A selection of jewellery from Caga Gi's Monteverdi collection, including a bracelet, and the pendant, rings and earrings below.
Casa Gi, a Belgian company with an Italian touch
Casa Gi was founded in 2003 and designs and manufactures hand-crafted luxury jewellery. Casa Gi (Italian for "The house of Gi", named after Ginette Vermeirsch one of the founders of the firm) makes jewellery from 18K white, yellow and pink gold set with high-quality diamonds.
October 12, 2009
Casa Gi was founded in 2003 and designs and manufactures hand-crafted luxury jewellery. Casa Gi (Italian for "The house of Gi", named after Ginette Vermeirsch one of the founders of the firm) makes jewellery from 18K white, yellow and pink gold set with high-quality diamonds.
The first collections were designed by Italian designer Antonio Farina in collaboration with Ginette Vermeirsch. In 2006, Ricardo Angeletti sketched the new collections. Recently, some of the collections have been drawn and modeled in-house by Vermeirsch.
In-house designer Vermeirsch uses her instinct together with her 20 years of experience in the jewellery business to create her designs. She first sketches her ideas, after which she brings them to life. As for the Italian designers, they are requested to develop a collection in the Casa Gi style. Afterward, the firm's own modeler makes sure the model does not have any flaws and is up to the firm's high quality standards in order to ensure clientele will be happy with the jewellery item.
As for the philosophy behind her designs, Vermeirsch is led by her feeling for style and influenced by music, personal experiences, imaginative shapes, and so on. She gives each model a unique name. Nature was the main inspiration for the last catalogue. The name of the Fiume-collection for example, was derived from the Italian word for ‘small stream or creek’. The next collections will feature the same theme.
In Belgium, Casa Gi sells its products through jewellery stores, while in other countries it uses distributors that sell the jewellery through stores. In some countries such as Russia, the U.K. and Kazakhstan, Casa G jewellery is sold in boutiques run by local distributors.
Casa Gi provided the diamonds for 2009 HRD Awards finalist Cari-Mari Wilsenach from South Africa. Based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale of 'The ugly duckling', Wilsenach created a 'Hidden beauty' bracelet referring to the tale. It is set with 700 brilliant cut diamonds, with a total weight of 7.0 carats.
