Two Perspectives. A Shared Curiosity.
At Rise & Fall, we ask what a material can do. How does it feel against the skin? How does it fall, hold its shape and change with wear? From developing our own mouliné yarn blends to exploring the construction of double-faced cashmere, these questions shape the clothes we make.
COMPLETEDWORKS asks what a material can become. Founded in London in 2013, the jewellery, homeware and accessories brand has built a distinctive design language around unexpected forms. Metal appears fluid. Ceramic seems soft. Objects invite a second look.
As Lauren Hannifan explains, "What interested us was the way COMPLETEDWORKS makes you look twice at a material. Metal can appear fluid; something hard can suggest softness. At Rise & Fall, we spend a lot of time thinking about how materials feel and behave, so there was an interesting opportunity to bring those perspectives together."
The connection goes deeper than a shared appreciation of beautiful things. Both brands begin with materials, but approach them from different perspectives. Where we focus on the experience of wearing something, COMPLETEDWORKS explores how sculptural form can challenge our expectations.
Together, these perspectives open up a new question: what happens when the language of clothing becomes jewellery?
The Making of ‘Material Study’
Our AW26 Collection gave COMPLETEDWORKS a material language to respond to: the colours of our mouliné knits, the textures of cashmere and the proportions of our outerwear.
These references became the basis for a collection conceived alongside the clothes. Colour could travel from yarn into resin. A cuff could find its place over a knitted sleeve. A brooch could change the way a wrap is worn.
As Anna Jewsbury, Creative Director at COMPLETEDWORKS, explains, the collaboration meant "translating the textures, colours and construction of clothing into jewellery and allowing something entirely new to emerge in the process.”ss."
For Rise & Fall, it was an opportunity to see familiar materials through a different lens. As Lauren puts it, "We could bring the language of clothing into a practice that would interpret it differently, while keeping a meaningful connection to how the finished pieces are worn."
From Yarn To Colour
The clearest expression of that exchange is Early Bird, offered as Red Resin & Recycled Silver Earrings and Blue Resin & Recycled Silver Earrings.
Their two colourways take their cues from our Mood Indigo and Oxblood Mouliné knits. Developed in-house, our bespoke mouliné yarn blends bring three different colours together to create a distinctive depth and texture. In the earrings, those same shades take on the smooth surface and sculptural shape of resin, framed by recycled silver.
Getting the colours right took some experimentation. Much like developing a mouliné yarn, the final appearance of resin isn't entirely apparent until it's poured. Several combinations were explored across both the knitwear and jewellery before arriving at the finished shades.
For Lauren, the blue Early Bird earrings are a particular favourite. "I love how clearly they connect to the Mood Indigo Mouliné knit, while bringing a different quality to the colour. It's a small, unassuming piece that can be worn with so many colours to add interest to an outfit."
Worn together, the relationship is immediately visible. The colour connects the pieces; the difference in texture makes each more interesting. A familiar shade acquires another way to be worn.
Sculpture Meets Clothing
The same conversation runs through the rest of the collection. COMPLETEDWORKS were interested in what happens when you take something inherently soft and flexible and translate it into a more permanent, sculptural form. There was a lot of experimentation around how much of the original textile reference to retain. We wanted the jewellery to capture the movement and character of Rise & Fall's clothing.
The Flint – Green Resin & Recycled Silver Vermeil Necklace, for example, pairs colour with polish in a pendant conceived to feel as natural against chunky knitwear as it does with cotton-silk pyjamas. A little colour. A little polish. Even when the day's most ambitious plan is staying in.
The Origami (And Other Ways to Bend) – Silver Plated Cuff Bracelet brings a sculptural silver-plated form to the softness of a sleeve. Designed to be substantial enough to wear over knitwear, it works with the fine profile of our Superfine Merino knits or our Finest Cashmere Midweight Classic Crew Neck.
Meanwhile, our Origami (And Other Ways to Bend) – Silver Plated Brooch was designed to be worn with our Cashmere Wrap and new Double Faced Cashmere-Wool outerwear. It gives the drape of a garment a sculptural point of focus, inviting you to look again at a piece you already know.
It's also the piece Lauren feels best captures the collaboration. "It's a practical piece that opens up new possibilities for clothes you already own. At the same time, its distinctive origami folds embody the idea behind Material Study: making a solid material appear fluid."
Here, getting dressed becomes part of the study. Each pairing creates a different relationship between texture, shape and proportion.
A Closer Look At The Materials
Resin, recycled silver, recycled silver vermeil and silver plating give the collection its palette of colour and metallic surfaces.
Set against knitwear, those surfaces become particularly expressive: silver beside a textured yarn, green resin against cashmere, a sculptural curve over a soft sleeve. The materials are central to how the pieces look individually and how they work together.
The process of developing the collection was as much about understanding the behaviour of each material as it was about the finished forms. From the unpredictable colour of poured resin to the carefully developed blends of our mouliné yarns, both brands explored how small decisions in material and construction can change the character of a piece.
The Study Continues
Material Study brings our curiosity about fibre, construction and everyday wear into conversation with COMPLETEDWORKS' sculptural imagination.
The result is five jewellery designs that offer a fresh way to see our Autumn–Winter collection, and a new way to wear it. A colour carried across materials. A sleeve given a different silhouette. A favourite wrap reconsidered.
As Lauren reflects, "Our idea of luxury starts with the material and the experience of living with it. We care about the choices that make something feel exceptional, work well and remain relevant over time."
There is always more to discover when you look a little closer.
Explore Material Study: COMPLETEDOWRKS x Rise & Fall
Available exclusively at Rise & Fall. Prices from £155 to £245.
Q&A: The COMPLETEDWORKS Team
1. What’s your favourite piece Anna and why?
"I think my favourite would have to be the cuff. It feels like a continuation of something we've been exploring at Completedworks for a long time, which is this idea of material deception, where something that appears soft, pliable and almost fabric-like is actually made from solid metal."
"I've always been interested in the tension between what something looks like and what it really is, and the way you can take the familiar qualities of one material and translate them into another. I love that the cuff appears almost as though it's been casually folded into shape, but in reality it's something much more permanent and sculptural. There's a nice contradiction in that".
2. What detail would a customer probably never notice but the product team obsessed over?
Anna says it's the proportions. We want the jewellery to have this sense of spontaneity, almost as though the material has naturally fallen into place, but achieving that can require an enormous amount of precision. We can spend hours adjusting a curve by a millimetre or refining how a piece sits against the body and it's often the details that aren't immediately noticeable that make the biggest difference to how a piece feels.
3. Which single piece best explains why this collaboration exists and why?
The earrings best capture the spirit of the collaboration, bringing together Rise & Fall’s understanding of soft, everyday textiles with Completedworks’ sculptural approach to familiar forms. They balance softness and movement with an unexpected, artistic quality.
4. Can you walk us through one product from the first idea to the finished piece?
The earrings are a lovely example. Inspired by the intertwining threads and textures of Rise & Fall’s knitwear, we explored how to translate something soft and fluid into a sculptural form. Through experimenting with proportions, we aimed to capture the movement and character of the knitwear without imitating it too literally.
5. Why were resin and recycled silver selected?
We've always been interested in the contrast between materials and the different possibilities they offer. Resin has this wonderful versatility. It allows us to explore colour, volume and softness in a way that feels quite different from working with metal.
Recycled silver brings another quality to the pieces. There's a sense of permanence and weight that creates an interesting tension with the textile references behind the collection.
6. What does “recycled” mean specifically for the metals and gold vermeil used here?
An awareness and respect for materials and the environment have been important to us from the very beginning. Our very first collection incorporated reclaimed marble from closed quarries and I remember being struck by the idea that we were working with something finite, something that couldn't simply be replaced.
That thinking has stayed with us and informs our approach to precious metals. The recycled silver we use comes from existing sources, including recovered electronic waste and metal scrap, which are refined and reprocessed so they can be used again without compromising their quality.
