Cuban craftsmanship many times was born out of scarcity. The same is true for Carmen Fiol's designs, who fought a long and stubborn fight for her right to pursue a career in fashion. It is said that in over 70 years of creating, not once has she made the same design twice. Monika Knutsson discovered Fiol’s designs on her first visit to Cuba in 2017, shortly after the designer’s death. She returned this spring, becoming acquainted with Fiol’s ingenious dressmaking techniques, artfully combining her ethereal geometric and floral-motif laces with pintucks.

We are so happy for Monika! This article in the New York Times captures Monika's path to inventing the gilded lace, from discovering her late grandma's lace leftovers in a backyard bin in Sweden when she was six years old to becoming a go-to designer for Beyonce, Whoopi Goldberg and other celebrities.

The Summer/Fall edition of Martha's Vineyard Island Wedding Magazine has a beautiful feature on one of our favorite jewelry designers, Monika Knutsson, which we wanted to share. Monika Knutsson met with the editor on Martha’s Vineyard early this year, and later interviewed with journalist Erin Ryerson in New York! The article is beautifully written, and we’re thrilled to see Monika be a part of the wonderful magazine.

Countless new styles were introduced by Monika on December 9th, when the gilded Lace Trunkshow too place in our Boutique. Monika even brought a gilded Tarantula, click 'read more' for the pics! 

Jewelry designer Monika Knutsson takes vintage designs to a whole new level with her Gilded Lace collection. Preserving the lost art of lacemaking, Knutsson uses a gilding process to turn pieces of century-old lace

Monika just sent us this beautiful editorial feature, from O'Magazine 4/2015 which has a special feature on Cuban fashion...Rosario Dawson chose to wear Monika Knutsson's Camille earrings for this picture...click "read more" to see the full image!