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Fishing, sailing, surfing and cycling are a few activities one can indulge, as well as the surging popularity of golf.
An equal draw is the country’s delectable cuisine that is
punctuated by its myriad of spices including chili peppers and saffron.
Portugal is also the ancestral home of featured jewelry designer Ana de Costa.
Portugal is also the ancestral home of featured jewelry designer Ana de Costa.
Fine jewelry is not always about buttoned-down and
simplistic aesthetics. Sometimes the
style can be a little dramatic; a little edgy.
De Costa’s seven-year-old, high-end fine jewelry brand—with price points as high as $85K for her Gandhi Emerald Earrings--is a display of lavish beauty that pierce the soul.
De Costa’s seven-year-old, high-end fine jewelry brand—with price points as high as $85K for her Gandhi Emerald Earrings--is a display of lavish beauty that pierce the soul.
Plush precious gemstones offset white, yellow or rose gold that
form sinuous lines. Her regal and
feminine Papal Ring, for instance, is
a gorgeous 18-karat yellow gold ring highlighting a wide shank, and a flat,
square stone setting that holds what appears to be inlaid rose quartz.
A graduate of London’s Central
St. Martins, she received tutelage from jeweler Shaun Leane, and fashion jewelry brand Erickson Beamon before launching her first collection Mystical Tarot.
She has collaborated with Christiane Kubrick (Stanley
Kubrick’s wife); Swarovski’s Runway Rocks
shows; and The World Land Trust rendering
designs ranging from “large scale body pieces” to dragonfly earrings. In 2008, the UK Jewellery Awards honored her with the Young Designer of the Year
Award.
Inspired by the mystical, spiritual and decadent, she
developed a signature style characterized by poetic boldness. Her jewelry is about artistry capturing the
tangible and intangible in lithe metallic lines and the hypnotic green shades
of tsavorites (among other gemstones).
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| 18K Gold and Emerald Ghandi Earrings |
Her natural curiosity and interest in her surroundings
prompted travel to different countries including China and French Polynesia
from which rare gemstones have been procured.
“My travels have been voyages of discovery and enlightenment
that inspire new concepts. I can’t help
but always be looking for inspiration for a collection.
When I was visiting Portugal about three-and-a-half years
ago I was really influenced by the presence of Catholicism. I loved the over ornateness of everything
from the statutes of Fatima to our family cemetery’s mausoleums,” says the
London-based jeweler.
“My brand is an extension of my interest in travel, culture
and spirituality. The jewelry is
designed to trigger curiosity and inspire conversation.
At the core of my brand are three core values: to use exceptional gemstones, to offer outstanding design, and champion luxury British craftsmanship.”
At the core of my brand are three core values: to use exceptional gemstones, to offer outstanding design, and champion luxury British craftsmanship.”
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| 18K Yellow Gold Papal Ring with Rose Quartz and White Diamonds |
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