Hervé van der Straeten

Hervé van der Straeten, born in 1965, studied in Paris at L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts.

Originally he worked for Thierry Mugler and was a jewelry designer for Yves Saint Laurent and Lacroix, before starting his own business.

He does much more than just jewelry. He's a renaissance man of design, lending his talents to interiors and furniture, handcrafted in his workshop just outside Paris.

In 1999, he opened a gallery in the Marais district in Paris to feature his work alongside that of other artists. Ralph Lauren recommends van der Straeten’s gallery as one of Paris’ best design shops, and qualifies the artist as one of France’s most talented young designer.

Van der Straeten has also been commissioned for product designs, including the curvaceous perfume bottle for Christian Dior's J'Adore fragrance in 2005, and the stunning cube-upon-cube cases for Guerlain's Kiss Kiss lipstick and cosmetics range in 2007.

He also happens to have luxury shoe designer Bruno Frisoni as his significant other, so it's only natural that the two collaborated on the interiors for the Roger Vivier shoe stores.