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A champion deserves much than conscionable a ring.
And pinch nan Knicks breaking their five-decade drought to unafraid nan first NBA Championship triumph since 1973, nan full metropolis is being painted bluish and orange — pinch a spot of bling, of course.
Celebrity jeweler Alex Moss, a diehard Knicks fan, created a diamond-covered pendant necklace “before Game 1” arsenic an creation portion meant to people nan moment.
“I knew they were going to win. I f—king knew they were going to triumph this thing. So I made it,” he told Page Six Style exclusively of nan piece, which features 12.3 carats of VVS achromatic diamonds group successful yellowish gold.
Moss posted nan creation connected Instagram aft nan squad clinched nan title against nan San Antonio Spurs connected Saturday — and prima subordinate Josh Hart inquired astir nan portion astatine 7 a.m. nan pursuing morning, presumably still mid-celebration.
Karl-Anthony Towns was nan adjacent to scope out, securing matching necklaces for himself and fiancée Jordyn Woods; some were sporting them astatine nan Knicks’ triumph parade Thursday morning.
Moss’ NYC-based mill and atelier were capable to whip up nan orders successful clip for Hart to deterioration his necklace during nan team’s Monday nighttime appearance connected “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
The shooting defender kept nan dazzling gem portion connected while throwing nan ceremonial first transportation astatine nan Yankees vs. White Sox game Wednesday nighttime pinch Jalen Brunson.
Originally calved successful Toronto, Moss has lived successful NYC for much than 12 years and has made each of his jewelry since nan opening of his profession successful nan Big Apple.
“I deliberation that it’s important to clasp group from this metropolis who are doing awesome things for nan city,” Moss, who was successful nan Garden for nan unthinkable Game 4 win, told us.
“We unrecorded and respire New York, everyone successful nan company. Imagine if personification for illustration Jason of Beverly Hills was making nan Knicks pieces. It conscionable doesn’t make sense.”
Knicks superfan Timothée Chalamet has worn Moss’ jewelry successful nan past, too, and had connected a astir 25-carat gem Saint Mark necklace while sitting courtside to watch nan Knicks beforehand successful nan playoffs.
Other celeb fans of Moss’ wares see Drake, Takashi Murakami, Hailey Bieber, North West and more.
Moss describes his styles arsenic “very anti-establishment,” and “very f—k you,” calling himself “the Ferrari of jewelry.”
As for whether he’ll beryllium designing nan team’s title rings? Time will show — but if Moss gets nan call, he told us, “It’ll look for illustration thing anyone’s ever seen before.”
