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" &amp;quot;Brass knuckles are where it started,&amp;quot; recalls Kether Parker, brand ambassador for Hoorsenbuhs, a Santa Monica\u2013based fine-jewelry line that Jay Z selected for his collab-happy Barneys New York holiday capsule collection, which also includes partnerships with European luxury heavyweights Lanvin, Balmain, and Balenciaga. But what Mr. Carter wants, Mr. Carter doesn&amp;#039;t always get. &amp;quot;They&amp;#039;re a little bit of a liability,&amp;quot; says Parker of the four-finger metal instruments in dubious legal standing. &amp;quot;Instead we made a more robust version of our own Double Barrel ring, in 18-karat yellow gold, with his family crest. If you had one on two fingers and another on the other two fingers, you&amp;#039;d have a full set.&amp;quot;  It&amp;#039;s just this kind of cheeky, out-of-the-box thinking that has won Hoorsenbuhs a loyal celebrity following\u2014fans include Rihanna, Katie Holmes, Mary-Kate Olsen, David Beckham, and Kanye West\u2014ever since Parker and founder and designer Robert Keith first set up shop in an abandoned Quonset hut in 2006. Keith and Parker relocated to the beach in 2011, a homecoming of sorts\u2014they became fast friends in the late &amp;#039;80s, when Keith was an aspiring fashion photographer taking test shots for modeling agencies and told Parker, a promising prospect, &amp;quot;With your wet suit and your board in this shot, it&amp;#039;ll look California cool.&amp;quot; (Parker went on to a career walking for the likes of Versace and Giorgio Armani before teaming up in business with his old pal.) On any given day at the atelier you&amp;#039;ll find Keith and Parker at work making the brand&amp;#039;s graphic pav\u00E9 diamond cuffs and rings\u2014built on a signature trilink grid, and at once edgy and impressively polished\u2014or you might find them jamming with friends on guitars and drums.  Hova isn&amp;#039;t the first to get in on the Hoorsenbuhs action: Maryam and Marjan Malakpour joined forces with them to make 18-karat gold and diamond-embellished alligator Hoorsenbuhs x Newbark loafers available at Just One Eye. In the past eight months alone, Keith and Parker have done one-off pieces for the World Gold Council and Gemfields, as well as an entire Forevermark Bridal collection exclusive to Barneys. For the guys, teaming up with a massive market-development organization or a leading producer of ethically sourced rare gemstones presents the unique opportunity to get their hands on the materials it takes to create Oscar-worthy showpieces that\u2014as the kids at a party that includes brands with decades of history, such as Tiffany &amp;amp;amp; Co. and Harry Winston\u2014they wouldn&amp;#039;t otherwise have at their disposal. A multilayer chain necklace, the longest loop of which drops 35 inches and the shortest grazes the collarbone, contains a full 10 ounces of gold, while an emerald Brute Phantom ring uses about 1.9 carats of the precious rock. &amp;quot;My favorite question,&amp;quot; says Parker, is: &amp;quot;What would you do if you had\u2026? This means it&amp;#039;s time to get creative!&amp;quot; We&amp;#039;ll have to wait to see what they dream up come awards season\u2014but first they&amp;#039;re off to London for a &amp;quot;Picasso Baby&amp;quot;\u2013style hang with Damien Hirst. Shark tank pendants, anyone?   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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