Jacqueline Rabun

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Jacqueline Rabun
Born1961
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJewelry designer

Jacqueline Rabun (born 1961) is an American jewelry designer. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Rabun was born in Bitburg, Germany. [3] [4] Bevor her family settled in Northern California and made a lot of travel experiences. [5] She is self-taught. [4] [6] [7]

Career

Having studied fashion design in Los Angeles, she began designing jewelry in Los Angeles in 1988. [8] [5]

In 1989, she moved to London and launched her first collection of jewelry [4] [9] in 1990, [8] having opened her studio. [5] The collection was picked up by Barneys New York. [4] Her work was featured on the cover of British Vogue in 1992, [9] worn by Linda Evangelista. [10] Rabun's style has been noted for being minimalist and gender neutral. [11]

In 1999, she began a long-term collaboration with the Scandinavian luxury brand George Jensen. [5]

She has created designs for Georg Jensen as well as other brands like Halston. [12] [9] [7] [13] [6]

In 2002 she launched her first collection, Offspring, [14] and one year later her Cave collection. [5]

Today, Rabun is based in London, [8] where she works as jewelry designer and silver craftsman. [14]

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