Alexis Bittar Updates Astor Jewels for St. Regis

Jewelry designer Alexis Bittar, whose cozy Upper East Side shop we adore for its mix of taxidermied wildlife and ever-more-exquisite cuff bracelets, is on a roll. Last year, the wizard of Lucite took home the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s Accessory Designer of the Year award, made a splash with ads featuring Joan Collins, and opened a trio of boutiques outside of New York (in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago). His latest project is a hospitable collaboration: St.