The Nina Wynn Jewelry Gazette

This first installment follows Nina Nguyen and guest writer Barbara Palumbo to a 2016 gathering on the future of luxury in Washington, D.C.

The Maharani collection grew from Nina’s memories of a two-month journey through India in 2004, a trip she described as a turning point in her creative life.

The second India-inspired archive story focuses on the decision behind the collection: turning a lifelong interest in making jewelry into a business.

Tulum’s coastline, limestone ruins and changing shades of blue form the setting for one of Nina’s early travel notes.

A weekend in Mui Ne offered Nina a change of pace from the Saigon studio and a chance to spend time with a landscape close to her heart.

A 2017 team excursion along the Mekong Delta offered a close look at the landscape behind the collection’s name.

Fruit, shared meals and river travel gave the second Mekong diary its own palette of color and texture.

The final Mekong travel note focused on the people making useful and decorative objects from local materials.

A refreshed archive of Nina’s proposed Vietnam route, from Ho Chi Minh City to central Vietnam and Hanoi, with food, textiles and historic places along the way.