![]() ![]() ‘Laugh now but that bought me my first surfboard,’ he deadpans. The scion started designing jewellery in New York at age ten, beginning his metalwork journey with a pair of cufflinks in the shape of baseballs. ‘I think talismanic charm necklaces filled with things from friends and family are the way to go.’ ‘I'm into pearls right now for men,’ he says of the fine chains of micro baby pearls roped around his neck. Yurman, the son of founders David and Sybil Yurman, was himself showered in a shamanic tangle of raw cut emeralds, a seashell from his children and a red signet pendant from his mother. (Image credit: Photography: Andrea Rossetti) ‘There’s so much more space than you’re expecting.’ ‘We call them portals because once you look into them, you can get lost in them,’ Yurman mused on Saturday evening, before the cocktail party and seated dinner under the soaring vaulted ceiling. Comprising mirrored glass sides illuminated by LED lights, each vitrine creates the illusion of the jewellery being projected along an infinite graphic pathway. Set inside the frescoed San Paolo Converso church, the one-day exhibition centred on a series of 14 light-boxes designed by James. ‘I’ve done 18 men’s collections over the last 15 years,’ says Evan Yurman, chief design director of jewellery brand David Yurman, ‘.but people still say to me, “Wait: you do men’s?”’ The fogginess on this subject is likely to lift after the splashy Milan showcase of Yurman’s vibrant men’s collection last weekend, featuring dramatic new jewellery designs and past works recreated as limited edition one-offs, alongside a new collaboration with artist and light sculptor Anthony James. By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. ![]()
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