MNDLVCH was founded by Nadia Mendelevich, our celebrated jewellery specialist and creative director. Her expertise has grown from jewellery journalism and private collecting.
Everyone on our team is passionate about jewellery, gemstones, and the art of adornment. Finding work that is both rewarding — and truly a vocation — is no easy feat these days.
We were fortunate enough to find it, to organise ourselves, and to grow gently by seeking out talented and upright people.
Everyone on our team is passionate about jewellery, gemstones, and the art of adornment. Finding work that is both rewarding — and truly a vocation — is no easy feat these days.
We were fortunate enough to find it, to organise ourselves, and to grow gently by seeking out talented and upright people.
About us
At MNDLVCH, we set all our gems in 18K gold, guided by the principles of the modern French school of jewellery art. One day, we hope to open a small yet proud boutique in Paris, so we’ve already chosen to craft each piece to a standard worthy of a window overlooking Place Vendôme.
Top-quality gemstones often call for the simplest of settings. In this context, true elegance shines best under a magnifying glass. Yet even at first glance, you’ll recognize the impeccable proportions and precision in every detail — right down to a fraction of a millimeter.
Top-quality gemstones often call for the simplest of settings. In this context, true elegance shines best under a magnifying glass. Yet even at first glance, you’ll recognize the impeccable proportions and precision in every detail — right down to a fraction of a millimeter.
The Craft
Nadia Mendelevich
Nadia Mendelevich is a gemologist, curator of private jewellery collections, and founder of MNDLVCH. Born into a family of miners and museologists, her path was almost inevitable. While other kids played with dolls, she kept malachite and turquoise under her pillow. Later came a stint as jewellery editor at Vogue Russia, gem-cutting courses, and trips from Jaipur to Siberia in search of the extraordinary.
What she values most as a professional is rarity, significance, and antiquity. Fashion helped. A bit.
“A Vogue business card once opened doors to the ateliers of the great jewellery houses, to diamond mines, and even to pearl farms. That was a little blessing. Nowadays only few gemologists are afforded the opportunity to handle a blue diamond valued at $33 million or to examine the Colombian emeralds of Elizabeth Taylor at a close range. So all those experiences made me a curator who makes sure, that one-carat emerald or tourmaline is treated with the same regard, as though destined for a high jewellery presentation.”
What she values most as a professional is rarity, significance, and antiquity. Fashion helped. A bit.
“A Vogue business card once opened doors to the ateliers of the great jewellery houses, to diamond mines, and even to pearl farms. That was a little blessing. Nowadays only few gemologists are afforded the opportunity to handle a blue diamond valued at $33 million or to examine the Colombian emeralds of Elizabeth Taylor at a close range. So all those experiences made me a curator who makes sure, that one-carat emerald or tourmaline is treated with the same regard, as though destined for a high jewellery presentation.”
