Delphine Pontvieux - Nyet founder/designer

Random facts and trivia.

• I was born in Versailles, France, and grew up in Beaune, capital of the famed Burgundy wines.
• I would happily survive anywhere on a diet of bread, wine and cheese. (Except that I can no longer eat cheese.) Oh, and French fries, too.
• I worked in the music industry for ten years for two large independent US (punk) rock labels. 
• I played a very conservative, Joan-of-Arc-fanatic, French woman in the 2012 motion picture "LOL-Laughing Out Loud," featuring Demi Moore and Miley Cyrus. I was also brutally murdered in the summer 2015 horror movie "Sinister 2." You can also see me as a member of the Board of Directors in the FOX series Empire. I have also been cast as co star in NBC's long running Chicago Fire and Chicago PD. I have also appeared in commercials (Crate and Barrel, Northwestern Medicine, CDW etc).
  • Here's a little teaser reel for you 

• I wrote and published my first novel in December of 2009, a thriller titled “ETA-Estimated Time of Arrest”, which won two awards in 2010 (French Consulate - Arts and Culture category) and 2011 (US Indie Excellence Book Award).
• I am a painter (you can see and buy some of my work here). 

  My works have been featured in many Chicago galleries, including the Bridgeport Arts Center, Zhou B Arts Center, Jackson Junge Gallery, Elmhurst Art Museum, and ALMA contemporary gallery, to name a few.

• I am attracted to sports in general, but most specifically to extreme sports. My bucket list is bottomless when it comes to trying new thrills and experiencing new sensations... Lately, I've tried my hand at kitesurfing, hang gliding, spelunking, cave diving, sky diving, flying trapeze... The crazier, the better.
• I am a scuba diving instructor. I am also a cave and trimix tech diver.
• My motto is: "it's never too late."
• Like a true citizen of the world, I have lived, studied and worked in France, Australia, Spain, Texas, Florida and the Netherlands until I moved to Chicago in 1998. I have also visited many other countries, yet, i still think i haven't seen anything.
• I started making jewelry because I needed to do something with my hands that did not imply typing on a keyboard. 
• I love the smell and feel of leather (no surprise here). Skin is the sexiest material to work with. Since 2022, I have discovered another exciting texture to w
  ork with, rubber: while I am still designing leather jewelry and accessories, I am definitely focusing my attention on creating pieces with the latter.
• I am a professional dreamer. I can dream in episodes, picking up my dream right where I left it that morning when the alarm woke me up...
• I was interviewed in Crain's Chicago Business Magazine (Jan 2025).
• I was awarded the prestigious Creative Innovation Award from the Fashion Group International during the inaugural Chicago Fashion Week in October 2024, along with other talented designers, including designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka, who won the Fashion Icon Award.