At 2085 Boston Post Road, you’ll find Ariane Lauer running LOR AINÉ 1986, her new boutique curating jewelry and accessories for greater Westchester. 

Lauer started out as a florist before learning the trade of jewelry, she said. She founded her own jewelry company in 2016 in San Francisco, before moving back to New York to maintain her company online. She has since relocated to Pelhamwood. Now, as the owner of LOR AINÉ 1986, she also offers jewelry-making experiences, floral-design classes and luxury accessories.

The name, LOR AINÉ 1986, brings together her own and her grandmother’s backgrounds. Lorainé is her grandmother’s name, and 1986 is the year Lauer was born.

Lorainé “is the inspiration for the whole family,” said Lauer. “She just has so much energy and life in her. I pretty much moved every three years, and she was always the stable home that we would always come back and visit.”

Lauer researched extensively throughout Westchester to find a space for her store, but nothing felt right to her. “I’m somebody who has to really feel energy for my creative space,” she said. “And when I walked into that space in Larchmont, I felt like the energy in the space was right. I also went and spoke to a lot of the local business owners, and everyone was so kind and inviting.”

LOR AINÉ 1986 carries jewelry pieces from vintage to antique, while Lauer also has her own line. Her main focus, however, is custom pieces like engagement rings and wedding bands. In addition to jewelry, she carries candles, perfumes and accessories such as hats, purses and clothing.

When she started learning to make jewelry, she faced skepticism in a predominantly male, Armenian-owned workshop. Despite those questioning why a woman was being taught the trade, Lauer persevered. And as the only female jeweler working on a bench in that building for years, she gradually earned the trust of her peers and clients through her expertise in business-to-business repairs and quality craftsmanship.

The experience inspired her to start the workshops she offers now: “That was kind of my inspiration, almost like, I’m going to teach who I want to teach.” The classes run after hours and are publicized through Airbnb Experiences, attracting aspiring jewelers from across the world. The classes “are a beautiful way to meet people and share this experience with people that I would otherwise never come across,” she said.

In the future, Lauer hopes to use her space to partner with other creative people in the community. “I want to be able to offer my space to artists that are interested in launching their own brands or showings,” she said.

The most rewarding part of being a jeweler is that her work becomes a part of somebody’s family history through pieces that are passed down from generation to generation.

“It’s almost the dream of an artist to be known well after you pass,” said Lauer.

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