Top luxury jewelry designer brands in Italy

One of Italy's main areas known today for its gold jewellery is Vicenza, famous for its fine gold plating and custom designs and for hosting the World Premier Jewellery Fair, the Vicenza Oro.

'Objects made from different fragments and gemstones have been depicting wealth and prosperity for centuries now.’

Before gemstones, Gold and only gold was used to make ornaments .Gold has always proved to be jewelers first choice over another metals because of its durability and non-tarnishing nature.

Today, Italian jewellery brands are characterized by the expert use of 18-carat gold or higher, sterling silver and colored glass artfully alloyed. In one year, Italy alone processes more than 500 tons of fine gold and 1,500 tons of silver to feed their jewellery production.

Buccellati

Mario Buccellati launched his first jewellery boutique in 1919, on Largo Santa Margherita in Milan.After Mario Buccellati’s death in 1967 his brothers Lorenzo and Frederico split the business and managed the central stores in Italy. They also established their luxury jewellery brand in other locations in the latter part of the 20th century including Hong Kong, Japan, Monte Carlo and Paris.

Buccellati is known for its textural gold jewellery and exquisite silver objects. As one of the oldest Italian jewellery brands operating from the 1920s to the 1960s, their pieces are bold and instantly recognisable.

All of the Buccellati jewellery is created to look and feel like silk, lace, damask, tulle or linen. The use of mixed metals such as silver and gold as well as platinum and gold is also typical. If there are any gemstones used, they are unusual and include carved emeralds, rubies and rose-cut diamonds.

Rosantica

In the 1980s, designer Michela Panero embarked on a jewellery designing trip to New York. After many design collaborations, she returned to Italy, when Rosantica was founded in 2009. Pearl, tassel, string of pearls, treasured rare gems, feathers, velvet, brass, crystal and other materials are often found in Rosantica's single products.

“I like any material that is natural, but in particular pearls,” - Michela Panero.

Fusing traditional Roman-inspired designs with directional shapes and rare gems, Rosantica creates individual and timelessly elegant pieces.

Don’t miss the label’s multi-layered necklaces, charm bracelets and ethereal headbands.

Palmiero

Together with his team, Carlo Palmiero conceives his fantastic and imaginative creations in the new laboratory-atelier opened in Valenza in 2007.The technologically advanced laboratory makes them one of the forefront companies while the skills of highly qualified goldsmiths and stone setters are exalted through their manual skills.

Palmiero’s creations are haute couture jewels that communicate through the language of sculpture and the vocabulary commonly used by artists, who shape the matter to give it a soul. The diamond pavé and the natural stones become the protagonists, a real raison d’être. They are conceived in intense and exuberant tonalities and “arlecchino” or shaded effects, creating splendid optical illusions.

Roberto Coin

As Roberto Coin first began his business it wasn't the company we know today. His company was the producer for some of the world's most prominent fine jewellery designers in 1977 in Vicenza, Italy.Roberto Coin was born in 1996.

His company's success and recognition was instant, and just four years after the launch of the Brand, Roberto Coin ranked seventh among the best jewellery designers in the United States.

Shortly after, as an international brand, he was pushed up to third in 2002, and number one among Italian designers and jewellers.

Roberto Coin is a master of light, shape and colour. He uses materials that include 18KT yellow gold, white gold, and rose gold, diamonds, precious stones, gold and steel, wood and other supplies for his necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings, brooches and pendants. He also has expertise in  animal themed jewellery.

ORO TREND

ORO is an offshoot of the Tikamdas Motiram Group's Raia Jewels and is recognised as a pioneer in setting new trends. Reputed as the pioneer in the manufacture of sophisticated 22 karat gold bangles, ORO offers a portfolio of brands: O Namel, O Vakya, O Movables and O Classics. To identify the ORO quality.viz, each Oro bangle bears the 'ORO 916' stamp of perfection.

ORO, the leading gold bangle manufacturer and distributor, has launched a collection of bangles, namely 'O Penable' which is also the first machine ever made to collect openable gold bangles. The bangles made of 22 karat gold are designed to fit the jewellery of everyday wearing 'on the go.' For the modern woman, the creative bent is towards modern silhouettes, characterised by the fusion of gold, various finishes and colour combinations.

Their intelligence of creating the jewellery fantasy and making their creativity come alive through their craftsmanship is incredible.

PAOLO PIOVAN

A mix between the fairytales of Disney and the Grimm brothers.The sheer size of the jewellery is wild and bold and daring and beautiful, enchanting and lush. The Paolo Piovan collections are adorned with carefully crafted works. For more than four decades, the brand has been a highly successful business and its founder Paolo Piovan has given birth to highly acclaimed jewellery that embraces his strong personal taste and finest workmanship. Only the finest quality gemstones are used in designs and every precious jewel is handmade, one by one.

CRIVELLI

Excellent craftsmanship, the preciousness of stones and fine metals in concert, original setting designs all created with a high degree of imagination, without compromising the excessive refinements is Crivelli. 

This has allowed the company to become one of the most esteemed Italian and international companies.

SANTAGOSTINO

Santagostino brings a sense of whimsicalness and charm to jewelry with bracelets, necklaces, rings and earrings that seem to bring a scent of strawberries, candy and enchanted forests to mind. Brightly colored stones beautifully cut can make a single piece of jewellery contain up to twenty varieties of gems to display a color explosion. Learn more regarding Santagostino. With their beautiful world of flowers, bugs and fruits, this enthusiastic, passionate family run business will blow you away! You should go for a Santagostino jewellery if you are looking for superb quality and if you're looking for something really unique.

VHERNIER

Vhernier transforms the staggering fragility of floral forms in his creations into a surreal succession of gold, diamonds, and precious stones. Animal-inspired designs come alive in fluid, illuminating compositions of mastery and emotion. Deep beautiful hues of jade, coral, and lapis lazuli are used to celebrate the exuberance and vitality of Nature in combination with the rarest, most beautiful diamonds and precious stones. Uncanny techniques of craftsmanship allow the mixing of colours, shapes and materials in the ultimate composition of art and architecture that caresses all senses. A deep, underlying love for the natural world permeates the world of Vhernier, defining its style as one of organic fluidity and seamless elegance that is designed to celebrate life in all its multifaceted beauty.

Garavelli

Founded in 1920, Garavelli is now a fourth generation run designer jewellery company steeped in a rich legacy and golden history.  It is one of the best luxury jewelers in Italy because it is still run with the same amount of passion, ethics by the Garavelli family.

What used to Mario Garavelli’s small jewellery workshop is now a full-fledged and global luxury jewellery designing company in Italy. Garavelli’s unflinching commitment to creating international standard jewellery designs of the best quality and with constant innovation has ensured that this luxury jewellery brand from Italy is respected all over the world. Under the able leadership of Aldo Garavelli, this impressive luxury jewellery company in Italy has the proud achievement of being among Italy’s first jewelry exporters.

With an amazing array of exquisitely designed luxury jewellery collections that include creations of Diamond, Gold and Natural stones, every piece of Garavelli jewellery is unique indeed.

The following poem by Aldo Garavelli sums up the entire philosophy of this extraordinary luxury jewellery designer in Italy:

“The Woman, this “divinely beautiful mystery” has inspired poetry, music, literature and, since its beginning.

One talks, writes or paints of Her, and exalts Her.”

“And for us who weave golden threads,

joining them with precious stones,

we search for Her with our awl in the metal,

we invent new things for Her every day,

and nothing compares with

Her beauty, nothing satisfies us…