A handful of designers and brands offer what I consider my bucket-list jewelry—pieces that I simply must get into my collection before I kick the, well, you know. And Boochier is one of them.
Every piece from the brand, which was established in 2019 by designer Melinda Zeman, appeals to my affection for the ’90s, recalling the best parts of growing up in that decade. Boochier’s Nostalgia collection, with its chunky bubble letters that might be at home on a varsity jacket, is irresistible. I dream of procuring letters that don’t even hold sentimental value. Damn, I want the whole alphabet.
Among Boochier’s offerings, the playful Slinkee line has the fastest hold on me. Yes, the jewelry is fun, but it also expertly juxtaposes an iconic toy of childhood with an adult elegance—these are serious jewels with whimsy and joy at their roots.
The collection holds many temptations: rings with three-stone settings, some with gumball-shape gems intertwined in the gold coils of the object for which the collection is named, and a range of simple (relative to gemstone rings) bands in an assortment of metals, with or without diamonds. There are bracelets, necklaces, and hoop earrings, which are the ultimate items to covet, I feel.
But the Slinkee style I am currently most enamored with is the huggie-like drop earring, delightfully coiled in gold and dangling round bezel-set gemstones. Boochier doesn’t make it easy to pick a favorite pair, as the earrings are available with diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, or rubellite. I may have spent more than a few moments imagining one for each piercing in my ear (I’m going to need one more piercing).
Never have I been accused of being a realist, but if pressed to choose only one, it would be rubellite—its lovely hue feels most fitting for spring. Tomorrow I may change my answer to emerald green.
The point is, you really can’t go wrong with a glorious grown-up Slinkee, can you?
Top: Slinkee drop earrings in 18k yellow gold with 0.5 ct. t.w. rubellite, $3,770; Boochier
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