Brands Like Alexandra Hakim: 3 Designers With the Same Instinct

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Gemma Deeks

September 23, 2026

On September 23, 2026

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Brands Like Alexandra Hakim: 3 Designers With the Same Instinct

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Gemma Deeks

September 23, 2026 On September 23, 2026

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Alexandra Hakim is hard to substitute, because almost nobody else casts real found objects into metal as their whole method. What you can find is the same instinct: jewellery treated as small sculpture, with a recognisable hand behind it. These three labels are the closest matches at Coveti, and all three carry real stock.

Key facts

Closest on concept	Schiaparelli, for surreal objects rendered as jewellery
Closest on craft	Jennifer Behr, for handmade pieces made in a small atelier
Closest on motif	Magda Butrym, for a single signature shape carried across a collection
What none of them do	Cast genuine found waste as the raw material
Price overlap	All four sit in designer rather than fine jewellery

Schiaparelli, for the surreal object

Schiaparelli is the closest match on idea. The house built its identity on rendering ordinary and strange objects as jewellery, and the current collections still do it: anatomical shapes, keyholes, padlocks, measuring tapes. Like Hakim, the starting point is an object rather than a gemstone.

The difference is register. Schiaparelli is couture-scaled and theatrical, made to be seen from the back of a room. Hakim is quieter and more personal. If you want the object-as-jewellery idea turned up loud, Schiaparelli is where to go, and Coveti carries 100 pieces.

Jennifer Behr, for the handmade texture

Jennifer Behr works the same way on process. Pieces are made by hand in a small studio, with the texture and slight irregularity that comes from that, and the range runs through earrings and hair jewellery with a similar sense of scale.

The aesthetic is softer and more romantic than Hakim’s, with crystal and pearl doing the work that cast metal does for her. If it is the handmade quality you respond to rather than the found-object concept, this is the closest fit.

Magda Butrym, for the single signature shape

Magda Butrym takes one motif, the three-dimensional rose, and carries it across cuffs, rings, brooches and ear cuffs in plated brass. That is structurally what Hakim does with the matchstick, the horseshoe and the khaizaran cane: one recognisable form, worked through a collection.

Butrym is more overtly feminine and sits alongside a ready-to-wear house, so the jewellery reads as an accessory to a look. Hakim’s pieces are more self-contained.

How to choose

You want the concept: Schiaparelli.
You want the hand: Jennifer Behr.
You want one motif done properly: Magda Butrym.
You want the found object itself: stay with Alexandra Hakim, because this part is genuinely hers.

Browse all three alongside the rest of the designer jewellery edit if you want to compare them side by side.

What makes her hard to substitute

Most “brands like X” lists work because the original has a look that others can approximate. Hakim has a method, and methods are much harder to copy than looks.

Casting genuine found waste means building a supply chain around material you do not control: spent matches, market stems, cane from a chair, debris from a fishing net. You cannot order more of it, the supply is irregular, and every batch differs. Most labels that admire the result are not set up to work that way, which is why the closest comparisons here are about instinct rather than imitation.

If price is the reason you are looking

Worth naming directly. If you like Hakim and are searching for alternatives on cost, the honest answer is that there is no cheaper version of the same thing.

What exists below this price point is machine-made plated jewellery. It can look good, and there is nothing wrong with buying it, but you are buying a manufactured product rather than a designed one. Within the label itself the Golden Foil Ear Cuff at 179 US dollars and the Customizable Zodiac Pendant at 232 are the accessible entry points, and both are the real thing.

Comparing them side by side

Scale: Schiaparelli is the largest and most theatrical. Jennifer Behr and Hakim are closer to everyday. Magda Butrym sits between.
Material: all four work mainly in plated brass with stones and pearls, so the comparison is fair on that front.
Wearability: Hakim and Jennifer Behr carry daily wear most easily.
Concept: Schiaparelli and Hakim both start from an object. Behr and Butrym start from a form.

All four sit in the same designer jewellery edit, so you can compare pieces at the same price without leaving the page.

Frequently asked questions

What brands are similar to Alexandra Hakim?

Schiaparelli for object-led surreal jewellery, Jennifer Behr for handmade atelier pieces, and Magda Butrym for a single signature motif carried across a collection. All three are stocked at Coveti.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Alexandra Hakim?

Within designer jewellery, not really at the same level of hand-making. Mass-market plated jewellery is cheaper but it is machine-made and has no design authorship behind it.

Who else makes jewellery from recycled materials?

Recycled metal is now common across the industry. Casting genuine found waste, spent matchsticks, market stems and net debris, as the actual design is close to unique to Alexandra Hakim.

Which is better, Schiaparelli and Alexandra Hakim?

They do different jobs. Schiaparelli is louder and couture-scaled for maximum impact. Alexandra Hakim is quieter, more personal and more wearable day to day.

Is there a cheaper version of Alexandra Hakim?

Not for the same thing. Below this price point you are buying machine-made plated jewellery rather than handmade designer work. Within the label, the ear cuff at 179 US dollars and the customisable zodiac pendant at 232 are the accessible entries.