Begum Kiroglu on the themes of her Istanbul-based jewelry brand, called Begum Khan.
Pavé creations inspired by flora, fauna and flights of imagination are a specialty of Begum Kiroglu, founder and creative director of the luxury company Begum Khan Mucevher A.S.
A recent example would be the Bee Bottle by Begum Khan, a 13-piece limited-edition bottle for the Guerlain fragrance Le Songe de la Reine. The special flacon, introduced at $10,000 each in May 2021, featured Ms. Kiroglu’s bee and flowers in gold-plated bronze and 6,500 pavé zirconia gems.
“She was the ideal designer for this wonderful project for Guerlain, so feminine, with her Ottoman cultural heritage, with a very Parisian ‘je
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