symbols, cycles, and the idea that the pieces we wear closest to our bodies deserve to mean something. The Cycle Sans, the Return Sans, the Cardinal Sans: each design in the Irthly collection carries a specific message about how we move through the world. It’s a perspective that makes you look at your own everyday pieces differently.

The issue also covers a seasonal jewelry care guide from spring through winter, with a practical checklist to keep everything looking its best year-round, and makes the case that graduation season might be the perfect moment for a piece that says more than just congratulations.

Read the Spring 2025 Illuminations and find out why the jewelry you reach for every morning might matter more than you think →