From punk to Gothic: how Singapore’s Ask & Embla built a global jewellery brand

Sep 26, 2026

You’d likely never guess that a jewellery brand which leans into everything from punk rock aesthetics to Gothic art, and is worn by everyone from Teyana Taylor to Chappell Roan, is actually from Singapore. That brand is Ask & Embla, the brainchild of life and business partners Ryan Gomes and Olivia Eleazar, who started the brand in 2013 first by selling a curated edit of body jewellery products procured from other suppliers before Eleazar transitioned to creating her own designs. “I was 19 years...

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