OWNER FAMILY: The first store was opened in Madrid in 1885 by Saturio Esteban after he completed his lapidary studies. Saturio's son Jose learned the skills from his father but left for Paris for his studies. He later returned and continued his family business. Jose didn't have any children of his own so he passed on the practice to his nephews. In the 1970s, Saturio's great-grandsons Juan José Carrera and Manuel Carrera created and established the brand Carrera Y Carrera. Manuel's goal was quite clear - to make the jeweler a global brand. By 1977, Manuel started taking the brand's jewelry designs to Baselworld bringing international recognition to the brand. Between 2002-06, Lladro took over the controls of the company.

ABOUT THE BRAND: From a little jewelry workshop in 1885 to becoming one of the top 30 most prestigious jewelry houses in the world, Carrera Y Carrera walks the runway of the luxury jewelry world with utmost pride. Immerse yourself with the finest craftsmanship intertwined with ancestral techniques when you purchase a jewelry item from Carrera Y Carrera's luxury boutique in Madrid. The spirit of the brand is quite unique with goldsmiths bringing gold and precious gems to life with sculpted figures and textural details. The Spanish culture, nature and animals are recurrent themes in Carrera Y Carrera's collections. The founder's predilection for delicate hands and sinuous leopards still influence the designs today. In 1960, when Carrera received the commission to create a tiara for Queen Fabiola of Belgium, they knew the brand had made it big. The tiara was for the Queen's wedding. 

Models such as Eugenia Silva, Alejandra Alonso and Almudena Fernández, have been the face of the jewelry house. Celebrities such as  Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez, Olivia Palermo, Demi Moore, Olivia Wilde and Christina Hendricks also regularly wear the brand's designs.

STARTED IN: 1885

USP/SPECIALISATION: The floral and animal theme in the collections. Intricate and exquisite designs. The “Las Manos” collection symbolising feminine human hand had become a unique Carrera element. 

ONLINE PRESENCE: Carrera Y Carrera, Jose Jewelry, Cellini Jewelers

OFFLINE PRESENCE: The very first is in Madrid, Spain. Now, a century later, Carrera Y Carrera has a worldwide presence.

JEWELLERY TYPE OFFERED:
Necklace 
Earrings
Bracelets
Pendants
Rings

COST OF JEWELLERY: The brand provides the highest quality pieces at varied prices. Price range is somewhere between $1,350 and $38,300 but does go beyond that for certain exquisite pieces.

WORKING STYLE: The brand focuses on providing beautiful styles of modern jewellery. Spain is the style inspiration and value behind the brand. Different cultures, floral motifs, animal sculptures are the base of Carrera's creations. Once the design is created on paper, then the artisans cast a wax model that is used for the traditional lost wax technique. Thereafter the gem setters bring the color and soul to the gold pieces. Each piece that Carrera produces is hand polished by artisans, is of absolute excellence and stamped with a unique reference number.  
Carrera Y Carrera has utilized the boundless ancestral legacy and the savoir-faire of its jewellers to the fullest to build up its own particular and described style of portraying the characteristics of natural and historic motifs in its collection.