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Kieselstein-Cord is an international award winning luxury lifestyle brand founded by American designer, artist, and photographer Barry Kieselstein-Cord in 1972 in Manhattan, New York. Products include fine jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, belt buckles, bronze statuary, leather goods including handbags, eyeware, home furnishings, and accessories.
The designer has worked with Calvin Klein and Perry Ellis and has been collected by Tom Hanks, Spike Lee, Oprah, Steven Spielberg, Jay-Z, Eric Clapton, Sir Elton John, Sharon Stone, Usher, Lenny Kravitz, Wayne Gretzky, Giorgio Armani, Henry Kravis, Sean Penn, Andy Warhol, Jack Nicholson, Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Nevelson, Karl Lagerfeld, Sir Paul Smith, Barry Diller, Mike Myers, Diddy, Ron Perelman, and many more.
His work is in the permanent collections of The Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Louisiana State Museum of Fine Art, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame and has earned the following distinctions: Coty American Fashion Critics' Award, Council of Fashion Designers of America Award, International Hollywoody Radio & Television Society Award, Illustrators Society of New York Award, Art Directors Club of New York Award, and the Silver Slipper Award.
The brand has been featured in a variety of internationally prominent publications including Architectural Digest, Harper's Bazaar, Bolero, Casa, Cigar Aficionado, Dallas Times, Departures, Elle, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, The Times, The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, People, Robb Report, Vibe, Vogue (French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and American), and Wall Street Journal and has been featured on Sex and the City, E!, Law & Order, Hard Copy, CNN, and NY1.
The brand designation derives from the designer's original family names: Von Kieselstein and Winercord, originating from Austrian-German ancestry. Branches of the family immigrated to the U.S. from the mid 1800s to 1900.