I’ve always been a sucker for unique jewelry. And, to say the least, Bittersweets NY is about as unique as you get.

The company was created in 2002 by a girl who used to work at a foundry in Brooklyn, welding and finishing art for famous people. Strapped for cash, she moved to a warehouse in Long Island City where rent was cheap and she could still bike to work.

However, the ground floor of her new digs was home to a nudie club. After two years of bouncing fake boobies, she got sick of the silicon, moved to Manhattan, and starting making jewelry in her new bite-sized apartment. Read More »