About
After completing her Masters in Italy and her B.Tech in South Africa, Lilja founded Lilja Hastie Jewellery (LHJ). Lilja’s design expertise has been honed through years of industry experience combined with international qualifications and a life-long proclivity for art and design. Whilst working alongside established jewellers and freelancing, Lilja shaped the core vision of her company – to make expressive and meaningful pieces of the highest quality for modern wearers.
As the winner of De Beer’s Shining Light accolade in 2015 and runner-up at Jewellex 2016, Lilja left South Africa in 2018 to study for her Masters on a full scholarship at the prestigious Poli.
Design Institute in Milan. Today she is a multi-award-winning jeweller with internationally recognised partnerships, and her designs have been worn on various South African red carpets and TV shows.
Lilja
Hastie
Lilja’s curious and playful demeanour works alongside her fascination with ideas that take physical form. Lilja’s work explores the relationship between concept, symbol and object. How a simple motif, like a circle, can express oneness or connection once translated into three-dimensional form. The concept for LHJ centres on the moment where design becomes language, using jewellery as a medium through which ideas take shape and meaning becomes tangible. Each piece is created with the intention that it carries significance and resonates personally with the wearer.
LILJA HASTIE JEWELLERY
LHJ is a fine jewellery brand established in 2021. Comprising signature collections and bespoke pieces, each LHJ item tells a unique story. Every collection’s tale is embedded in its individual characteristics and harmonious motifs. LHJ marries expressive visions with modern craftsmanship to help you accentuate your own story, whatever the occasion. Each piece is crafted from precious metals, and diamonds and gems are used generously throughout. LHJ champions locally sourced stones and metals which are recognised across the globe for their quality and vitality and offers pieces that balance everyday wearability with meaningful design.