MICHAEL KAPLAN’s Hollywood film career began in 1981. The British Academy of Film and Television awarded him ‘Best Costume Design’ for his pieces for Ridley Scott’s groundbreaking futuristic drama “Blade Runner” in 1983 and that same year, Kaplan set a fashion trend for an entire generation with the costume designs for his next film, Adrian Lyne’s ‘Flashdance.’ Since then Kaplan has been recognized by the Costume Designers Guild of America winning the ‘Award for Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Fantasy’ with his outfits for ‘Fight Club’, ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ and most recently for the blockbuster film ‘Star Trek’ in 2010.

Kaplan now turns his hand to create a unique jewellery collection for ATELIER SWAROVSKI Spring Summer 2011. The influence of science fiction and fantasy is shown in his designs with bold metallic crystals set into the faceted metalwork of cuffs and rings. This visionary aesthetic continues with necklaces featuring 5 statement asymmetric cut crystals, in colour options with both the front and the back of the crystals to create more muted metal tones of bermuda blue, crystal, jet and sahara.

“Instead of designing a collection which would present the starry, comet-like qualities of crystals, I becamemore interested in exploring the larger, individual tile crystals I recently discovered. I love the solid shapes of the reflective, faceted, foiled back sides, juxtaposed with the depth of the crystals. I also love how the foil backs of the crystals and the solid metals work together looking somewhat monolithic.”

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