Electronics are an inescapable part of everyday life. It is only in the last couple of years that companies have even tried “fashion up” their products - and even then, it is limited to different colored cell phones and tacky crystals better left to teenagers. That’s where Jennifer Allison comes in.Tired of finding cell phone straps that were functional but without style, she decided to create her own. “I wanted something elegant and thought to use better materials and classic design sensibility to create something more unique,” Jennifer says. Rather than nylon and plastic, she uses gold and silver plated metals, charms, and Swarovski crystals. Jennifer started out just creating them just for herself. “My love for collecting charms spawned my desire to start attaching them to things otherwise untraditional.” But while managing a jewelry gallery, one of her coworkers took a liking to her cell phone charm. “She was also interested in something more like a bracelet.” That collaboration led to the creation of the wrist loop digital accessory. From there, Jennifer began shopping her wares to Manhattan boutiques.

I love the bright flashing colors of the Swarovski charm, which compliments my gold Kate Spade iPod case beautifully. And the skull chains are far more stylish than the cheap nylon strap that I removed from my camera the moment I got it. I love the functionality here. The chains are designed to dangle out of your pocket, allowing easy access to your camera or phone (a quick yank of the chain and it is yours), plus it is an unexpected way to accessorize. Leaving the chain dangling outside your pocket also means there is no worry of the metal scraping the lens or screen. I like the skull accessory so much, I want to wear it as a bracelet (luckily my wrists are so abnormally slender I think that will work).An artist as long as she can remember, Jennifer’s list of mediums is staggering: painting, charcoal drawing, sculpture, photography, jewelry making, textile crafting, writing, computer arts, and paper making, just to name a few. “I’ve never really counted the number of art forms I’m involved in,” Jennifer laughs. “I’ve always wanted to explore casting metal for jewelry, or stone sculpting.”






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