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Nicole Mann Novick, the line’s creator, has always had
an eye for fashion. Nicole, a writer and style editor
who divides her time between New York and Los Angeles,
covers the style industry for top national fashion and
lifestyle publications. As the Style Writer for Los
Angeles Magazine she made a name for herself in
Hollywood after moving from New York City, offering her
chic secrets on where to go, what to do, and how to get
it in L.A. She also carefully sought out clothing,
accessories, beauty, and décor items for the magazine’s
luxe product pages and has been a featured guest
presenting expert style advice on NBC, CBS, and KTLA.
She is now lending her keen style sense to the Garland
Collection’s exquisite and timeless fine jewelry pieces.
Our
signature plate:
Nicole’s foray into jewelry design was both a natural
progression and an unexpected, but welcome venture. As a
style writer and editor, a career that grew out of a
lifelong love of fashion, Nicole has always sought out
new and unusual items. If she cannot find something to
fit a particular vision, she has always created it
herself. For her 2006 New York City wedding, she
developed a personal insignia for her wedding
invitation, placing her initials with her husband’s in
an antique garland border. As is usually the case with
Nicole, that stunning and sentimental monogram
transformed into a whole new vision – for her one year
anniversary, a classic, vintage-inspired, gold plate,
engraved with the crest that she created, became a
necklace for her to wear, always reminding her of that
special day.
What was intended as something different for herself
transformed into a conversation piece. Nicole was
constantly approached by both fashion and magazine
industry peers, and even passersby on the streets of
Manhattan and Los Angeles. At the urging of her
fashion-minded colleagues, Nicole decided to design a
small collection of pieces based on her trademark
necklace that has received so much attention. Garland,
her grandparents/style icon’s last name, seemed apropos.
While the elegant and unique garland border remains, the
expanded collection can now be engraved with letters,
initials, or names that are close to another wearer’s
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