Shafaq Habib

About Shafaq Habib

Shafaq Habib is a Pakistani Jewellery designer that established her label in 1981 in New York City. She started her career at Lord & Taylor on 5th Avenue under the label, ‘Pearls Galore.’ At the time she hand made every piece of Pearl Jewellery herself. She re-launched herself in Pakistan in the 1990’s focusing on Jewellery for today’s South Asian women. She now heads a Jewellery Design house that employs craftsmen from all over Pakistan, utilizing the specialized skills of artisans from all areas of the country. Working closely with the artisans the brand creates unique 22K Gold and Diamond jewellery that exhibit modern design aesthetics while remaining loyal to the beauty of ancient Indian and Islamic jewellery making forms.

Shafaq travels all over the world looking for unique pearls, gemstones and inspiration from different cultures and art forms to fuse with her own ethnic tastes. Her designs capture her travels and research as she fuses European, Far eastern, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Central Asian art with traditional South Asian Jewellery forms.