I had to find my own language in jewelry. That was important to me; it really had to be what I would love to have myself.
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Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right.
In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.
Jewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me.
After university, I was working as a stylist in the Paris theatres when I had a flash of inspiration. I made necklaces from the bikinis designed for the cabaret performers of Folies Bergeres. I was so happy with them that it was only then that I sought out formal training in jewelry.
I was a baby when I began, but I knew exactly what I wanted to wear myself. I became a jewelry designer because I knew how to do something with a pencil and sketch my ideas.
To grow up under really simple circumstances, and to understand that certain things were ornamental... that made an impression on me as a child and is something I use.
I was very adept at acquiring languages.
My favourite thing in my wardrobe is my jewelry.
I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
I love jewellery, and the idea of having something you've created become tangible is really exciting.
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