M.C.L takes Manhattan with a new collection Matthew Campbell Laurenza is barely into his late 30s (barely!) and he’s already racked up 16 years in the business. After college he began making bespoke gold jewelry for private clients; in 2005, he started crafting costume capsule collections for high-end retailers such as Henri Bendel. He debuted his M.C.L by Matthew Campbell Laurenza line in October 2007; since then, he’s brought his silver, multicolored sapphire, and brightly hued enamel designs to 36 markets around the world. (“I love color and sapphires offer me the ability to design in all shades of the rainbow,” he says. “Enamel just made sense with my distinct aesthetic.”) He describes his latest line, the Manhattan collection, as classic–meets–Art Deco. I used colored sapphires to create gradation of colors to mimic the sunrise or the sunset.” Read on for more abou