MOVERS & SHAKERS

Alan Crocetti

A strip of metal crossing the nose like a Band-Aid, an earring that seems to do everything except pierce the ear—Alan Crocetti’s jewelry seems to adorn the body in beautiful, if unexpected ways. “I am fascinated by anatomy,” the 33-year-old British designer says. “I like to think I don’t take any body parts for granted.” His pieces convey a certain fluidity despite their weighty material, blurring the lines between hard and soft, decadent and austere, masculine and feminine. “Jewelry has always been genderfluid in my eyes,” says Crocetti. “My pieces acknowledge the complexity of human existence. They are not bound by the constraining ideas of female fragility or male strength. —HARRON WALKER

Hana Holquist

Hana Holquist’s work centers a specifically queer expression of femininity, exaggerating high-femme aesthetics until they become surreal—lushly draped fabrics and sumptuous