The Story

Carigi has its foundations in Antwerp, the diamond center of the world. Through the years, the company has made quite an evolution. The driving force behind all of it was the current president of Carigi, Guy Van Malderen.

After first acquiring some years of experience in the diamond industry, Guy Van Malderen decided in 1983 to make his own way in the business. The story of Carigi began. His involvement in the wholesale of diamonds meant that Mr. Van Malderen led Carigi, first and foremost, as a diamond trading company. With hard work and dedication to his profession, he managed to establish Carigi as a well-respected office, known for its honest and proficient way of doing business.He then turned his eyes to the jewellery industry. Seeing a lot of jewellers cutting corners in production and choosing quantity over quality, he felt that there was a calling for a jewellery-house which would only manufacture at the highest standards. A house that would search for perfection in its creations that would work with the best quality selection in stones and with the best craftsmen in Antwerp, a house that would become “The House of Carigi”. It is this vision that transformed Carigi into the designer of high-end jewellery it is today. At present, Guy Van Malderen runs Carigi together with his two sons, who inherited his passion for excellence. The family determined that in order to keep on fulfilling the mission of its founder, and in order to serve its customers even better, it was time for the next step. Therefore, a brand-new showroom in Knokke-Zoute was opened in April of 2011, a milestone in the history of Carigi. The showroom embodies the same values as what the house likes to stand for: class, refinement, purity, elegance…