Having trained in Fashion Design at the Limerick School of Art and Design before going on to work with Pauric Sweeney and Tracy Boyd, Dublin-born designer Merle O'Grady set up her eponymous luxury jewellery label in 2008. Inspired by angular mid-century architecture, O'Grady creates high fashion pieces using her signature 'punched' latex shapes. Fusing natural semi-precious stones and futuristic Perspex, O’Grady’s statement necklaces and earrings have become famous for their industrial yet luxurious aesthetic.