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Benedetta Dubini (born 19 August 1987) is a London-based, Italian-born jewellery designer.

Early life and education
Benedetta Dubini was born in Rome, Italy, to a Milanese father and a Roman mother and she spent her childhood between London and Milan.

Her grandfather Giovanni Amati was a film producer and cinema owner in the 1950s and 1960s during the golden era of Italian cinema and his wife, Anna Maria Pancani was a prominent actress of the time, close friend of Sophia Loren and Valentino who designed pieces for her.

Dubini graduated in 2009 from Central Saint Martins with a degree in Jewellery Design. She then went on to fine tune her skills at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), where she earned a graduate gemologist diploma in 2010.

Career
Dubini’s influences are multicultural. Before starting her own brand, she worked in Jaipur, learning the traditional Indian crafts from the iconic jewellery house - Gem Palace. She also spent time imbibing the Italian artistry of jewel making whilst working with Villa, Carolina Bucci and Pomellato.

In 2013, Dubini returned to London and began travelling between her design studio and Rome where she started working alongside local goldsmiths in order to combine their traditional craftsmanship with her modern aesthetic.

Dubini’s debut collection Empires’,  was launched in 2014 and is a tribute to her roman heritage and represents the brands signature aesthetic which marries coins from ancient civilisations with a contemporary and timeless frame. Every piece is entirely unique and has a history of its own.

After the success of the Empires collection, Dubini introduced ‘Theodora’ in 2016, a collection inspired by the Byzantine Empress which saw her reinterpret the mosaics from the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul commissioned during her rule next to Emperor Justinian I.

She designs from her studio in London and her collections are made in Italy and available at department stores and boutiques such as Joseph (London), Matches Fashion (Online) and Farfetch (Online). Her work has been worn by Eva Herzigová, Liya Kebede, Bella Hadid and Malgosia Bela.