Caroline Ventura, the designer behind jewelry line Brvtvs, and her husband Michael are very aesthetically inclined, and they’ve amassed a winning set of vintage, rehabbed, and brand-spanking-new cameras. Even more impressive than the collection itself is the fact that they actually use them. Here are four of the stars.“I got this old 8mm spy camera on eBay. We actually filmed our wedding video with it.”“This is an old Polaroid SX-70, but the people at The Impossible Project completely refurbished it. My husband gave it to me for Christmas, and it takes really amazing photos.”“A lot of the cameras are vintage, but this is one of my favorites because it’s just so different than the others. It’s an eight frame that I got at Urban Outfitters, and I really like playing with it. There’s something really nostalgic about it—like a Fisher Price My First Camera.”“I think out of all of them, this one gets the most use—this little Brownie. I made the strap for it because the original broke off. It’s really cool if you look through the viewfinder.” Get your hands on Caroline’s hyper-photogenic creation—and architectural-but-understated necklace—now.

It just so happens that the Manhattan-based designer behind the pared-down, modern jewelry line Brvtvs pals around with some pretty creative girls. Caroline Ventura also, conveniently, has a model-esque appearance that comes in handy when there are lookbooks to be shot or portraits to be painted, and she’s more than happy to lend a hand—especially when it comes to supporting these three crazy-talented women. Impressed with the designer’s buds? Then wait til you see how talented Caroline is. Score her Of a Kind necklace right here. Lynne Hiriak“Lynne has an amazing line called Cardigan—I’ve been in her lookbook the last three seasons. I call her Yoda—she’s a huge help and inspiration to me. She’s worked for everyone, she’s done everything in the fashion world, and she knows every single person in New York. She makes really cozy sweaters, and, whenever it gets below 70 degrees, they’re the first things I wear. This season, we shot the lookbook upstate the week before Hurricane Irene. I love that polka-dot one.” Samantha Hahn“Sam is an amazing illustrator. She does whimsical illustrations with watercolors. They’re feminine and beautiful, but they’re also really simple and restrained, which I like. A lot of her subjects are women. She just did a show called “A Thousand Ships” with famous literary characters like Helen of Troy, Daisy Buchanan, and Scout Finch, and there was a section of portraits of her friends, including me.” Ilana Kohn“Ilana is my newest friend. I met her only a few months ago—I read about her on Of a Kind, actually, and made a note to reach out to her. But Ilana emailed me first, asking me if I would be interested in shooting her lookbook. She achieves the right mix—she does a lot of boxy, tomboyish cuts, but the patterns she chooses are really feminine. Plus, I’m not a classically trained jewelry designer, and Ilana is self-taught as well. I have a great camaraderie with her and great respect for her because of that—everything she has done, she has done on her own.”