New York based designer Susan Foster fuses traditional craftsmanship with up to the minute design, resulting in iconic and original jewellery.
Susan grew up in East Hampton, surrounded by creative spirit and flair. Jackson Pollock’s house and studio was not far from her own, where she would bike ride as a child and peer in the windows. The studio of Dutch American abstract impressionist, Willem de Kooning, proved an important influence on her childhood as well; and, consequently, her career, as she was surrounded by the culture of the Hamptons early artistic set. Thus, her colourful upbringing led her onto the path of colourful gemstones – with a keen desire for original jewelry design. Foster, took on apprenticeships with European goldsmiths, then finished her gemology schooling at the Gemology Institute of America. She later went on to study the classics as an English and Comparative Literature major at Columbia University.
Susan’s excellent training and technological prowess provides the impeccable foundation for all her jewellery designs. She has a firm grasp on fashion, reflected in her loyal following from global editors and stylists. Her jewels have landed on the covers of InStyle, Marie Claire, Elle, Elle Decor, Cosmopolitan, Arcadia, Glamour, and featured in hundreds of others such as, New York Times Magazine, London Financial Times, Vogue, British Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, W, Telegraph Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, and The Hollywood Reporter to name a few.
Foster’s work also sparks major worldwide jewellery trends: diamond slices, the rebirth of chandelier earrings and buzz around oversized cocktail rings were all kicked off by Foster. Poetic and intelligent in her execution of jewellery design, she remains continually inspired by the French and American Art Deco period, Long Island during its 20’s and 30’s glory, and later, Truman Capote’s swans. She revolutionizes everyday objects, such as bobby pins and Alice bands (covering them in micro diamonds) always striving to turn the predictable on its head.
Susan Foster has a huge private client base, and her designs have been stocked around the world, from Harrods in London to Neiman Marcus in LA, Bergdorf Goodman in New York to TSUM in Moscow. As her private bespoke business expands, so does her unrivaled dominance of the designer fine jewellery business.