Aldo Cipullo

Cipullo was born on November 18, 1935, in Naples, Italy and later grew up largely in Rome.

[1] His father owned a costume jewelry manufacturing business and so he was born into a design family.

After finishing graduating school, he began an apprenticeship in the jewelry industry.

He immigrated to America in 1959 where he started his studies at Manhattan's School of Visual Arts.

[2] When there he offered his design the Love bracelet to Cartier[3] and created the "Juste Un Clou” (The Nails Collection) in 1971.