List of Top Luxury Jewelry Designers in Spain

The boulevards of Spain stand stained with its enriched culture encompassing bullfighting which by the way should come with safety gear, La Tomatina, the much-lauded football fever, and apparently, the infamous gold jewelry souvenirs that you should definitely watch out for.

Spain’s love affair with gold jewelry can be traced back to the eighteenth century when the country controlled the unearthing of gold and emerald mines in Columbia and Peru. The renowned gold jewelry encircling fine gems are a resultant of this enormous abundance of these gemstones mixed with the creative ideas that stirred people to create.

RAMON

From a small jewelry workshop opened in 1888 to a craft workshop in Barcelona to spreading the roots of the family legacy to the bigger capitals of the world, Ramon is synonymous with elegance.

The 20th century became a witness to the rise of Ramon with the technical know-how inherited from ancestors, carving that came straight from the heart and designs so enchanting that it became one of the most popular names in Barcelona. The fourth generation of Ramon now shapes history vis-à-vis modernity, a vintage style that’s ever glowing.

Ramon’s inspiration isn’t just ancestral pride and culture but also the city of Barcelona filled up to the brim in vivacity which shaped their new collection. The Barcelona collection of Ramon exudes liveliness, using white, red, and yellow gold growing like vines around diamonds and precious gemstones. Rich with floral motifs and coiled patterns, the Barcelona collection is a dream to wear.

ELENA C

“Since I was a child, I breakfasted, lunched and dined on jewelry, ” said Elena reminiscing about her time growing up which gifted her a keen eye towards jewelry, courtesy of their family jewelry business. Studying Business Administration she sought to become the purchasing director at her family’s firm but life had other plans for her.

She saw a gap in the market and took a leap of faith as she knew people were tired of burning a hole in their pocket to wear “old lady” jewels. She was a lady with a mission to cater to the women with a visionary approach to introduce a different kind of luxury jewelry into the market which is both coming-of-age and elegant.

Working with tanzanite which is a form of sapphire and tourmalines, she infuses her youthfulness into her high jewelry, crafting them in Arabian motifs and throwing the norm of old school pearls and diamonds in the trash. Worn by the likes of Queen Rania of Jordan and Queen Letizia, Elena C evokes coming-of-age jewelry, experimental with textures like mimicking crocodile skin with sapphires and with an exotic glamour that’s sure to mesmerize the wearer.

PATRICIA NICHOLAS

Birthed into the family of Nicol’s jewelers in Madrid and graduating from Central Saint Martins, Patricia had her head filled with dreams and aspirations filled with only glittering jewelry. Part of her brilliance comes from her shared gene with Nicol’s, basically her father’s ancestral techniques which imbibed in her true and ingenious craftsmanship. However, the rest of her inspiration comes from the cities she’s encountered, masterpiece poured out by Picasso and Frida Kahlo, and seldom, her own free-spirited nature with a tinge of quirkiness and playfulness which is discernibly reproduced into her label.

The Spanish jeweler got commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to cultivate Picasso’s enthralling art into her jewelry pieces to be placed adjacent to Picasso’s own portraits which are lauded worldwide. This honor is literally no less from writing a Pulitzer prize-winning bestseller.

British Vogue along with many celebrities like Alexa Chung is now official fans of her unique work which she bases on the imaginative garden of her mind. With a refreshing take on fashion, churning out items like My Flash Trash exhibiting braces with lips bracelet and brooches drawn from Frida Kahlo, who could blame them!

CARRERA Y CARRERA

Immerse yourself in craftsmanship merged with ancestral techniques of a world gone-by wrapped around your finger when you buy a bespoke ring from Carrera Y Carrera, one of the most famous jewelry designers. Starting out from a humble workshop in Madrid opened in 1885, the brand now walks the runway in the luxury jewelry business proudly. Carrera Y Carrera knew they’ve made it big when a tiara from Queen Fabiola was requested for the royal wedding which now stands as one of the most distinguished pieces of gold jewelry.

The Carrera style is as unique as it comes in the form of sculpted designs with nature in its ethereal forms and mythological sects taking animal figures and whatnot to establish the signature style of the brand. One of their collections picks up traditional Chinese art, inducing it with dragons and emblazoning them with precious gemstones. Another one of their classics is floral motifs, detailed engravings embroidering the silhouettes completed with unique patterns that augur the history and culture that’s gone into one piece of jewelry.

GAVIRIA

Founded in 2015 by Paula Gaviria who has immense experience of working with Karl Lagerfeld, Cartier, Piaget, and Chloe, has made her own brand a serenade of contemporary liveliness imbibed in modern jewelry. Surrealism is what she preaches by bestowing to the customers a world of metallic goodness derived from iconic music that makes everyone sway their heads in felicity and eccentric dreams that eventually shape our reality. Coiled and crushed silhouettes distinct her work from the rat race using vibrant hues in her metals, each of which has a disparate history belonging to an era of its own.

The pieces are handcrafted by highly trained artisans in Barcelona and her mind is the imaginative force that drives her work into its eventual fame and glory. Paula describes her pieces as “Colourful, chunky and bold” with a trailblazing effect on the onlookers which landed her on WWD, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and more as she interpreted high fashion in her own idiosyncratic way. 

MAGERIT

Oozing creativity and originality, Magerit founded in 1994 is purely Spanish at heart and soul. With highly trained professionals at the backend, the brand is known for its one-of-a-kind silhouettes and twisted use of themes whose end result is a masterpiece.

With artisans having expertise in fine jewelry and brilliant craftsmanship, the brand is known to have a very strong identity and pours the same onto the wearer. Magerit is known for its avant-garde and unabashed yet elegant designs that have dragged them to the hall of fame. The brand’s secret sauce is a religious inspiration from mythological characters and mysticism which bewitches the onlooker out of their wits as the jewels exude such rich history and have embedded meanings under their golden surfaces.

One of their fabulous works is the Babylon collection where the lion becomes the focal point of the jewelry, symbolic of a ferocious nature and further encircled by fiery green gemstones that further build on that aura. 

VICENTE GRACIA

Engulfed by art and design since childhood and then going on to get an artistic education from artists like Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies, Vicente Gracia soon engraved his name in the history of luxury jewelry.

With a free-flowing imagination, he carved his first collection with copper and electrical transmitters and made it bling with gold along with silver. This not only highlighted his craftsmanship and ideation but also landed him the Spanish National Design Award in 1986.

His out-of-the-world ideas are the resultant of inspiration from the diverse Islamic Culture with many subtleties with just a tinge of Arabian Nights. His gold rings are famous for their flowery motifs intertwined with distinct objects which come together as wonderful mini pieces of art. He has designed jewels for Michael Jackson, Larry Page, Ted Turner followed by support from Vogue International and frankly, that’s all the validation one needs.

BAGUES MASRIERA

Founded in 1844, this brand is an amalgamation of two names coming together as one, which now boasts of being one of the oldest jewelers in Spain. Bagues Masriera will transport you to a universe of Catalan modernistic jewelry that runs on the engine of ancestral techniques and a culture that is eons old.

The name Masriera is symbolic of the spirited art, music, and culture of Barcelona in the 19th and 20th century which now shapes into beautiful enamored jewelry inspired from the feminine forms intermingling with magical fairies. Seeking homage in the Mediterranean, the brand recreates history with every piece of jewelry that churns out of their vintage workshops which has generations of blood and sweat absorbed in the walls.

Bagues Masriera takes upon themselves the task to meticulously play with enamels onto their gold jewelry which has become a benchmark of their excellence in the market. The story that their jewels narrate starts right from procuring the right stones to sit on the marvelous designs carved by expert artisans in the most beautiful way to celebrate eclecticism.