Article 22 | A Jewelry Brand on a Mission
When it comes to making a positive impact, Article22 is doing their part. The Brooklyn-based brand, co-founded by Elizabeth Suda and Camille Hautefort, started when Elizabeth left her job at Coach and traveled abroad to Laos. There she discovered women making spoons by melting the metal of undetonated bombs from the Secret War that ravaged the country between 1963 to 1974. According to reports, there were over two hundred million tons of bombs dropped on the country but one out of every three failed to ignite, leaving the region infiltrated with unexploded ordnance or UXO. The brand’s first creation was the Peacebomb bracelet, as a way to help buy back bombs and in turn to clear the land, so that farming could resume as a way of life. Every piece of jewelry purchased benefits Laotian artisans and gives back to the communities; each indicates how many bombs were cleared from the Laotian landscape to create the design. Today the brand has grown to include keepsake items like stackable bangles engraved with empowering messages such as, "in your body is a good place to be,” quoted by artist Beatrix Ost, delicate birthstone rings and a collaboration with model Angela Lindvall.
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