When the 1941 Quonset hut that housed Hoorsenbuhs’s Santa Monica atelier was scheduled for demolition, the first reaction of the fine jewelry line’s founders, Robert Keith and Kether Parker, was resistance; after all, the iron structure’s rustic feel was the perfect complement to Keith’s opulent industrial designs, favored by style-savvy celebs like David Beckham, Katie Holmes, Mary Kate Olsen and Rihanna.
