Gabor Nagy of Gaboratory was nothing less than a bona fide a fashion visionary; one who was way ahead of his time. Going head-on against traditional ideas and perceptions of jewelry as small, delicate accessories adorned only by rich, upper class ladies, Gabor Nagy founded Gaboratory & pioneered the entire idea of biker jewelry , which shocked designers the world over. Crafted as thick, chunky sterling silver bracelets & rings bearing loudly anarchistic gothic carved-in motifs, biker jewelry was the antithesis of the idea that jewelry should be delicate or feminine. Very much contrary to trad
Another factor which makes Gaboratory’s groundbreaking success even more impressive is the oft-forgotten fact that Gabor Nagy pioneered his ideas in a time when diamonds had sent metal jewelry out of fashion. Sterling silver was seen as a mere setting for the diamond, the star accessory which had successfully dominated the world of jewelry since the phenomenal advertising efforts of De Beers in the 1950s. Gabor Nagy thought otherwise. He saw that unlike the cold, rigid diamond whose surfaces could accommodate no pattern other than rigid cuts & angles, the surface of sterling silver could be su
Although Gabor Nagy passed on several years ago, his spirit of revolution continues to inspire jewelers all over the world. His Gaboratory school of design spawned a generation of gifted students successful in their own right, including but not limited toincluding Bill Wall and Travis Walker, the founders of the established Bill Wall Leather & Double Cross designer labels. Richard Stark of Chrome Hearts, currently the most successful designer label in the world of gothic jewelry, drew much of his inspiration from Gabor Nagy’s concepts, and today’s best-selling CH designs arguably have their ro
angstromsfeuded 