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20-Year-Old Student Is a Jewelry Designer With a Star-Studded Clientele

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7 years ago

August 23, 2016

Something to fall back on if college doesn’t work out.

When Ariel Neman, 20, isn’t studying pre-dental college coursework at Baruch College in Manhattan, he’s designing jewelry whose fans include Jamie Foxx and Johnny Depp, the New York Post reports. In September, Neman’s unisex jewelry line, Regime NY, launches its first official collection, featuring “cuffs adorned with Roman medallions, giant vintage keys strung on slim chains and sturdy beaded bracelets.” Neman (shown, right, with Foxx), made his first piece of jewelry at 17. His first celebrity customer? Rapper Fetty Wap, to whom Neman presented a chunky gold-plated chain decorated with medallions.

Time for More “Me Time”? Time to Call Wilkerson

Rick White, owner of White’s & Co. Jewelry in Rogers, Ark., knew it was time to retire. Since the age of 18, jewelry had been his life. Now it was time to get that “me time” every retailer dreams about. So, he chose Wilkerson to manage his going-out-of-business sale. White says he’d done plenty of sales on his own, but this was different. “Wilkerson has been a very, very good experience. I’ve had the best salespeople in the history of jewelry,” he says. “I recommend Wilkerson because they are really the icon of the jewelry business and going-out-of-business sales. They’ve been doing it for decades. I just think they’re the best.”