In a beautifully preserved brownstone in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, a portrait of Soull and Dynasty Ogun’s mother, Elthire Josephine, hangs above the fireplace. The twins—who use the brownstone as the showroom, studio, and gallery for their lifestyle brand, L’Enchanteur—have lovingly recreated her image in their jewelry since her passing four years ago. “It was taken when she was getting her immunization forms to become a U.S. citizen,” Soull recalls with a smile.

These personal details bring life to L’Enchanteur, which launched in 2012 after Soull and Dynasty merged their individual labels, Alkhemi9 and BRZÉ. Since then, the identical twins have become influential figures in art and fashion. They count Mickalene Thomas and Lena Waithe as longtime collaborators, and their designs have been worn by Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, and Lenny Kravitz. Last year, the brand won the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, and this year, they’ll contribute to The Met’s Costume Institute exhibition, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. “Their work lets you unapologetically become the fairy-tale version of yourself,” Thomas has said. “In our complex world, that’s enlightened.”

### A Mythical Aesthetic
Their signature style—blending ancient symbols with Brooklyn’s Black immigrant culture in unexpected ways—was on full display during a recent visit to their brownstone. The walls and ceilings, hand-painted by a friend of the homeowner (the sisters rent from a retired police officer), serve as a backdrop for Nigerian antiques (their father is Yoruba, their mother from Dominica), Mesoamerican artifacts, and works by friends, alongside their own furniture and textiles.

One wall features a silver-flecked textile by Dynasty, inspired by a childhood accident where she burned herself in scalding bathwater. Nearby, Soull displayed her “astral beings” jewelry—sculptural pieces with mother-of-pearl and black onyx checkerboards—alongside two of her gold crowns. One is made from nameplates of famous Brooklynites, from Barbra Streisand to Lil’ Kim; the other resembles a beauty-parlor roller set.

### A Legacy of Artistry
Their gallerist, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn of Salon 94 Design (who recently placed their work in the Brooklyn Museum), notes their connection to artists who’ve worked in decorative arts, like Alexander Calder. “He made jewelry from wire and hammered gold, crowns for his grandchildren’s plays, pieces for friends—eventually exhibiting in museums,” she says. She compares the Oguns to German artist Karl Fritsch, who reworks old jewelry into sculptural rings. “They collect objects from relatives, neighbors, local jewelers, and transform them into their own language.”

Soull and Dynasty have been refining that language since their birth in 1984. Raised in a home that valued science and art over consumerism, they learned to create their own world. “The things we lacked made us make stuff,” Soull explains. “We invented games. We wanted to be on Wheel of Fortune, so we made our own. We sold lemonade…”Here’s the rewritten text in clear and natural English:

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They bought Monopoly in the summer with their allowance. The youngest of six children, twins ran in their extended family. “Even though our father already had these kids, he still felt like he was meant to have twins,” Soull says. Mostly self-taught in their creative work, Soull has learned metallurgy, casting, and carving on her own, while Dynasty knows patternmaking and sewing.

“The things we didn’t have made us create,” Soull explains, reflecting on their inventive childhood. A room in their studio holds their creations.

The twins have an effortless connection, often finishing each other’s sentences. In their twenties, they realized they frequently shared the same dreams. They start their days texting each other and both practice morning meditation before work. Both are also queer. “I’m definitely queer because queer means odd,” Dynasty says. “What I mean is: I’m Dynasty. But I love women. I date women.” They don’t have children, but L’Enchanteur—their brand—is their baby.

When I arrived, their basement studio was neatly organized but overwhelming, filled with long key-link chains, gold face and nose pieces, bolo tie hardware, tennis bracelets, amulets, bangles, pearl-adorned gold glasses, Moroccan boots, and gold rings. The space radiates abundance, but the sisters believe every piece they create finds its rightful owner. “We make a lot of custom pieces,” Dynasty says. “When someone connects with something we’ve made—even if we’ve never met them—we say it has chosen them.”

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