The jewelry of Maison Aya, created by Prince Harry’s ex-girlfriend, Chelsy Davy ♦
The jewelry of Chelsy Davy, a law graduate (she worked for the major law firm Allen & Overy before becoming a designer), is captivating and unique: it was conceived in Africa, in Zimbabwe, where the former partner (until 2010) of Prince Charles’s youngest son, now happily married to Meghan Markle, was born. Chelsy Davy works between the African country and London with her brand, Aya. In 2024, after several years of work and in line with a commitment to sustainability in an ever-evolving jewelry industry, Aya entered a new era with the launch of its first line of man-made stones: the Chloe collection. Since then, the brand has launched a series of innovative designs using man-made diamonds, rubies, and emeralds.
After working as a lawyer, Chelsy Davy studied at the Gemological Institute of America. Then, he focused on Africa: a good decision, given that there is no shortage of precious stones in Africa. And, in fact, in her jewels stones are almost never lacking, and she does not always use diamonds («I wanted to do something different», she explains). In any case there is no tribal style of its collections, even if one of her jewelry lines is called Zambezi, the fourth longest river in Africa: nothing too exotic, even if the references to the atmosphere of the great continent do not they are missing, as in the earrings that recall the shape of elephant tusks. Who knows if Prince Harry likes them (and especially Meghan Markle)?
