Mimi di Niscemi jewellery
Mimi di Niscemi jewellery
The history of New York based company Mimi di N Inc. lasted for thirty-five years. Incorporated in May 1962, the company ceased to exist in January 1997. Named after its founder – the magnificent jeweler Madame Mimi di Niscemi (aka Princess Mimi di Niscemi), the company’s address was 15 West 38th Street, New York, NY.
Born in Palermo Italy, Mimi di Niscemi went to the US to study at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Arts. While studying, she worked at Schiaparelli and Arnold Scaasi jewelry houses. Also, Mimi collaborated with Robert DeMario (1959). Creating jewelry for “Brania” (in the 60’s), she marked these pieces with Brania and Mimi di N.
Her long way in honing and accumulating experience in the best jewelry houses, allowed her to launch the jewelry business in New York. Her jewelry designs, mostly belt buckles and haute couture brooches and earclips are dramatic, bold and complex. She marked her jewelry pieces with “Mimi Di N”, “Mimi DiN”, “Mimi Di N Design”, or “Mimi DiN Design”. However, the first years, she didn’t label her jewelry at all. Noteworthy, buckles marking included the year of production.
The company’s jewelry regularly appeared in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar in the 1960s and 70s.
A cult brand, mentioned in museums, top-design catalogs and reference books was the choice of famous women, including Jacqueline Kennedy and the Duchess of Windsor.
The similar company “Mimi di N Design Corp.” incorporated in April 1997 at the address 5th Avenue New York and headed by Maria V. Niscemi, is still active.
Mimi di Niscemi jewellery
Brania (1960s):
