Owner, Michelle Manguette was born in Belgium Congo from the daughter of an African village chief and a Belgium territorial administrator. Aged three, she left Africa for Liege in Belgium where she spent a happy childhood with her paternal grand-mother. In her early twenties, she moved to London where she opened her first Jewellery boutique in 1978 in Kensington Church Walk. Since then she has tak
en her boutique to a more prominant location within church walk street. Michelle is a keen traveller and has done so at an earlier age, which has heavily influenced her 2 daughters. As she has visited numerious amounts of countries, it enables her to embrance all the cultural aspects and coccoon those influences with her work. Since 1984, Michelle Manguette has had a passion for creativity and diversity. Manguette designs her own range of jewellery inspired by her rich cultural heritage, outside influences and current trends without diluting her own individual flair. Manguette's designs are bold , confident and traditional with the incredibility to mould designs with new and old influences. Using exquisite, semi-precious stones, ambers, 18 carat, 22 carat and sterling silver she is able to combining her elaborate influence to create elegant statement jewellery. Manguette's jewellery are all one off pieces so the exclusitivity is a premium on its own. After over 40 years behind me with my boutique in Kensington I decided to close that chapter of my life to enjoy my freedom. Not long after closing a late blossom of creativity had overwhelmed me. I didn’t want to go back to the beginning however wanted to start a new adventure that I was able to work on with no pressures attached. Having a workshop within my home encouraged my creativity which supported what I had wanted to do.
