Home of Meraki’s Gargi Rathi on her collaboration with Gemfields

GRAZIA: Inform us a bit extra about how the collaboration materialised?
GARGI RATHI: Gemfields is a world-leading provider of responsibly sourced Zambian emeralds. So, it was pure for us to collaborate with them. Our emeralds are responsibly sourced, and we comply with a really intricate emeraldcutting course of. Worth addition takes place at each stage. We aspire to provide jewelry with emeralds which are traceable from mine to market. With Gemfields, we work collectively and produce the very best finish product to shoppers. Every emerald is licensed globally by the highest certification labs. Home of Meraki and Gemfields go hand in hand as we purpose to comply with the identical ethos and have sustainability and responsibly sourced gem stones on the coronary heart of our companies.

G: Why did you gravitate in direction of emeralds for this assortment?
GR: There are quite a few causes. The gathering known as ‘J’aime,’ which interprets as ‘I really like’ in French or ‘could God defend,’ making it the best moniker. Emeralds are extensively related to hope, life, agility, and peace and are thought to own therapeutic properties, that are extraordinarily necessary in immediately’s world. Folks worldwide admire the dear stone and relate to them in various methods: in Hong Kong, as an illustration, they think about them good luck charms. They’re universally related to positivity, hope, and development, which is why emerald just isn’t solely the centre stone of this assortment but additionally the centre stone of Home of Meraki – we delight ourselves on being the world’s first emerald-only effective jewelry model. All of our emeralds are responsibly sourced by Gemfields from Zambia. Our emerald jewelry assortment glorifies the ability inside you.

G: Take us by means of the jewelry design course of.
GR: Emeralds are uncommon and worthwhile gems. If you work with them, the method is finished by hand, proper from the best way it’s mined whereas being minimize and polished and set right into a timeless piece of jewelry. Responsibly sourced Gemfields Zambian emeralds are minimize and polished at our lapidary in Jaipur. Emerald chopping is an intricate course of and a valued ability handed on from technology to technology. Our artisans have inherited this artwork from their ancestors and have years of expertise unleashing the true color and lustre inside an emerald. Versatility and thoughtfulness are on the forefront of our design course of. Every bit is impressed by nature and our surrounding setting and dares to transcend standard designs by combining completely different shapes, shades, and sizes of emeralds to match the elegant equilibrium of nature. Italian artisans then mount the emeralds with the European aesthetic in our boutique atelier in London. We handpick every emerald for our excessive jewelry and effective jewelry items. They undergo strict checks to make sure we use the best Gemfields Zambian emeralds to create the jewelry items. 

G: What are a few of your favorite items from the gathering?
GR: It’s robust for me to decide on as a result of I really like all of the items within the assortment. But when I had been to choose, I might say the ‘Florence’ studs and the ‘Electrical’ earrings. The ‘Florence’ studs are straightforward to put on but so elegant. They’re versatile and tremendous stylish. They’re set with pear-shaped emeralds with diamonds round them and are fairly priced, in order that they’re good for gifting. The ‘Electrical’ hoops are a press release in themselves. They appear fabulous teamed with a black gown or worn through the day to lunch. They’re incredible for the summer season as nicely. I really like that one can put on the hoops any time of the day, they usually’re all the time head-turners. I additionally love the ‘Juniper’ ring; it’s straightforward to stack. It has two dainty emeralds with a band of diamonds and might make any outfit sparkle.

G: What’s in retailer for the model sooner or later?
GR: Home of Meraki has simply launched on each main international platforms: Internet-a-porter and Farfetch. We consider that emeralds are uncommon and worthwhile, so we plan on going about it steadily. We hope to be in shops too, however we additionally need to produce a restricted variety of drop collections to maintain emeralds’ rarity and sweetness intact. Emeralds are admired and cherished worldwide, and we would like each girl to personal a Meraki emerald. We want to think about our following assortment earlier than it drops in spring 2023.