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Frank Ocean released his own line of jewelry

16 august 2021
American independent musician and photographer Frank Ocean has released his own line of jewelry, journalduluxe.fr. reported.
A collection of rings, earrings, and pendants called Homer consists of high-quality jewelry that combines 18-karat gold, recycled sterling silver, hand-painted colored enamel, and laboratory-grown diamonds.
The jewelry line, developed in New York and made in Italy, also includes several high-end jewelry items, in particular, the "Sphere Legs" necklace made of spherical links studded with synthetic diamonds, and the "H-Crest" necklace with a gold frame covered with purple nanoceramics and decorated with pink laboratory diamonds.
The cost of the Homer collection items, which were worked on for three and a half years, ranges from $395 to $1.9 million.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished