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Pearls, bow-shaped charms, and delicate, rope-textured gold come together in a brand new form and J. Crew. The capsule, the first collaboration between the two beloved New York City-founded brands, launched Wednesday morning — just in time for Mother’s Day.
The fuses Catbird’s signature charms with the nautical spirit of J. Crew, featuring standout, affordable pieces such as the($148 apiece), an ($348), and dozens of new charms (like this adorable ) that can loop onto chains for layering.
“We’re so thrilled to be back for another collaboration with (our first one was in 2014!),” Leigh Plesnner, creative director of Catbird, said in a statement, explaining that the J.Crew team prepared a dossier complete with vintage charms, which the Catbird design team then fused with inspiration drawn from J. Crew’s ’90s catalogs and the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where Catbird’s own headquarters and jewelry studio is based.
“We played with hearts and anchors and bows in twisted rope finishes – all made with 100% recycled 14k gold, of course!” she continued. “And since we’re New Yorkers, a sailboat charm is an homage to model miniature toy boats in Central Park. We think of our jewelry as ‘put it on, never take it off pieces that become a part of you,’ and J.Crew’s clothing has a similar spirit of becoming one’s uniform.”
Catbird has released several popular collections over the past few months, including one inspired by the band’s matching tattoos and one more recently inspired by “motherhood and childhood memories.”