Annabel Leigh

England native, Chicago-based Annabel Worrall started creating jewelry in her apartment in 2013. Annabel Leigh; hints at both love and death, Edgar Allen Poe's Annabel Lee and Nabokov's Lo-Lee-ta. Most importantly, the designer wants her jewelry to feel like armor or amulets that preserve memories, give protection or perhaps bring luck and love if you believe it enough.

Jewelry isn’t necessary. But it is important and ubiquitous. It’s an adornment, an extra, a choice that expresses your essential self, like a tattoo. And like a tattoo, a good piece of jewelry stays with you throughout all your changes. It represents how you feel about yourself and your world. Who can think of Keith Richards without his silver skull ring? Hendrix without his layers of love beads and gemstones? Stevie Nicks without her moon and stars necklaces? Or you without your....?