JEM

JEM is a Paris-based jewelry and watch store that aims to be both sustainable and ethical; ethical fashion represents an approach to the design, sourcing and manufacturing of clothing which maximizes the benefits to people and communities. The name, JEM, is short for “Jewelry Ethically Minded.” It focuses on ethically-sourced materials and hand-crafted labour while minimizing the impact on the environment. On the store’s website, it is said that “We strive to bring about a sustainable way of making jewelry, both conscious and enlightened. We wish to create jewels in a spirit of good will, according to our mission and idea of ethical progress. We aspire to shine a new light on the world of jewelry without depriving it of its essential poetry and grace.” JEM is simple and elegant, designed by architect and interior designer India Madhavi. With inspirations ranging from industrial sheet metal to Masai warrior costume, it creates a sophisticated interplay between what is architectural and what is wearable.

 

Hand-crafted in French ateliers, JEM’s gold is sourced from the fair-mined mines of Chala, Peru and Choco, Colombia. It weaves traditional techniques with a modern approach to transparency and sustainable sourcing. JEM is both sustainable and ethical in the sense that it counters cheap fashion and damaging patterns of fashion consumption, defends fair wages, working conditions and workers’ rights, supports sustainable livelihoods, and uses eco- friendly materials. With this, it develops and promotes sustainability standards for fashion. It was recently included in a fashion article titled “A Shopping Guide to Sustainable Fashion” where an industry sustainability consultant shared her top environmentally and socially responsible stores in major fashion cities.

Locations:

Stores

40 Rue de Verneuil

75007 Paris

Galeries Lafayette Haussmann

40 Boulevard Haussmann

75009 Paris

Showroom India Mahdavi

19, rue Las Cases

75007 Paris

Showroom

59 rue Beaubourg

75003 Paris
Hours: Monday to Saturday from 9AM-8PM, by appointment.

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