Skip to main content
Young Hollywood
FashionDesigners

TWILIGHT's Nikki Reed Launches Jewelry Line!

3:35·By Gemma G
Share

About this video

Come along with Young Hollywood as we head to Fred Segal for the much-anticipated launch of 'Twilight' star Nikki Reed's BRILLIANT original jewelry collection, Mattlin Era! We catch up with the actress herself, who tells us the inspiration for a few of her favorite pieces, and she also sets the record straight about how she first met her husband, "American Idol" alum Paul McDonald!

Chapters (6)

Show ↓

Key Moments (5)

Show ↓

Key Topics (3)

Show ↓

Full Transcript

Show ↓
Young Hollywood

I'm Oliver Trevena here with Young Hollywood about to talk to Twilight star Nikki Reed about the launch of her new jewelry line Mattlin Era.

Young Hollywood

I'm here with the gorgeous Nikki Reed, how are you?

Nikki Reed

I'm very well, how are you?

Young Hollywood

We were just talking about how brilliant you are.

Nikki Reed

I was actually commenting on uh being in the UK and how everything I do is just it's just brilliant. It's just brilliant.

Young Hollywood

But that isn't everyone, that is you, because you're making proper moves.

Nikki Reed

No, it's everyone.

Young Hollywood

Um your jewelry line Mattlin Era is brilliant.

Nikki Reed

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

Do you really like it?

Nikki Reed

I really do like it.

Young Hollywood

No, I was looking at the pieces and I've seen, you know, being honest, I've seen a lot of collaborations and some of them are terrible. But this one is amazing. See I'm not gonna say brilliant this time, but I looked at it it even makes me tempted to cross-dress. I like it that much.

Nikki Reed

Wow. I've got some of my favorite pieces on.

Young Hollywood

Talk me through them. Talk me through them. What are they called?

Nikki Reed

Uh so this is actually inspired by my grandmother. Um well a lot of the collection is inspired by my grandmother, but she um makes ceramic tile murals and she was one of the first women to to do to work on like the San Diego airport and LACMA, like really amazing, brilliant stuff. So she had an underwater collection and uh there was a a fish series that I really fell in love with and so although this looks like an arrow, it's only because I take the center of it out. It's actually my fish ring.

Young Hollywood

Um I thought it was a fish.

Nikki Reed

Oh, you did.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, I did straight off. I thought it was a fish.

Nikki Reed

You don't even know that. Okay, cool. This is actually a honeycomb pattern. I'm I'm really into beekeeping. Every single piece here I, you know, I came up with, I created. Uh even down to this right here, we were doing the photo shoot. That photo shoot right there. And they showed up with one of the pieces that was um that I designed for Paul, which was a female bolo tie. And I really was not happy with what I was seeing. It just wasn't there yet. And so I actually pulled apart another piece and hammered that and super-glued it together at the photo shoot and was like, there, I've just designed another piece and then the earrings came with it. So it all tied in.

Young Hollywood

Is that the one that's called Paul?

Nikki Reed

Yeah, that's called Paul.

Young Hollywood

You're so adorable, you two. Whenever I read up on you, I'm like, love is still out there. It still exists. You're like the real life notebook. Um and one quick thing, I had an insider scoop. You stalked Paul, didn't you, to find him.

Nikki Reed

So who told you that? No. I didn't see him on TV and stalk him. I met him and then stalked him. So after I met him, I I Googled him when I got home 'cause I was like, God, that guy was really cute and I think I really like him. Let me Google him. And the first thing that popped up was his Twitter and I clicked on it and it said, hey Nikki, so nice meeting you. It'd be awesome if we could hang out sometime. But it was the it was a fake Nikki on Twitter and I I thought to myself, oh my God, he's gonna go on a date with like a crazy crazy girl you're off to save him.

Young Hollywood

And now you're married.

Nikki Reed

Yeah, now I'm married. This is amazing. So I tracked him down for that. But I didn't stalk him from the TV.

Young Hollywood

Nikki, you're brilliant. You're you're brilliant. This is all brilliant. Mattlin Era. It's just brilliant. Um congratulations on your jewelry line and uh it really is amazing.

Timestamps are approximate — click one to jump the player.

PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Nikki Reed

    Actress and jewelry designer, subject of the interview

  • Oliver Trevena

    Interviewer for Young Hollywood

  • Paul McDonald

    Nikki Reed's husband and inspiration for a jewelry piece

FAQ

What is the name of Nikki Reed's jewelry line?+
Nikki Reed's jewelry line is called Mattlin Era.
What inspired some of Nikki Reed's jewelry designs?+
Some of Nikki Reed's jewelry designs are inspired by her grandmother's ceramic tile murals, particularly a fish series, and her interest in beekeeping.
How did Nikki Reed meet Paul McDonald?+
Nikki Reed met Paul McDonald, then later Googled him and found a fake Twitter account impersonating her, which prompted her to track him down.
Which of Nikki Reed's jewelry pieces is named after her husband?+
Nikki Reed designed a female bolo tie that is called Paul, named after her husband Paul McDonald.

Related in Designers

View all →