With shiny gems and silver chains, Mia Vesper, known for using vintage tapestries and speciality textiles, is rebranding her fashion line into VESPER OBSCURA, focusing on unique, limited edition garments and jewellery. Mia’s journey is a testament to embracing change and creativity, blending personal style with sustainable luxury to create pieces that captivate and inspire.
hube: What inspired you to create VESPER OBSCURA? How does this new brand universe reflect your evolution as a jewellery designer?
Mia Vesper: VESPER OBSCURA focuses on ‘few of a kind’ and jewellery. It was born from the closure of my ready-to-wear line. The privilege of designing was being lost in the downsides (waste, both financially and ecologically). Rather than gently recede into the background by closing my business entirely, I opted to publicly admit I was struggling and move forward with a rebrand.
Obscura Jewels is a huge part of the shift. The idea is to make jewellery that is pure and unaffected by industry standards. Jewellery is a relatively new medium for me so I have nothing to project onto it – unlike clothing which I have some significant trauma.
Obscura Jewels is the gasp of fresh air I needed and I hope the pieces reflect that.
h: VESPER OBSCURA marries easy silhouettes with luxury textiles and exquisite craft. How does this vision translate onto the jewellery pieces you carefully craft?
MV: This is such an intuitive marriage to me because it is my style. I like to dress expressively but I do not want to be perceived as a caricature. When using extreme scale, color or pattern there must be a subduing element or you risk tipping the scale from cool to zany. For instance, the rings I made for this collection are enormous. Putting them in a no-frills setting takes down that ‘too-muchness’. Difficult to achieve, easy to process and startling to see. That’s the aesthetic.