1963

Born and raised in the Tuscan hills just outside of Florence to an American artist mother and an Italian intellectual father. As a young girl she discovers her love for jewelry in the shops and stalls of Ponte Vecchio.

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1978

Attends Instituto d'Arte  in Florence studying sculpture and ceramics.

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1982

Moves to Los Angeles  and starts Rime, an alternative dance company exploring poetry and movement.

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1986

Moves to New York and continues to explore sculpture within the text of craft and begins to work in 18K Gold on a scale that is intimate and close to the body leading to designing jewelry collections for prominent retailers.

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1990

Identifies a void  in the jewelry marketplace for fine jewelry designed to be worn daily in a casual manner.

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1996

Further refines  her creative techniques and personal aesthetic into a signature language of natural, organic shapes and sculpted form, always defined in 18K Gold.

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1999

Bergdorf Goodman launches her first eponymous fine jewelry collection.

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2004

Adds color  to her vocabulary as she discovers the world of precious and semi-precious stones – and develops a distinct, unconventional approach which becomes a cornerstone of her brand aesthetic.

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2007

Adds 925 silver  to the collection resulting in expanded reach and a new audience for the brand.

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2011

Inducted into  the Council of Fashion Designers (CFDA)

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2012

Opens her flagship store  at 796 Madison Ave, New York City.

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2013

Best Jewelry Designer,  the Jewelers of America Gem Awards

Best International Jewelry Designer, Andrea Palladio International Jewelry Awards.

2018

Re-acquires full ownership  of her brand adding CEO to her role of Designer and Founder.

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2020

Celebrates 20 years of cultivating beauty and revisits the 20 iconic pieces that continues to be the touchstones of the brand.

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Opens Chicago boutique at 900 North Michigan Avenue.

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2022

Brings her 22 year old brand  back to her Italian roots with the opening of her flagship at Via Monte Napoleone 23 Milan in the glorious neoclassical grandeur of Palazzo Gavazzi.

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2023

Opens new Madison Flagship store  at 721 Madison Ave, New York City.

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