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A documentary on the late Gabor Nagy: the visionary founder of the Gothic silver craze

By: Stephen Krueger

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What is the Gothic Look?

The classic silver gothic look is created by a putting together a potent mix of leather clothing and heavy sterling silver jewelry. It is often also known as the biker look, the gothic look, the punk look or the rock and roll look. By whatever name you call it, the gothic image is a cultural trend which runs deep in ante-hippie American culture. The paradigm image it inspires is that of a rugged, handsome, individualistic and masculine man riding a seasoned chopper through winding rural roads into the sunset with a violent agenda often with an element of heroism. It is one which stirs one's active imagination and inspires wonder and awe. Today, this look has been popularized amongst bikers, musicians, biker fans, rock n roll fans and other cultural figureheads wishing to express individualism through the clothes and accessories they wear. This brief discourse is a testament to Gabor Nagy: the fashion visionary who popularized the entire culture.

Who is Gabor Nagy, and what is Gaboratory?

The Gaboratory house of design, established at the turn of the millennium, was founded by the late Gabor Nagy, and rightfully takes its place as the original pioneer and grandfather of the gothic biker look. Long before Chrome Hearts, BWL, Room 101, Nagual, Travis Walker and other top gothic jewelry brands were born, the man who started the entire biker jewelry craze sold his crazy, groundbreaking ideas to the world of fashion and succeeded in getting the world sold on the silver-leather gothic look.

Gabor Nagy the Visionary

Gabor Nagy was a genuine a fashion visionary; one way ahead of his peers. Defying traditional ideas and perceptions of jewelry as small, delicate looking accessories worn exclusively by rich, upper class ladies, Gabor Nagy founded Gaboratory and conceptualized the entire idea of biker jewelry, which turned the idea of jewelry on its head. Crafted as heavy, chunky sterling silver bracelets and rings bearing loudly anarchistic edgy carved-in designs, gothic silver jewelry could hardly be described as delicate or feminine. In stark contrast against traditional jewelry which created ideas of societal class and good upbringing, Gabor's biker jewelry inspired the contrasting image of the infamous outlaw biker. It became instantly obvious that Gabor's biker jewelry was not an accessory which common buyers of jewelry (the upper class) would take to.

Despite the seemingly terrible odds, Gabor Nagy single-handedly pioneered and led a fashion renaissance and brought jewelry for the first time into the realm of mens wear. Trendsetters, celebrities & and other leading icons quickly grew to love the edgy designs and solid feeling Gaboratory's biker jewelry had, and purchased Gabor Nagy's jewelry pieces in sizeable numbers. Fans naturally caught on quickly as well.

Another factor which makes Gaboratory's groundbreaking success even more astounding is the oft-forgotten fact that Gabor Nagy pioneered his novel ideas in a time when diamonds had sent metal jewelry out of fashion. Sterling silver was seen as a mere setting for the diamond, the star accessory which had successfully dominated the globe of jewelry since the phenomenally successful marketing efforts of De Beers in the 1950s. Gabor Nagy knew better. He saw that unlike diamonds whose surfaces could accommodate no pattern other than rigid cuts and angles, sterling silver could be subjected to rigorous creative handcraft and be turned into one-of-a-kind pieces of artwork containing the spirit of the artist. Gabor sought to restore the rightful place of sterling silver in the realm of jewelry, and he did so in dramatic style.

Gabor Nagy's global footprint

Gabor's sterling silver fashion created a global impact which spread well beyond the shores of USA. Within a year of Gabor's revolution, Japanese tourists first set eyes on Gabor Nagy's biker jewelry in downtown LA, fell in love with Gabor's intricate artwork and imported the thirst for gothic silver jewelry across the Atlantic to Asia. Today, the fashion craze has spread also to mainland Europe, particularly in France and Germany. In Asia, (Taiwan, Korea and Japan) a revolutionary culture of rebellion has emerged to snuff out the stuffy & stiffly hierarchical traditional South Asian culture.

Although Gabor Nagy passed away several years ago, his inspiration continues to inspire jewelers all over the world. The Gaboratory school of design spawned a generation of gifted students successful in their own right, including Bill Wall and Travis Walker, the owners of the well-known Bill Wall Leather and Double Cross designer brand. Richard Stark of Chrome Hearts, currently the most successful designer label in the realm of gothic jewelry, gained much of his inspiration from Gabor Nagy's ideas, & today's classic CH designs mostly have their roots in Gabor Nagy's early work.
To find out more about Gaboratory and its illustrious founder Gabor Nagy, or indeed anything you wish to know about gothic silver jewelry and culture, visit Gaboratory Jewelry.

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The author is a New York-based veteran jewelry craftsman with 10 years of craftsmanship experience and a legacy of strong customer satisfaction. He specializes in both jewelry craft and fashion critique. To find out more about Gothic Silver designer labels, visit Gothic Silver Jewelry

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