Jewelry crafted with the thought of passing it down to your child 20 years from now.
Here, we explore MON LA VIE's idea of what jewelry means as a way for parents to hand down love to their children.
Jewelry might be for adorning yourself in the present, but perhaps it's more than that.
When I think about MON LA VIE jewelry, I always imagine a future much further ahead.
It's a future where I pass this jewelry down to my child 20 years from now.
Jewelry I want to pass down to my child in 20 years
When I create MON LA VIE jewelry,
I imagine not just the beauty of this moment, but a future much further ahead.
20 years from now.
When my child has grown up and started their own life.
What will it feel like on the day I hand this jewelry to them?
I create with such thoughts in mind.
What will my child feel then?
What kind of expression will they have when they receive jewelry imbued with the day they were born and the precious feelings of their parent? Perhaps a happy, slightly shy look.
But deep down, I feel that something warm will surely remain.
The Form of Love
When children are young, you can convey a lot of love each day through hugs and words.
However, as they grow older, I think the way love is conveyed changes little by little.
Things that are hard to say because you're too close.
Things you truly want to convey, but become too simple when put into words.
"I cherish you from the bottom of my heart."
"I'll always be on your side, no matter what."
"I'm truly happy that you were born."
I wish I could leave such feelings in the form of jewelry.
For me, La vie tic tac is not just jewelry.
It is the form of love to be passed down to my child in the future.
Someday, when my child becomes an adult,
they may face days of confusion, hurt, or feeling lost in life.
When things don't go well.
Unspeakable struggles.
Nights of pain from trying too hard to be strong.
At such times, if they could casually touch the jewelry given by their mother
and remember, "I am loved."
Then, I believe it wouldn't just be jewelry to wear,
but an amulet entrusted by a parent.
A presence that gently reminds them, each time they wear it, that their birth was a blessing.
That they have always been cherished.
That even on days when they appear to stand alone, there is indeed love deep within them.
Such a presence.
If such jewelry exists,
it might transcend beauty and become a silent force supporting that child's life.
MON LA VIE wants to be not just jewelry for the present, but also jewelry for handing down love to the future.
It is not something completed on the day it is bought,
but something that is first completed on the day it is given to a child 20 years later.
I want to preserve the feelings of this very moment for the future.
I want to give the love that cannot be fully expressed in words, in a tangible form.
With such wishes, I create each piece of jewelry.
Perhaps there aren't many things we'd want to pass down to our children 20 years from now.
That's why I want to
create jewelry that can convey love across time.
MOE YAMAGATA