BEHIND THE BRAND
"Reenchanting my Sardinian grandmother's wedding ring ..."
"To Marina, a memory from your grandmother, with love" Ayaya.MEA AYAYA in Sardinian means: my grandmother. Mine gave me her wedding ring shortly before she disappeared: a golden filigree ring that I had always seen on the fingers of the women in my family. Paying homage to this lineage, perpetuating this bond, means ensuring the permanence of this traditional Sardinian jewel and offering the women of my generation the brilliance and appeal of a timeless jewel that makes sense.
A RING, A GRANDMOTHER. At the heart of this project: the ineffable bond between a grandmother and her granddaughter. For the launch of the brand, echoing MEA AYAYA filigree ring, I asked sixty women to tell me about their grandmother and the iconic jewel that embodied their personality. Each jewel in this first collection bears one of their nicknames, one of their faces and one of their stories to celebrate their uniqueness.
Marina