♥ if you live your life without expectations, the world comes to you.

if you have seen any of the

lovely and colorfully quirky wes anderson films, such as

the life aquatic with steve zissou (2004) +
the darjeeling limited (2007) {clip}

then chances are,

you will immediately recognize

indian american actor,

waris ahluwalia,

whose distinctive look

{a dark beard and black turban}

stands out amongst a sea

of all.too.similar–looking starlets.

images via style.com

and while you may recognize this part.time actor,

who was lucky enough to land the roles without

any acting experience at all,

you may not know that

waris is also a talented and succesful

full.time jewelry designer,

whose eponymous line,

house of waris

{ much like his acting career}

was born completely out of serendipity.

while shopping at Maxfield, a store in LA,

his ring, which spans the length of three fingers

was spotted by the store's buyer and an order was placed on the spot.

his jewelry line is handmade in india, italy, rome and japan-

and get this: waris does not make any of it himself!

claiming that it would take him twenty years to learn the craft,

he sketches out his ideas and leaves the work to the professionals.

his latest collection,

omnia vincit amor or love conquers all

was inspired by a mosaic bird tile

that waris spotted in the bathrom at hotel raphael in paris

and recreated using a traditional indian enamel technique

that hasn't been used in ages.

(watch a really cool video of with which follows

waris to india for the making of the

omnia vincit amor collection here.)

recently, the council of fashion designers of america and vogue

has nominated waris and nine other finalists for the

cfda/ vogue fashion fund,

to be announced november 16th.

i will keep my fingers crossed,

but considering the luck waris has had already-

he doesn't need it.