From imperfection to true perfection

Because we don’t believe in leaving anything to chance, we asked a jewellery artist based in Geneva to design the perfect button for our swim shorts. By reworking the Rivea logo and stylised waves graphic, in her hands the button a work of true craftsmanship.


Take a closer look. The curves are irregular, just like the pattern on the surface. That’s because it was drawn by hand, by Geneva based jewellery artist Elisa Pantazopoulos.

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To make it, she used the same technique as the one she uses for making her eco-friendly jewellery, sold under her brand name Eli-o: the time-honoured lost wax technique, where the organic imperfections inherent to what is hand-made result in a perfect piece of jewellery. Once a wax version of the desired design has been achieved, a metal mould of the wax model is made and used to make the buttons out of rPET... and the result is quite simply unique.

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Go to Elisa’s website to see her beautiful, handcrafted jewellery: www.eli-o.ch



Pictures credit - Lauréat Bakolli