(Ripe jewelry designer Folasade)
It's saucy and succlent, divine,and ridiculously tempting. Folasade the downtown chic a.k.a. Ms.MoBetta is hitting the scene explosively with her most ripest goods.
"I want it to be ripe and juicy, when you see it I want you to have to have it," says the twenty one year old Jewelry extrodinaire.
Hey what did you think I was talkin about, hahaha... Anyway the Crooklyn born and Harlem raised designer has been intensely working on the line for about eight months.With her optimistic persona Folasade is surely on her way to seeing every cool,unique chic or dude with his/her own MO rockin a ripe piece.The daughter of a former Alvin Ailey Dancer and spiritual guru wants her line to personally reflect her struggle to fill a needed void not only in the jewelry industry but in the life styles we lead.
(Folasade hard at work)
(Model wears Ripe)
In an insightful and what turned out to be a surprising interview on aim(yes you read correctly, aim...lol) we vented, and unveiled how Ripe jewelry was born. Growing up observing the mixed NY downtown scene for it's varied and diverse lifestyle,ranging from rich to poor you can't help but notice how Folasade embodies a persona that influences her designs and how she see's the world. She is also the beautiful product of mesh cultures always wanted more.She felt that things were moving but not fast enough.For two years she interned at the International Center of Photography and later worked with another NY based jewelry line Bijules.Later on Folasade found herself sitting in Brazil sipping caprihinas and simply enjoying life."I remember just coming home and working on my portfolio and designing, it's one of those moments in life where you see more of what the world has to offer. You just take it in, interpret it and bring it out in some form and I brought it out through my jewelry line," said Folasade.Coming home with a worldy sense of creation and influence was the major force into truly pursuing the line even more.
Ripe Jewlery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ripe jewelry is bold, clever, raunchy and down right individual. If your like me and you walk through the streets with your own flair and a "Look world I'm here and in-your-face MO" then you want a ripe piece NOW. With prices ranging from 85 to 350 your guranteed to turn heads and have people bumping into poles in order to get a good glance. Folasade pushes the bar with ripe. It's not your average Tiffany's line of jewelry but so what, average is the worst form of settling in life. And that's definitely not in Folasade's agenda.As a female designer in a male prodominately scene she's determined to make ripe a global cult favorite.Where does the savy Downtown Belle see Ripe Jewelry in the future, she responds,"Mo Betta......" we all do too:) Sade ur major Doll!!!!!!!!!!!
If your interested in a ripe pieces,contact her at ripejewelrynyc@gmail.com and check out her myspace pages. www.myspace.com/sweetestaboo1 www.myspace.com/ripejewelrynyc
Sade Ripe will be MO BETTA!!!!!!!!
