Cecilia Östman is an independent designer operating and designing the Cecilia Östman Jewelry collection. All the pieces are handmade, currently for sale online at www.ceciliaostman.etsy.com. The products include handmade necklaces, bracelets and earrings, featuring mostly semi precious stones, but also glass and plastic, with brass findings. The hope is that in the future the collection will grow to include clothing and other fashion accessories. Our mission is simple: to design and produce fashion items that are affordable, fun and feminine.

 

Cecilia Östman was born in Sweden, but spent her childhood moving around; living in many different places around the world, such as France, Kenya and Uganda.

Leaving her family behind in Africa, Cecilia moved to Canada to study classical Ballet. After graduating from the National Ballet School in Toronto, Cecilia quickly realized that her true love was not actually dance but design. In fact without realizing it, Cecilia had been a designer all her life; always making clothing, jewelry, bags, and everything else imaginable in her spare time.

Cecilia started her career in fashion at the Paris Fashion Institute in Paris, which led to an internship at Gianfranco Lotti in Florence. She then moved to New York to study fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology. After graduating from FIT Cecilia began working as a sleepwear designer for Carole Hochman Design Group.

However, finding herself making more and more things in her spare time again, Cecilia decided to make something happen with all the jewelry she was making; it didn’t take long before the Cecilia Östman jewelry collection was born.