Athens the city of Philosophy, Astrology, Theology and Art met the Cosmopolitan Retro Contemporary, Modern Sophistication of New York when Marie Perrella met Kyriakos Somos and conspired together to make fine one of a kind innovative sophisticated elegant jewelry that transcended time and fashion. Artistic jewelry like fashion designing is all about creativity design wearability and adaptability. Some of the best and most well know jewelry designers have signature pieces that translate on to the high street for mass production or are individual pieces for specific clientele.


These infamous jewelry designers have a background in sculpting metal engraving or wood carving. Marie Somos of Somos Creations is one such designer who had a background in sculpting and wood carving. She grew up surrounded by talented artistic people namely her father and uncle both master jewellers and designers respectively. The art of jewelry design is part of the family since 1917 and she showed her promise at the tender age of 10m when she designer her very own piece of jewelry. She soon began to develop her craft and had the creative expertise and an eye for detail envied by many of her piers.


She met and married a like minded jewelry designer Kyriakos with whom she formed the business of Somos Creations that she still operates today. The fusion of Kyriakos Somos with his internationally acclaimed creations and Marie’s creative visionary ideas meant they were jointly a force to be reckoned with in the designer jewelry world. Kyriakos studied under a sculptor and wood carver just as Marie did and soon settled on the art of hand crafting and engraving. While working on a daily basis he studied in the evenings at the Diplarios School of Design in Athens.


Having mastered his craft of Setter, Model Maker and Master Goldsmith he travelled to the cosmopolitan city of New York in 1970 from Athens. The husband and wife team of Master Goldsmith and Sculpture and wood design meant they between them won over 30 prestigious awards for the weirs famously including the World Gold Council Gold Trends Awards the 4 DeBeers Diamond Awards and the American Gem Association Spectrum Awards to name but a few. The DeBeers piece the “Star of the 21st Century” is featured in the Couture collection of the famous fashion designer Alexander Mc Queen.


More famously perhaps is the fact that the jewelry collection can be seen in the famous Sex and the City’s Sarah Jessica Parker thee fashion icon of the decade for millions of SATC fans the world over. The C for “Carrie” brooch worn by Sarah Jessica was designed by the late Kyriakos Somos this beautifully stunning brooch has a total of 26 round sparkling brilliantly cut beautiful diamonds over 30 ct. The timeless sophisticated romantic sentimental pieces reminiscent of vintage colourful pieces bring a new twist to glamorous jewelry.


An example of this is the limited edition 18kt yellow gold and cerise Red Tourmaline centre piece with accented pink diamonds makes this look good enough to eat. The star is glamour at its peak looking fit for a princess with regal splendour and sumptuous brilliance with a price tag of almost $7000.00, worn by Faith Ford to accent a simple streamline dress at a celebrity bash, it stole the show. The DeBeers Kyriakos


Danger collection of 2001 was a big hit with the romantics on Valentines Day. From coloured gems and diamonds to pure white brilliant diamond engagement rings the Somos collection has something for everybody. Kyriakos Somos led the way in innovative creative, quality, precision detailing and sophisticated timeless jewelry that will stand the test of time and be a testament to his talent and dedication. Both Marie and Kyriakos were visionaries ahead of their time and received many prestigious awards from the jewelry industry as accolades to their work.


Very few in the industry have received so many highly sought after awards. Their attention to detail and dedication to innovative shapes, designs and colours speak volumes and send the celebrity circle into a spin trying to acquire the various pieces for themselves. The designs of the husband and wife team have world wide mass appeal and it is easy to see why those of us mere mortals would save up to own a piece of Somos creative jewelry. The collection is a throw back to times of opulence and sophistication, glamour and regal beauty that is reminiscent of the days of Hollywood in the 20s 30s and 40s.


The royalty of Thailand and even the Prime Minister of Australia rank among some of the most their prestigious clientele. The collection does however have mass appeal and is affordable but never cheap. Vintage jewelry is given a new twist with a forward look that resembles the pieces from the Art Deco or Retro era. Bold bright colours in elaborate shapes form the base for their cocktails rings, bracelets, watches rings, earrings and charm bracelets.


It was around the 1940s that Costume jewelry came into its own as base metals were needed for wartime material use. Lucite and Rhinestone became popular stones to use. Victorian and Edwardian jewelry of the 1920`s and 30`s allow designers be retrospective sentimental while giving a fresh look to a classical design and no one did this better than the Somos`s. Retro rings with Pave cut Princess cut and step cutting house of mirrors effect with bow detail and leaf accents are a throe back to decedent times for a new generation of jewelry wearers.


Portrait picture jewelry hand painted brooches and animal depictions are evident in the current award winning collections of today. Rubies, glass rhinestones, diamonds, sapphires and semi-precious gems are used today more than ever to give a sophisticated glamorous timeless look to any jewelry collection. For an enchanting spell bounding timeless piece of jewelry that is hand crafted with intricacy attention to detail and profound innovation and vision the classically inspired collection of Somos are second to none. This collection is available at most reputable jewelry stores across America via the internet.