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A guide to SoulFetish Jewelry

By: Kirk Dunstan

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What is SoulFetish?

Established in late 1999 by famous French designer Thierry Martino, SoulFetish is a luxury design company specialized in producing casual lifestyle & fashion accessories, d?cor, apparel and of course, closest to your heart, biker jewelry, also known as gothic silver jewelry or punk jewelry.

In contrast with a great many other specialized biker jewelry designers such as Bill Wall Leather, Room 101, Nagual and, Travis Walker, SoulFetish's line of jewelry doesn't focus exclusively on biker and gothic ideas and themes. SoulFetish has pursued several different styles over the years, including jewelry lines inspired by: Medieval European secret societies, Harley-Davidson(R), Californian bikes, the science of Alchemy, Fantasy comics, Martial arts, African music, Surf culture, Tattoos & Gothic architecture. Nevertheless, the extensiveness of Thierry Martino's multi-faceted interests and pursuits does not detract from the fact that Thierry Martino, in his time at SoulFetish, has crafted some of the most intricate sterling silver gothic jewelry around. Besides his own SoulFetish label of sterling silver gothic jewelry, Thierry Martino has also designed jewelry for Harley-Davidson.

Thierry Martino's Inspiration

We might have understated Martino's role in Harley Davidson. To be precise, every single item of Harley Davidson gothic silver jewelry in existence was conceived of by Thierry Martino. Experiences with his first 1200 Sportster(R) in the late 1980's imbued Martino with a firm intuition in relation to biker culture. Beginning with developing his biker designs on wax, Martino steadily mastered the craft of sterling silver craftsmanship, which Martino firmly believed could more impressively bring out the timeless nature of gothic designs than other metals. Also, Martino felt that, the shimmery lustre of silver jewelry enhances the sharply polished chrome appearance of heavy motorbikes. As a result of his love affair with biker culture, SoulFetish jewelry always portrays the spirit of biker culture. In Thierry Martino's very own words,

"Silver jewelry and Harleys are inseparable. There is no biker in the world without a silver ring". We at bloodysilver.com humbly agree with Thierry Martino's wisdom.

"I've always created my own silver jewels because I wanted them to have the same spirit and quality as my Harley(R)"

Thierry Martino's Past

Thierry Martino's craftsmanship expertise began with his life in France, where he spent 5 years (from 1990 to 1995) with renowned jewelry label Reminiscence. After leaving Reminiscence, Thierry Martino began developing his own concepts, & opened two jewelry shops of his own. He was not satisfied. To enrich his artistic scope and gain fresh inspiration for his pieces, he travelled Europe to absorb all he could of the continental cultural environment. In 1994, Thierry Martino further honed his skills at France's "Ecole nationale de bijouterie" in Saumur, where he mastered his craft as a sterling silver master craftsman.

Armed with burning desire to forge a strong business, a firm dedication to a life of craftsmanship and a passion to see the world, Thierry Martino threw caution to the wind and moved to the shores of Asia, where he met his wife, Angkhanang, who inspires Martino's designs and plays an important role in the development of SoulFetish gothic silver jewelry. Possessing valuable experience in costume design for a famous TV station & gifted with imagination and creativity, Angkhanang has lent some of SoulFetish's gothic silver jewelry a feminine edge to entice female fans of biker culture. Together, Thierry Martino and Angkhanang represent a fiercely dynamic duo which shares the same passions in music, art and fashion.

Unlike American labels such as Chrome Hearts, Bill Wall Leather, Nagual and Travis Walker, SoulFetish's sterling silver biker jewelry designs have a distinctive French flavour, making them must-buys for the true biker fan's collection.
SoulFetish fakes and SoulFetish inspired alternatives

In recent times, SoulFetish has faced adversity in the form of countless offshore competitors possessing the talent, resources and ability to deliver equally detailed, stunning and expertly crafted luxury gothic silver jewelry to bikers and other rock-culture lovers at a fraction of SoulFetish prices. Today, fans of gothic silver jewelry have a wide range of alternatives to original SoulFetish jewelry. Fans of sterling silver are wising up to the ugly truth behind branding, which is really nothing more than an imaginary concept. Brand is really not something which customers can always be expected to pay for. Given the widespread availability of cheaper and often equally gorgeous offerings, it is little surprise that luxury brand jewelry is not an unusual or rare sight on the streets despite the premium brand prices of the original. The new and somewhat wiser sentiment is: why go bankrupt on luxury label jewelry when you could easily get a near identical product forged from the same top grade 925 sterling silver at a tiny fraction of the cost?
However, in buying alternatives in the form of fakes or similarly styled inspired designs, it is critical to know the grade of jewelry you are buying. Competitors range from top grade alternatives and close replicas by freelance expert jewelers to mass-producing bootleggers mass manufacturing poorly made imitations made from low-grade materials such as aluminium and copper. For a thorough and comprehensive discourse of SoulFetish replicas, the writeup at the Sterling Silver Gothic Jewelry page will be very useful and informative.

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The writer is a New York-based veteran jewelry expert with a full decade of craftsmanship experience and a legacy of strong customer satisfaction. He is an expert on jewelry craft and fashion critique. To learn more about sterling silver jewelry, replicas, inspired alternatives and other recent challenges facing mainstream designer labels, visit Gothic Silver Jewelry

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