The Women Behind the Seven Aunties Collection

Every piece of jewellery tells a story. At Carol Cole Jewellery, the story begins with a woman.

The Seven Aunties Collection is Carol Cole's tribute to the women who have shaped her family members whose love she carries, cultural icons whose artistry she has long admired, and beloved friends whose spirits live on in gold. Each piece is named with intention. Each name carries a world behind it.

This is the story of those women.

Erykah Badu - The Badu Ring

Erykah Badu doesn't follow culture. She shapes it. Unhurried, uncompromising, and utterly herself, her energy is a frequency all her own. Carol has admired Badu for as long as she can remember. Not just the music, but the whole world she inhabits the eclectic style, the spiritual depth, the absolute refusal to be anything other than completely herself.

The Badu Ring is Carol's response to that spirit. Sculpted in 18ct yellow gold with 1.13ct of round white diamonds, it is a statement piece in the truest sense, bold, deliberate, and completely sure of itself. For the woman who has found her own frequency and refuses to leave it.

 

Nina Simone - The Nina Pendant

Nina Simone told her truth. Fully, fiercely, without apology, at a time when that kind of strength cost something. She refused to be contained by category, by convention, or by anyone's expectations of what she should be. Singer, pianist, activist, she was all of these things and none of them entirely. She simply was.

The Nina Pendant is Carol's quiet tribute to that defiance. Small in scale, enormous in intention 18ct yellow gold with 0.16ct of VS/SI diamonds at 15mm. For the woman who tells her truth too.

 

Mary J. Blige - The Blige Earrings

Mary J. Blige showed up fully, always. At a time when that kind of boldness was its own form of courage, she made a statement about what it meant to be unapologetically yourself, in gold and diamonds, on every stage, without apology.

The Blige Earrings are Carol's tribute to that energy. Crafted in 18ct yellow gold with 0.92ct of round white VS/SI diamonds at 40mm bold yet refined, glamorous yet grounded. Named in honour of an icon whose influence runs through music, style, and culture alike.

 

Grace Jones - The Grace Pendant & Studs

Grace Jones doesn't occupy space. She commands it. Androgynous, fearless, and utterly magnetic, her presence is a force that has never belonged to any single era, genre, or expectation. She has always moved through the world on her own terms, and the world has had no choice but to pay attention.

The Grace Pendant and Studs are Carol's tribute to that captivating powerhouse presence precise, confident, and completely sure of themselves. For the woman who walks into a room and changes it.

 

Tracee Ellis Ross - The Tracee Pin Earrings

Tracee Ellis Ross celebrates herself like it's a practice. With joy, with intention, with a style so free and so fully her own that it becomes an act of quiet power. She owns her narrative completely, exuberantly, without apology, and in doing so gives other women permission to do the same.

The Tracee Pin Earrings are Carol's tribute to that energy. Delicate, minimal, and quietly radiant, 14ct yellow gold with 0.15ct of round white SI1 diamonds at 14.5mm. Wear them like you mean it.

 

Serena Williams  - The Serena Ring

Serena Williams is the standard. Not just in sport,  in presence, in perseverance, in the refusal to be made smaller by anyone's expectations. She showed up on her own terms, every single time, and changed what was possible in the process. Her legacy extends far beyond tennis. It belongs to every woman who has ever been told she was too much.

The Serena Ring is Carol's tribute to that greatness, in 14ct yellow gold with a single round white SI1 diamond of 0.16ct. Clean, certain, and completely commanding. For the woman who knows her own power and wears it quietly.

 

Lalah Hathaway - The Layla Ring

Lalah Hathaway doesn't just sing. She connects. Her voice reaches somewhere beneath the surface, finding feelings you didn't know you were carrying and holding them with extraordinary care. There is a particular kind of gift in that. The ability to make a stranger feel understood.

The Layla Ring is Carol's tribute to that extraordinary musicality. Crafted in 14ct yellow gold with a clean 3mm band, smooth, elegant, and quietly assured. For the woman who moves through the world feeling everything, deeply.

 

Jill Scott - The Jill Earrings

Jill Scott doesn't perform womanhood. She celebrates it, fully, poetically, and without a single apology. Her voice carries the weight of real feeling, her words land like truth, and her presence is the kind that makes you feel seen just by being in the room. She is poet, singer, and witness to the full complexity of what it means to be a woman.

The Jill Earrings are Carol's tribute to that unapologetic spirit. 14ct yellow gold with 0.28ct of round white SI1 diamonds at 24mm, elegant, expressive, and completely authentic.

 

Nia Long - The Nia Stacking Rings

Nia Long carries herself with the kind of quiet confidence that never needed to be loud. Elegant, purposeful, and completely her own, an actress whose presence has always spoken for itself. And there is another dimension to her name worth noting. In Swahili, Nia means purpose.

The Nia Stacking Rings are Carol's tribute to that energy, 14ct yellow gold with white SI1 diamonds, designed to be worn alone, stacked, or as a considered alternative to a traditional engagement or wedding band. Nia. Purpose. Yours.

 

Anita Baker -The Anita Earrings

Anita Baker doesn't rush. Her music settles into a room like warmth, velvet, unhurried, and completely timeless. A voice that has always known exactly what it is and never needed to prove it. She represents a particular kind of classic elegance, the kind that doesn't age because it was never chasing a moment to begin with.

The Anita Earrings are Carol's tribute to that timeless glamour, 14ct yellow gold with 0.64ct of round white SI1 diamonds at 20mm. For the woman who knows that true glamour is never loud.

 

Sunni Patterson  - The Sunni Series

Sunni Patterson walks into a room and something shifts. Her words don't just land, they heal. Poet, performer, spiritual life coach, initiated priestess and minister, she holds space in a way that is rare and entirely her own. Carol is drawn to the way Sunni uses words as medicine. The way her presence is ceremonial without ever being performative.

The Sunni series, pendant, studs, and mini studs, is Carol's tribute to that profound gift. Each piece small in scale, enormous in meaning. Like the woman they honour.

 

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The Family

Not every piece in the Seven Aunties Collection is named for a cultural figure. Some of the most personal pieces are named for Carol's own family, the women whose love she has carried her whole life.

The Madge Bangle honour Carol's mother, Mageta, affectionately known as Madge whose silver bangles chimed softly through Carol's childhood. That sound is a whole memory. These bangles are Carol's reimagining of it in gold.

The Diana Pendant, Diana Mini Pendant, and Diana Ring honour Carol's cousin, quiet, considered, and deeply respected. A woman who held a great deal inside with extraordinary grace.

The Mary studs honour a family matriarch, the one who held everything together without ever making a fuss about it.

The Marie Studs are Carol's tribute to a beloved friend. A big personality. A generous spirit. Someone loved by everyone who knew her.

 

A Collection in Progress

The Seven Aunties Collection is not finished. It is, by its nature, ongoing, because the women worth honouring are always with us. New pieces will be added as the collection grows. New names. New stories. New acts of remembrance in gold.

 

Browse the full Seven Aunties Collection at www.carolcolejewellery.com.