Designer: Sandrine Barabinot

Rita&Zia jewelry is the fruit of Sandrine Barabinot’s overflowing imagination, the creative Genevan revisits luck in the world by offering collections that are exotic, luxurious and spiritual all at the same time.

With a true passion for fashion, Sandrine Barabinot has a rich experience in the field of ready-to-wear. Before creating her own jewelry/accessory line, she was successively in charge as a buyer for homes like Chantal Thomas and Thierry Mugler as well as buying manager for Prada in Geneva for several years. Her career has given her the opportunity to observe the fashion world in every detail before creating in 2006 her luxurious hippie chic pieces that bring luck, happiness and protection...Rita&Zia.

Her first piece of jewelry, Sandrine Barabinot draws and manufactures from her home. Wanting to create a charm bracelet, she revisits the famous symbol of the four-leaf clover through a little «charm» gold-plated or solid silver. With an unexpected success among her family and friends, she decided then to develop a true collection of necklaces and bracelets with lucky charms choosing to use the finest noble materials such as wood and semi-precious stones. Among others such as the horseshoe, the tree of life, the Native Indian, tiger, Buddha or the hand of Fatima (Hamsa), this impassioned designer is far from being short of inspiration. She does not restrain in color, form, nor in quantity and that's what makes Rita&Zia charms so particular.

Today, at age 42, Sandrine Barabinot continues to develop many projects in order to assert her style and develop her brand a little more each day since her Switzerland workshop in Geneva. With a sense of style that continues to grow with the seasons, the Rita Zia designer offers various collections, refined and sophisticated, which adapt to different styles and ages.

The brand is now distributed in the most popular boutiques and concept stores in "trendy" Monaco, New York, Paris, Geneva, Zurich, Brussels and Toronto.

First two Official Rita&Zia boutiques opened in 2011. One in Geneva, another in Lyon. So far two more are planned to open in 2012 in France ...

Dates to remember.

2005 : Creation of the Rita&Zia clover, first lucky charm in the brand.

2006 : Beginning of the 1'st collection.

2009 : The beginning of success, a great concept store in Geneva notices and diffuses the brand.

2010 : Over 70 stores distribute Rita&Zia worldwide.

2011 : Opening of two Rita&Zia Boutiques in France (Lyon) & Switzerland (Geneva).

2012 : Launch of the Black Line: Rita&Zia's first collection of fine jewelry.

Two new Rita&Zia Boutiques are anticipated for 2012 in France