Ulla Johnson’s collaboration with artist Julie Hamisky on the A/W 2025 runway is blooming pretty

When contemplating the jewelry for her newest runway present (going down in the present day, 9 February, at New York Style Week A/W 2025), there was one collaboration Ulla Johnson was concerned about. After seeing the work of French artist Julie Hamisky at her latest New York present at Kasmin Gallery, Johnson was drawn to the works that translated flowers and pure symbols into valuable, natural types.

A shared appreciation for nature’s ephemeral magnificence and a approach with a curved silhouette meant a partnership between the 2 was a pure one. Twelve items, together with a necklace, earrings, rings and a belt, debut at Johnson’s New York present, becoming a member of certainly one of Hamisky’s sculptures, La Geante, which is put in within the house.

‘I’ve lengthy admired the work of Claude Lalanne, Julie’s grandmother,’ says Johnson. ‘Kasmin Gallery invited me to Julie’s first New York present within the Fall; we now have labored with the gallery loads with earlier artist collaborations – Alma Allen, Lee Krasner – and personally as a consumer. They know my style fairly nicely and knew my enthusiasm for Claude’s work, so invited me to Julie’s present. This was my first introduction and I used to be stunned, each by [her work’s] magnificence and – whereas we work in numerous disciplines – how carefully our worlds are linked at their coronary heart. The examine of fantastic artwork, the gestures, prints and motion is usually the place to begin of my collections.’

The ensuing items are forged in bronze and created utilizing electroplating, for an emphasis of the delicacy of the subject material. ‘Ulla and I’ve a typical playground, difficult gravity via shapes and hues,’ Hamisky explains. ‘These items are impressed by a identical love for flora.’