Get To Know French Jewelry Brand, Gigi Clozeau For Those Who Appreciate The Délicatesse - Forbes
What do you get when you take jewels and mix them with a dose of La bohème and a bit of good old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll, well you get Gigi Clozeau.
For this French fine jewelry designer, rather sweetly, it all started with her father, Alain who was apart of the jewelry trade and passed his love for jewelry making onto his daughter. For her, beauty is found in simplicity, and with that in mind, expect perfectly simple resin bead necklaces, bracelets, and earrings accented with, of course, diamonds and gold. Then there's Gigi's irresistible charm pieces that are Virgin Mary-inspired with interchangeable medallions that feature everything from Madonna to flamingos in sugary sweet colorways. Cute!
In the true spirit of more is more, Gigi is meant to be layered and the more the better. Plus c'est plus.
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Gigi ClozeauFelicity Carter: What was your first fashionable memory?
Gigi Clozeau: The closet of my mother, she called it her “boudoir”… so many colors and interesting textures in there. My favorite thing to do was to pretend I could walk in her high heel, dreaming that one day all her clothes would fit me.
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Gigi ClozeauFC: What lured you into the industry?
GC: I was born into it. My father starting designing jewelry in Paris in the ’70s. His studio was in the Marais, and he had immediate success. The Classic Gigi was a gift he designed for me as a little girl. Its color was turquoise.
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Gigi ClozeauFC: Why jewels?
GC: It was my destiny. I looked to get in apparel but I quickly realized, I shouldn’t be looking too far from home.
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Gigi ClozeauFC: How would you sum up the aesthetic?
GC: Simple, joyful and feminine.
FC: Who is your customer?
People, from the little girl to the cool new grandma. Men and women who like "délicatesse".
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Gigi ClozeauFC: Which is your favorite piece, and how do you wear it?
GC: The bracelet my dad first gave me, I wear it layered with all the Classic Gigi pieces in different tones. I just gave birth to a baby boy, also right now my favorite colors are in the light shades of blue.
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Gigi ClozeauFC: What’s the best piece of fashion advice you’ve been given?
GC: Be original, given by my mother.
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Gigi ClozeauFC: What do you have planned for the rest of 2019?
GC: I am getting married in July, and then the Miss Gigi collection will be launching in the Fall, celebrating all the love my father gave me.
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