Meet the speech pathologist making custom jewellery for Sydney's elite
From unlikely beginnings, Olivia Bond - Alan Bond's granddaughter-in-law - is carving out a niche in the Emerald City as an exclusive private jeweller.
Olivia Bond worked at Sotheby's in London before setting out her own stall as jewellery designer. Dominic Lorrimer
It’s pouring in Sydney when I meet Olivia Bond at her bespoke-jewellery studio in Double Bay. The certified gemmologist, diamond grader and private jeweller greets me with a warm handshake that’s equal parts inviting and business-like.
The weather outside might be wild, but Bond – tall and slender in a relaxed navy suit, with translucent skin and a thick mane of shoulder-length, chocolate-brown hair – is perfectly polished, almost regal.
![“We’re having a birthday party for [daughter] Rada in a few weeks and we’re going to get the truck to come, which is a real flex,” O’Neill says.](https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.7012%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_732%2C$y_641/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_600%2Cq_52%2Cf_auto/b5e4395344f07ccd1e3a348af02af77c8eeb8d1b)
