17 Asian-Owned Jewelry Brands That'll Add More Style To Your Outfits

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While BuzzFeed celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), we also believe in celebrating the contributions from Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders year-round. Please enjoy this APAHM-themed product post from BuzzFeed Shopping and know that you can enjoy these businesses well beyond this wonderful, dedicated month.

1. Dbl Jewelry

DBL Jewelry / Via Instagram: @dbljewelry

Dbl Jewelry is a first-generation Filipino-owned jewelry brand founded by Liv Portio. Starting as a small business with goals of helping her family back home in the Philippines, Dbl Jewelry blew up on the internet in recent years. Through this success, Portio was featured as the youngest member in the Forbes 30 under 30 list for the Retail & E-commerce Category and on the Forbes Next 1000 list for the future billionaires to look out for. Proceeds from their Mabuhay Collection are donated to Filipino Charities to help children living in poverty and Special Needs Students at Pasong Tamo Elementary School in Manila.

Check out all their products at Dbl Jewelry!

2. Amarilo Jewelry

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Amarilo is an Asian-owned business founded in 2011 with the intention of redefining classic jewelry for the modern woman. Designer Ali Heiss has always abided by a minimalist philosophy — removing the non-essential and making a conscious effort to focus on what really matters in life. After becoming infatuated with jewelry and design at a young age, she embraced her mother’s ambitious attitude, and began selling her designs around the neighborhood. From there, this passion continued as she worked her way through college and organically grew Amarilo into the brand it is today. Because Ali was adopted, her mother made it a priority to help her find her true self by teaching her that her character and identity are not defined by others

Check out all their products at Amarilo Jewelry.

3. Wild Rina

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Wild Rina is a California-based shop that creates romantic, mixed modern boho pieces and finds fresh takes on current trends. The shop uses neutral colors and a dreamy aesthetic to match all your outfits, and Founder Brittney Buccat hopes that each piece will help you feel amazing and confident with everything you wear whether you're on your daily hustle, on a Sunday brunch date, or any other of your favorite past times!

Check out all of their products at Wild Rina.

4. Hyperbole Accessories

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Hyperbole Accessories is an Indian-owned, California and India-based shop that handcrafts jewelry using recycled metal and semi-precious stones. The women-led small business blends South-Asian culture with modern Western silhouettes in order to create thoughtful and meaningful jewelry. Poorna Jagannathan and Richa Moorjani, who played Nalini (Devi's Mother) and Kamala (Devi's older cousin) respectively in Mindy Kaling's Never Have I Ever, were also wearing Hyperbole Accessories on Season 2 of the show.

Additionally, a percentage of Hyperbole Accessories' sales is donated towards sponsoring primary and secondary education for underprivileged girls across India!

Check out all of their products at Hyperbole Accessories!

5. En Route Jewelry

En Route Jewelry

En Route Jewelry is a New York-based jewelry brand that is dedicated to crafting thoughtful pieces without compromising quality or cost. The shop creates jewelry to fit many different aesthetics including cottagecore, minimalist, Y2K, and more! In addition to jewelry, En Route Jewelry also creates hair accessories and phone chains that would look great with your outfits. 

The shop is also partnered with One Tree Planted, a nonprofit that is focused on global reforestation, to help the environment by planting trees. Together, they have planted over a thousand trees. En Route Jewelry also uses biodegradable packages and low-carbon emission shipping methods in order to build a better world for the future.

Check out all of their products on En Route Jewelry.

6. Ippo Earrings

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Ippo Earrings is a Taiwanese-owned, New York-based shop that self-designs and hand assembles affordable, unique jewelry including rings, bracelets, necklaces, crossbody chains, and earrings. Each piece is made to order and in addition to the shop's classy, cool, and elegant pieces, some designs are even inspired by your favorite anime! 

Check out all of their products on Ippo Earrings on Etsy!

7. Private Paradise

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Private Paradise Co. is a Vietnamese Canadian-owned, California-based small business that creates fan-made merchandise from apparel to accessories to lifestyle products for the BTS Army and TXT's MOA. Their products and packaging for their customers are created from sustainable and recycled materials. All of their jewelry is made of 100% 316L Stainless Steel which is highly durable against corrosion and completely rust-resistant!

Check out all of their products on Private Paradise Co.!

8. Mas & Nobu

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Mas & Nobu is a Japanese-owned, California-based accessory brand that was named after the founder's two grandmothers. The shop's lenticular illusion earrings are inspired by Sensu Fans and are made of linen texture paper and often with optical illusions that share thoughtful messages. The shop created these earrings to serve as little reminders to change perspectives in order to see something different! 

Check out all of their products on Mas & Nobu!

9. Milk and Honey Clay

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Milk and Honey Clay is a Filipino-owned, Oregon-based shop that offers customized minimal handmade accessories to add a little more flair to your look! The small business began as a way to bring awareness to the injustice of human trafficking. For each handcrafted pair of clay earrings sold, 20% of the profit is donated to anti-human trafficking organizations in the US and around the world.

Check out all of their products on Milk and Honey Clay!

10. Cherei Shop

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Cherei Shop is a Toronto-based small business that creates handmade earrings made with love and care! Each earring is based on Japanese origami, the art of paper folding, with designs such as paper stars, paper cranes, and more. These earrings are also lightweight and can make one-of-a-kind gifts for those who love elegant and minimalistic jewelry. If you don't have your ears pierced, the shop also offers clip-on options! 

Check out all of their products at Cherei Shop on Etsy.

11. Easter Ahn Design

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Easter Ahn Design is a California-based brand that handcrafts delicately balanced styled jewelry that combines form and function. Each piece is made to order and created using high-quality diamonds and colored stones. Founder Easter Ahn-Lee also takes custom design inquiries as they believe that jewelry is more than an accessory but an expression of who you are. With each purchase, Easter Ahn Design donates 5% of its profits towards the Diamond Development Initiative, Interval House, and Internation Justice Mission in order to build a better future for the diamond and fine jewelry industry and to prevent injustice towards women and children in their communities. 

Check out all of their products on Easter Ahn Design. 

12. Maison Miru

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Maison Miru is a New York-based, independent design studio that creates direct-to-consumer jewelry based on a unisex jewelry system for both form and function, and allowing you to exercise your creativity with each piece. While the shop is best known for its piercing jewelry that is perfect for tragus, helix, and other cartilage piercings, they also provide an assortment of no-piercing required ear cuffs, nose rings, and stackable necklaces, bracelets, and rings! The shop also has a 365 Happiness Guarantee policy where if your jewelry doesn't fit, they will do their best to find the right style for you or repair/replace any items as needed. 

Check out all of their products on Maison Miru.

13. Notte

NOTTE / Via Instagram: @nottejewelry

Notte Jewelry was founded by Jessica Tse, a former accessories trend director, who dreamed of a brand whose aesthetic is "a fun mix of New York quirk with a hint of la dolce vita daydream."

Check out their products at Notte.

14. Seree

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Seree comes from “serendipity” — an instance of finding something good accidentally. The company wants you to "cherish every unexpected moment in life, and hope you find seree like serendipity too."

Check out their products at Seree.

15. Npauj

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Npauj came about through the love for fashion, travel, and everyday art. Founder and designer, Bao Yang blends color, pattern, and whimsy into all of her designs. Npauj brings you one-of-a-kind jewelry and fashion pieces that are affordable, fun and timeless.

Check out all their products on Npauj.

16. Peggy Li Creations

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Peggy Li Creations is a California-based brand where Founder Peggy Li handmakes jewelry including earrings, necklaces, rings, and bracelets made in sterling silver, 14k gold-filled, gold plate, and gemstones. These feminine pieces were created with a modern edge in mind and were even featured in the popular TV show, Kim's Convenience. 

The brand also gives back to various organizations working to support AAPI communities across the United States by creating fundraising designs where a percentage of the profits are donated. Currently, the brand has created the Fortune Cookie Necklace where a portion of the profits will be donated to Save Our Chinatowns and Fuel + Feed Chinatown. They have also created these Chinese Zodiac Necklaces where a portion of the profits will be donated to GoFundMe's #StopAsianHate.

Check out all of their products on Peggy Li Creations.

17. Amaaya Jewelry

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Amaaya Jewelry is a first-generation Indian-owned, and Chicago-based jewelry brand created to offer one-of-a-kind designs that will surely make you stand out in the crowd and add variety to your closet at an affordable price. The brand uses fine metals such as sterling silver and 24k Gold in each of their beautiful designed pieces and even adds punctuated quirks like textures and stones as they believe "you're one of a kind and the jewelry you wear should be too". Amaaya Jewelry has recently launched a Summer Shine collection that is sure to make your hot girl summer extra stylish! 

Check out all of their products on Amaaya Jewelry.

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