Style Game: Melody Ehsani
Style Game: Melody Ehsani
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Melody Ehsani - Designer Melody Ehsani is something like a jewelry goddess. The shoe and accessory mastermind maintains that for inspiration she “looks within.” Follow us as we crack open her vault of imagination and style.
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They Rock It - Melody Ehsani’s custom three-finger rings have adorned the hands of superstars Alicia Keys, Ciara and Keri Hilson. Oh, and did we mention her shoe game? Her heels are nothing less than aesthetic orgasms, wowing the masses with her decadent, eccentric designs.
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Making Melody - Initially, I started taking classes on product design and when I finished, I ventured into fashion. It was something that was very innate for me. It’s not something that I really had to think too hard about. Shoes are kind of what take you through the world. They need to be functional, but they also need to be fly.
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All For M.E. - I really thought about myself and the types of shoes that I would wear. I was really bored with the selection of the shoes in a certain price range. Any time I wanted a pair of shoes that were different, like a “pop” or a signature piece, it was always made by a really high-end designer. They were always between $700 - $1,200 a pair.
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Hooked On "E" - I was really frustrated with what was available at a mid-range, so I wanted to create something for the consumer that wants a pair that’s fun and different. I also wanted her to have something that she knows 200 other people won’t be rocking. It’s also a piece that you may see your favorite celebrity wear, but it’s not completely inaccessible and it won’t break the bank.
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Spring Collection - I made the shoes more practical in terms of walking. Some of the heels are a little lower, and I did a lot of pyramid heels. There’s a lot of geometric influence in the shoes. I used a lot of lace. Vanity 6 was a source of inspiration.
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Lethal Love - It’s kind of like a ‘kill em with kindness’ piece. That’s what it says on the back of all of the gun pieces. I had gotten to a point where I was just really jaded and angry with the world and the state of everything…
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A Peaceful Approach - …I feel like you should attack a thought of anger with a stronger thought of peace. It came down to me approaching every ‘negative’ with a stronger ‘positive’.
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Egyptian Essentials - The Egyptian culture in particular has always been something that was really interesting to me. I would always see these different images and I never really knew what they meant.
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Cultural Fashion - I got a few books from the library and once I started reading them I became so interested in that civilization. Egyptian culture led me to several other civilizations. In this last collection, I did a lot of sacred geometry, which is something that the Egyptians studied.
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Alter Your Ego - I really feel like the individual who wears the piece, makes the piece. The piece doesn’t make you. A lot of times a person will look at a piece and say, ‘I can’t rock that,’ and that’s false. You could rock it in your own way.
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Rock it - There are so many different ways to wear jewelry. You should always try things on if you’re attracted to them. Even if you feel that it doesn’t fit your personality, you should at least try it on and then say no to it.
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Ring In the Season - I just created a couple of holiday pieces. They’re three-finger rings, and they’re all Swarovski crystals. I’ve been doing three-finger rings since I started and I love them. They’re very sophisticated, but they’re still fly.