Redefined Designs

It happened again... my jewelry was on television! WCIU the U had a Green Wedding special on eco-friendly weddings and my jewelry was featured!

check it out!
http://www.wciu.com/videos/youandme/green-wedding

Green Wedding From local potted plants to vintage decor, Kate Lerman of Chicago Vintage Wedding drops by to share some eco-friendly wedding ideas

my jewelry was featured in this photo shoot for swooned magazine! Check it out :)

Crystals and Color: A Vibrant, Multiculturally Inspired Shoot at Chicago’s Antique Taco Mexican and Korean wedding multicultural shoot at Antique Taco by Oriana Koren

Just giving you guys a little update, we will be doing an overhaul on the website very soon. taking down everything and taking better photos and reloading everything including new items!

I will keep you updated.

Secondly, I will also be opening up an online store for vintage accessories (mostly purses) that I have redefined. This store will also feature vintage clothing that has not been altered. Sometimes I see amazing clothing items and buy them just because they call to me or seem unique to me. Clothing is not something we will always sell but I seem to buy things whether they fit or not… hence a major closet clean out must occur!

I hope you'll all stay tuned to see the new changes occurring at ReDefined Designs.

don't forget to visit stores featuring some of our pieces in Chicago at:

Mignonette Bridal
1747 W. Belmont Avenue,
Chicago, IL 60647

&

Modern Co-operative
1215 W 18th Street,
Chicago, IL 60608

Thanks for all your support! You're all amazing!

John Towner photography, Lost Girls Vintage clothing and accessories. Jewelry by Redefined Designs.

wanna know what I'm up to?

check out my blog!

I'll be posting on there a lot more now that the markets are simmering down for the winter season!

& even though I'll be at less markets there will be a LOT more exciting things happening still... I promise ;)

so don't miss out, go to my blog and get updates on the company, the pieces, sales, events, photoshoots and more!

ReDefined Design

ReDefined Design
Starting in high school I had a passion to create, and started creating beaded jewelry - doing custom pieces for customers and making my own creations to sell at craft fairs and markets. However, I have grown personally and through my designs in the past six years. I didn't understand my mother's appreciation for everything vintage and antique. Our house is filled with antique furniture, and although its beautiful I never understood its value or importance. Slowly I started to realize that all the furniture you buy at Target or IKEA is trendy and exciting... but will usually fall apart with normal wear and tear over a couple years. My room at our house always had wobbly tv stands and tables, but the rest of the house had solid wood tables and cabinets that had made it through centuries, and was still beautiful, unique and exciting. Once I realized this about furniture I quickly realized the same things about many other aspects of our sales culture today. One thing is undeniable- things aren't made the way they used to be. So why fool around with all the mediocre and unoriginal furniture/jewelry/artwork and etc. when I would much rather have something that nobody else has, and that can never be recreated in its entirety.

That's when I found my calling, my own twist to bring the old into the new and make it trendy and exciting in a whole new way. Let's face it - the stores of today do not make jewelry like they used to. Rhinestone jewelry from the past sometimes has some color alterations but to believe that something like that has changed on a piece and that it is still vibrant and stunning in its own way is undeniable. If these rhinestone pieces can look this good now, then I can't imagine how amazing they were brand new.

I chose the name ReDefined for my company because I don't try to take credit for the work that has already been done. The rhinestone vintage jewelry was created beautifully and that is in no part due to me. I learn and provide as much information as I can about a piece I create to the customer. If designers like Coro or Sarah Coventry made these vintage elements then I give them credit. I re-define jewelry, making brooches and earrings that wouldn't be worn that commonly in their original intent today into something new, beautiful and unique. I combine pieces that were not made to go together into something stunning that looks meant to be one piece. I take credit for that, I take credit for redefining what was already made, pairing it with other vintage elements that compliment each other and making an original piece that you can be sure is made from something that will last.