Businesswomen and ‘Yummy Mummies’ from the Upper Highway area descended on Makaranga Garden Lodge in Kloof on Tuesday, 18 June to enjoy a visual feast at the first Kirsten Goss Pop-Up store in the area.
Visitors had the opportunity to meet Kirsten and her team, and be among the first to purchase pieces from her gorgeous new Bete Noire range. This is a groundbreaking depiction of the strong and stylish direction that fashion is taking. In fact, it’s a lot like the designer herself.
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Kirsten’s story began in London, which has been the headquarters of the business for ten years, whilst the hub and state-of-the-art design studio in Durban opened three years ago. Over and above her vibrant front office team, Kirsten has six professionally trained goldsmiths who service the demands of her global business.
She studied under the masters of the craft at Stellenbosch University, where Kirsten qualified as a jewellery designer with gemology, developing a passion for unusual metalsmithing techniques, stone cutting and unique ways of combining the two.
The first KG shop opened in 2002 at Westbourne studios in Notting Hill, with all manufacturing taking place on site. Today, Kirsten has stores in West London, Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town.
It has been the skill of keeping her brand firmly rooted in South Africa, yet with a global sensibility, that has guaranteed enduring success for Kirsten Goss. The designer herself is an integral part of the brand and it is her personal allure and style that has added greatly to the Kirsten Goss appeal.