biography

k*claudene is a jewelry design company based in SoHo and NoLiTa NYC. k*claudene's inspiration and originality are highly mission-driven, inextricably tied to the aesthetic and ethical vision of Krista Claudene.

Krista's exhuberance in being female pours into her art, yielding designs that honor and celebrate femininity. She aims at the heart, drawing out the intrinsic beauty of womanhood. This is the spirit of her work.

Her professional background as an upper-level executive has helped her not just to carefully craft a sturdy business, but also greatly influences her stone choices, design & company mission. (See Humane Mining)
This is the power of her focus.

Her aesthetics are blended just like her own background -- magical yet grounded, artistic but realistic, concerned with the body's architecture but only to bring out inner beauty, appealing to all but spiced with the ethnic. According to her private clients, wearing a piece of Krista's is "like actually having her with you, her energy creeping in. I wear a necklace and don't walk down the street - I strut." Throughout the Company,
Krista's influence is clearly absorbed.

Krista's behind the jewelry, but what is the story behind her? It's a strange tale, with a combination of a trip to West Africa, the tragedy of 9/11, and near-instantaneous demand that rooted k*claudene five years ago.

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Krista, proud on the runway, at Bryant Park event
where she was honored with a North Fork Bank
& EyeFuel Media award for both "Best New Designer" and for her ethics in business.
The event sponsored was a 500 person invite-only
k*claudene jewelry runway show.