Hair and makeup Bridget Ritzinger.
S T O R Y B Y
Mimi Luse
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
Tatsuro Nishimura
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Opposite:
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Lola Brooks holding
g-
bloodgametheart,
2009,
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brooch, stainless steel,
S
vintage rose-cut garnets,
c
14k gold, 4X3% x iViin.
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Long-sleeve tattoo by
Z
Virginia Elwood, 2009.
L o la B rooks’s exquisite andpreposterous
jew elry is not fo r the fa in t o f heart.
Hard Core
Romance
In N irv a n a ’s V a le n tin e s ’ sco u rg e , the
co n v e n tio n s o f ro m an tic lo ve take on
nightm arish tones, leaving K u rt C o b a in ’s
narrator “ trapped for w e e k s” in his lover’s
“ H e a rt S h ap ed B o x .” F o r m ost o f h er
life , the je w e le r L o la B ro o k s sTiared his
fear. “ R om an tic clich és,” she says, “ left
a bad taste in m y m ou th .”
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