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after much work, jules is now in level 5 of her scientist career, and has almost completed the chief of mischief aspiration! i’m so excited. i just need to collect all the elements now. and maybe.. have a baby??

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my first ever attempt at not-so-berry challenge!

the furthest i’ve ever gotten with any legacy in ts4 was probably just 3 generations. cant wait to see how i do on focusing on just one family/legacy!

meet Jules Kim-Patel! (mint gen)

traits: vegetarian, jealous, materialistic aspiration: chief of mischief career: scientist

current no. of children: 0 spouse: Ronen Patel age: young adult

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Jules Kim: The Mind of An Icon

How did you get started making jewelry?

I was creating an underground community with music and events and I had all these experiential things, but nothing that was tangible, so I started cutting and making my own jewelry, because as a style expressionist there was nothing on the market at that time that catered to the more fashion forward. So I created jewelry in 2003 as a response to a neglected element of the market, because really there was nothing out there that communicated who I was.

Where do you find your inspiration?

I’m super inspired by circumstance. It doesn’t mean that I go to nature or certain places. It’s more or less a state of mind that I have as a creative. I normally apply a constant filter to everything that I witness and live through and then manifest it in the form of metal. I can do this just by watching a New York City worker changing a light, because they are using crazy body harnesses, or walking and seeing a person with an artificial leg and think, I should make a gold leg; I’m circumstantial. I feel that the natural reaction to something happening around me is something that I want to have my two cents on.

That’s the center of a lot of artistic endeavors, right? We draw from our direct experience and we try and translate the way we see the world. You have quite the A list of celebrities. How did you get from starting out to becoming well known and worn by pop stars and celebrities? Was there a central principle?

There is no secret, because for me it really is just hard, consistent work. I come from a tough place so I’ve always wanted to stay consistent and not be too indulgent, because that “last man standing” kind of ethic really does work. There is this moment where I started to recognize that I could make something completely original and I had to believe that in my core and I made the bar ring. I made it in 2004 and wore it to clubs. I started to feel the power of people’s reaction and I created a trend without knowing it. Once I understood that, I realized that being a true artist means not only challenging myself, but the market that absorbs these ideas.

I created a risk layout to everything that I did. So looking at my own rings I realized that a hand is like Manhattan; there is only so much space, so I created vertical lines. All of these were circumstances I had to look at as a designer. When I realized that I was ahead of the market, I knew that people had to listen because I was filling this gap. When I knew I could build a trend and make it sticky in the market, I really reached out to celebs. Then I was at a party and a magazine editor asked me what I was wearing and said she wanted it for the cover of her magazine, and I was like, “Ok cool. let’s do it!” and she featured me four months in a row. That challenged me to build my business from an idea.

We have our Beyonce’s and Jay-Z’s of the world, all of these characters that dictate sales and commerce. I knew I would have to dive into that game and start playing by those rules, but within my own constitution. It’s no fail if it doesn’t work out and there are enough celebrities in the world to go around. Everyone has a moment in their lives where they understand the usability of this concept.

Have you had moments where you want things to go well and they just don’t?

Being an untrained business person means that I’ve had to dive into my intuition and try to build that to a level of savvy. So every day is a challenge. There’s not a day where I feel totally confident to execute anything, because all the things I power through are the result of other people. I have to be confident not only in my own capabilities, but in who I choose to surround myself with. Fashion and jewelry are based in tradition and frivolity and in my world, I really have to stay true and in line with my integrity the entire time, so every day is a struggle, but I’m confident of my expertise, perspective and authenticity in my brand. That seeps into the story of my clients, it becomes a part of them. When you wear it every day, it’s the first thing you think about in the morning and go to sleep at night; that to me is success. Each human measures success differently.

Now I’ve reached a point in my career where I don’t know everyone who buys my products, I don’t know their story, but I know they have chosen a piece to be a part of their story, from getting married to getting divorced, to getting their first paycheck from a dream job. But every day is a challenge with obstacles to overcome, literally, it’s how you navigate them and empower yourself for the next job.

What is it about making beauty that has everyday value?

These days have been traumatic for a lot of people. Creating something beautiful enables people to enrich themselves with beauty. No matter how flagrant, or frivolous it might seem, it really isn’t. The power of what I create is vested in swimming through gunk of negativity and carving my own way, creating lasting beauty to show the world. Beauty doesn’t have to be existential, it should be simple, because life is complicated. If we whittle it down to the basics, we can communicate simple things by our tattoos or what we wear. All of these things are options and I want to cycle back to the basics of human choice and let stories unfold; not just my own, but my clients as well.

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