Jewelry designers continue to use the talisman because, as one said, it has a “friendly vibe.”
In June, as the artist Ashley Longshore prepared to move her studio from New Orleans to New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, she felt she needed a talisman to ensure an auspicious beginning for the space. She decided on one she could wear, a personalized pendant featuring the motif of the moment: the horseshoe.
A fervent jewelry collector, whose artistic output has included Technicolor canvases and objects that exude unabashed pleasure in good vibes and the high life (one painting reads “Jesus wants you to have a Birkin”), Ms. Longshore contacted Lauren Harwell Godfrey. She owns
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