Vol.156_Sixth & Hill
Sixth & Hill
From Los Angeles, USA
Inteviewed by Shaw Tanaka, sunrat
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The Sixth & Hill Jewelry Company was established in 2015 as the newest segment in a legacy that began in 1968 when a Cuban refugee named Jose A. Medrano opened his first jewelry store, Medrano Jewelers, in South Los Angeles. Under Jose's guidance and with his blessings, his son Amaury Medrano and his grandson Mike Nuñez brought their family's collective talents and experience together to create the Sixth & Hill Jewelry Company.
Amaury, a veteran in the jewelry industry with over 30 years of combined experience ranging from being managing partner of the family owned retail jewelry stores, to his role as National Sales manager of a prestigious wholesale jewelry manufacturer, to working with global jewelry companies and high end European luxury jewelry designers, acquired a priceless amount of knowledge throughout his career, always maintaining the vision to someday building his own jewelry brand.
In 2014 Amaury's nephew and Jose's grandson Mike Nuñez made his way into the family trade full time to share Amaury’s vision. Mike's career spanned work in marketing and creative development ranging from being a Hip Hop DJ and Producer, Graphic Artist, and working with world renowned tattoo and graffiti artists as a documentary filmmaker.
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When Jose A. Medrano opened his first jewelry store in 1968, he never imagined a second and third generation would go on to carry his torch into furthering and building on to the heritage. With items already in select tastemaker boutiques, a growing list of celebrity clients, and a brand name that is steadily gaining global recognition, Sixth & Hill is building a legacy that bestows pride on the family behind it and even more so on the people who support the brand.
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