Pioneering American jewelry house known for its sculptural, organic forms and influential wearable art.
ORIGIN
USA
PRICE TIER
contemporary
Robert Lee Morris is a seminal figure in American fashion jewelry, whose career began after being discovered in 1971. He rose to prominence with his SoHo gallery, Artwear, which opened in 1977 and became a crucible for the “wearable art” movement, championing jewelry as a valid form of artistic expression. Morris’s own work is defined by its sensual, primal, and organic forms, often rendered in silver and bronze with a signature matte finish. His designs, described as a blend of ancient tribalism and sleek futurism, found a powerful synergy with minimalist fashion, leading to iconic, long-standing collaborations with designers like Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, and Geoffrey Beene.