This collection is my first true collection of gentlemen's links.  Before I had done some limited edition or a couple of cufflinks for Nordstrom, but this time, it was my first true collection with a cohesive theme.  The collection was inspired by a dozen plus visits to Topkapi Palace in Istanbul - a place not only rich in history, but also rich in design.

What is life when there is no meaning to it?  I want to give the Zaharoff man beautiful objects of art and in the process give them the tools to attract good energies, prosperity and wealth – even in the smallest ways.  It isn’t about a cufflink or a necktie, it is about what went into the design, it’s meaning.  It’s about digging a little bit deeper and finding the true meaning of why things are the way they are.  Like smelling a bouquet of flowers and being able to differentiate between rose and jasmine instead of a bunch of flowers.

Thank you for allowing me into your heart, through your eyes.  To me, this is a very special and personal thing to share with you - something done by my own hands and meant to share with you.  The detail is so incredible, please click the pictures to see the incredible detail.

If you were to break down anything in the Universe, you would eventually get an atom, one proton and one neutron traveling round and round the nucleus.   It is the smallest,indestructible building block of everything. Be it a desk or skin – it is all about how they connect with other atoms to create, well, endless possibilities.

One would see a cross design, celtic perhaps.  But actually it was the heart design I noticed on the moulding of an empty room. It was beautiful.  I thought of bringing it together with three others to get the design it is today.  Four hearts come together is a meeting of the minds, making things happen, bringing dreams into reality.  By acting as one, a group of people (or hearts) can get together and accomplish any task.

I look at this and I think about a typical house in Marrakesh.   A typical Moroccan home, all white against the cloudless blue sky. It’s a hot afternoon and the town is quiet because it is siesta time.  A kitchen with a small table and two chairs, the metal spout of the faucet dripping into the marble sink below it (drip, drip, drip).    A line of tiles a foot wide from top to bottom on all four walls.

In Byzantium a star was a symbol for prosperity.  Since then, I have designed this star and called it the “Zaharoff Star” – this star reminds me of myself and my dreams and the ability to share it with others. May the person who wears this design attract much prosperity.

I love stars, it reminds me of my childhood when I would look out to the sky and wonder what was out there.  A little dot high in the sky, its’ light emanating from the center, reaching my eyes, years and years later.  The surrounding circles representing the Universe.

Knots were a way of attracting prosperity during the Byzantine times.  It’s inhabitants would literally create elaborate designs with pieces of fabric and tie them into knots and place them outside their homes. This is a very simple knot using four pieces of fabric.  It is to attract prosperity to the person whowears them.