Left Collar necklaces by Gail Klevan


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PROFILE Gail Klevan


Last year, the jewellery designer teamed up with her son to launch GK Style, a lifestyle and interior design business that aims to add ‘a burst of colour’ to living spaces, in much the same way as her jewellery has been bringing colour to people’s lives for decades


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Klevan describes herself as a creative and problem-solver


GAIL KLEVAN is widely known for her colourful, contemporary, handmade jewellery as well as her jewellery-making appearances on television, radio and even blockbuster films. Over the years her designs have been featured in The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, The Mail on Sunday, Elle, Vogue, Country Living, and Harpers & Queen, among others. Emma Thompson wore Klevan’s jewellery in the 2004 hit film Love Actually, and her work has even been the subject of discussion during BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour programme. While being one of the UK’s foremost designers working in acrylic with her jewellery both desirable and collectible, Klevan is keen not to be pigeon-holed as, exclusively, a jewellery designer. Last year, teaming up with her son Abraham Mandel, GK Style was launched: a lifestyle and interior design business showcasing another string to an already very decorative bow. ‘I would say I’m a designer; I wouldn’t say


solely jewellery,’ says Klevan. ‘I’m a creative – I like to create things and I’m a problem- solver. I like to work out how to make things the best way.’


Mother and son set up GK Style when


Mandel relocated to Atlanta, US, with his wife and young family. Enthused by his mother’s legacy and creative abilities, Mandel is driven to showcase her most well-known pieces in a new light, as well as emphasising her other creative talents, while for Klevan, she says the business


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