Lella Vignelli's Jewelry for San Lorenzo: Photographs by Julia Abbonizio

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Since its foundation in Milano in 1970, San Lorenzo has distinguished itself by working with internationally renowned designers and architects, including collaborations with Lella Vignelli. Lella worked with San Lorenzo from 1970 designing many timeless silver jewelry pieces. These pieces include the fluid and charming Senza Fine necklace, which featured the ability to create many different configurations, each suiting a different occasion or dress requirement, as well as the necklace Seicento, a refined modern sort of Elizabethan collar inspired by her admiration for those ruff collars of the 1600s, among other pieces.

"Lella’s work displays her sense of pragmatism, with a focus on creating modern yet classic-feeling objects that are “timeless, not trendy.”
Lella’s work, and her life, has been a fantastic blend of logic and playfulness, spirit and pragmatism, down-to- earth logic and idealistic vision". - Massimo Vignelli

Julia Abbonizio is a graduate of RIT’s Advertising Photography program. Her photographic work is inspired by notions of performance and surrealism, delivered with elegance and curiosity. Abbonizio’s
imagery expands beyond the photographic medium. From events and commercial advertising to commissions and personal work, she focuses on art direction and styling to create unparalleled spaces and experiences. “From it’s conception, the goal of the project was to capture the timeless allure of Lella’s designs so that they can live on with every new generation. I was honored to have the opportunity to illustrate these pieces through my own personal vision. Creating spaces that are nondescript and introspective was integral to the vision and allows the jewelry to speak for itself. I was inspired by the different forms that the pieces assume and wanted to mirror that versatility by depicting them on a variety of models. Each brings their own air of individuality and style which honors that of the Vignelli legacy. I hope you are inspired by my interpretation of the elegance, sophistication, and simplicity that truly makes these pieces shine.” - Julia Abbonizio

a photograph of two arms - one wearing a white sleeve and the other a black sleeve. Each hand wearing a large silver ring.
a photograpoh of a woman wearing a long black dress elegantly lounging on a white block arrangement.

a close up of a woman's shoulder, hand and lower jaw line.

a close up photograph of a woman's face with the arm crooked upward wearing a large silver ring.

a photographic close up of a forearm wearing a silver snake-like wrap bracelet.

a photograph of interwrapped arms wearing silever rings.

a photographic close up of a woman's face tilting to the side with a large silver necklace.