SUCCESS BY DESIGN
“Since discovering the work of Andrew Grima, I have not only become a collector of his exquisite creations, but I have also become one of the many to be inspired by his unique and inimitable designs,” said fashion designer Marc Jacobs about Andrew Grima’s work. Born in Rome in 1921 to an affluent Maltese-italian family that moved to London several years later, Grima took over his father’s jewellery company in 1951 before being appointed jeweller to Queen Elizabeth II. This star-studded rise to fame has been retraced for the new coffee table book Andrew Grima: The Father of Modern Jewellery, which also details the jeweller’s collaborations with international houses including Dunhill, Omega and Pulsar.