The Jewelry Fan of the Year

With her exuberant Instagram account, Giovanna Engelbert schools social media on the difference between Bulgari, Marina B, and beyond.

- MELANIE GRANT

It all began with a rigatoni necklace. As a child Giovanna Engelbert layered pasta to make her own spiraling neckwear. It was her introduction to the idea that jewelry could be accessible as well as beautiful, that materials should be in service to design. Later she used her first official wages to purchase a "trippy" gold and crystal Yves Saint Laurent necklace, and her jewelry collection grew from there. "I remember the story of every jewel and every piece I have in my life," she says. "I find the jewels are alive, and they are in conversation with each other."