![]() That's where Dorsey has found its sweet spot-and a big win. Everyone is always, 'Real or fake? Cubic zirconia or diamonds?' They have two modes, but there's this big mode in between, with incredible quality you can wear everywhere, all the time." "People start to get confused, but lab-grown gemstones are really gemstones. "Our goal is to create beautiful pieces that are more affordable but feel expensive," Strachan adds from her base in Los Angeles. Motivated by knowing what could be done, Strachan built Dorsey with a mindset that's not seen as often in today's fashion world. Clasps stayed clasped stones stayed in place. Those sort of pieces from decades past were made with a quality that current fast-fashion purveyors have long since eschewed. It was costume jewelry that felt like fine because everything was created by the same designers and at some of the same factories." ![]() "The reason was because of the craftsmanship. "I'd look through her archives at all these pieces from the '30s to the '90s that weren't incredibly expensive but so beautiful-and they felt so expensive," she tells. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play On the other? Cubic zirconia haphazardly tucked into cheap settings, with clasps not to be counted on and shoddy "craftsmanship" (quotation marks most definitely required) that meant wearing it on the regular almost required acceptance that one day it would fall off, never to be seen again. On one side, the real-deal, vault-required stuff. The option's always existed to go an alternative route, but that's never presented a shopping spectrum so much as a miles-long seesaw. ![]() ![]() With a style that includes a full circle of stones, that’s a lot of carats which, in turn, commands a high price tag. ![]() The problem for some of us, of course, has always been the price tag. Designed as the ultimate in high-wattage everyday versatility, it's the type of piece that looks good worn solo or amidst the beautiful chaos of an entire layered situation of chains-essentially, anyway, at any time. When it comes to covetable, iconic, always-in-style jewelry box staples, there's not much more list-topping than a tennis necklace. ![]()
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