Caragh McKay is a contributing editor at Wallpaper* and was watches & jewellery director at the magazine between 2011 and 2019. Caragh’s current remit is cross-cultural and her recent stories include the curious tale of how Muhammad Ali met his poetic match in Robert Burns and how a Martin Scorsese Martin film revived a forgotten Osage art.
, the self-confessed self-taught jewellery designer celebrates three shining decades of her eponymous brand in the first book dedicated to her career,It started with a kiss. In the mid 1990s, having become engaged to her now husband, Murray Partridge, the nascent designer decided she would create her own ring.
Today, that ‘first kiss’ has become a brand all its own. Hotlips by Solange is a gorgeously glossy ode to to the designer’s signature jewel: a chubby smacker of a kiss produced in sterling silver and enamel. There’s even a whole shop and a sweet range of merchandise dedicated to Solange’s semi-precious pout. 'Today, because I am able to produce the pieces in a more inexpensive way, Hotlips is available to everybody,' says the designer.
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