Jade Jagger
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Jade Sheena Jezebel Jagger (born 21 October 1971) is an English jewelry designer
Jewelry designer
A jewellery designer or jewelry designer is a person who renders original jewellery creations and usually constructs them as well...

, socialite
Socialite
A socialite is a person who participates in social activities and spends a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained at fashionable upper-class events....

 and former model.

Early life

Jagger was born in Paris, France. She is the only child of Bianca
Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger is a Nicaraguan-born social and human rights advocate and a former actress and model...

 (née Macias), a Nicaraguan-born actress and philanthropist, and Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....

, an English musician and actor. In her early years, Jagger and her family lived on London's fashionable Cheyne Walk
Cheyne Walk
Cheyne Walk , is a historic street in Chelsea, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It takes its name from William Lord Cheyne who owned the manor of Chelsea until 1712. Most of the houses were built in the early 18th century. Before the construction in the 19th century of the busy...

 in Chelsea
Chelsea, London
Chelsea is an area of West London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road and Chelsea Harbour. Its eastern boundary was once defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above...

. Jagger's parents divorced in 1978; subsequently, she spent most of her time living in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

 with her jet-set mother and was often dropped off at the Factory
The Factory
The Factory was Andy Warhol's original New York City studio from 1962 to 1968, although his later studios were known as The Factory as well. The Factory was located on the fifth floor at 231 East 47th Street, in Midtown Manhattan. The rent was "only about one hundred dollars a year"...

 to be babysat by her mother's friend, pop artist Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...

. In Manhattan, Jagger attended the Spence School
Spence School
The Spence School is an American all-girls independent school in New York City, founded in 1892 by Clara B. Spence.-Overview:Spence has about 688 students, with K-4 representing the Lower School, 5-8 representing the Middle School, and 9-12 representing the Upper School. Lower school average class...

. At the age of 14, she enrolled in the all-girls boarding school in St Mary’s
St Mary's School (Calne)
St Mary's Calne, is an academically selective independent school at Calne, Wiltshire, for girls aged eleven to eighteen, with about 320 on roll. Most girls are boarders...

, Calne
Calne
Calne is a town in Wiltshire, southwestern England. It is situated at the northwestern extremity of the North Wessex Downs hill range, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....

, England.

Career

In 1996, Jade set up Jade Inc. with Tamsin De Roemer designing jewellery, and in 2001 she began working as the Creative Director for Garrard
Garrard & Co
Garrard & Co is a luxury jewellery and silver company founded by George Wickesin London in 1735. Its current base is at Albemarle Street in Mayfair, London, its USA flagship store is in New York. The company also has a presence in Tokyo, New York, Dubai, Moscow and Hong Kong...

, the English company dealing in high-end jewelry. She worked there until 2006 and now promotes a lifestyle concept called "Jezebel" (her middle name), which fuses music, clothing, and lifestyle through original recordings, remixes, unplugged sessions, and fashion. She also owns a building with luxury condo units in Manhattan and has worked as a lingerie model.

In 2001, she appeared as herself in the film, chronicling a year in the life of her father, Being Mick
Being Mick
Being Mick is a 2001 television film which chronicles the life of Mick Jagger for one year. Much of the film was filmed by Mick using a handheld camera. The film documents his recording of the Goddess in the Doorway album, as well as daily life including his family and friends...

.

In 2008, Jade's career was revived, courtesy of Belvedere. Best known in accessory circles for her gig as creative director at Garrard, Jade had created the "Jagger Dagger," a sword boasting an 18-carat white gold hilt studded with 12 carats (2.4 g) of brilliant-cut diamonds, 42 pale sapphires, and inlaid with a central blue lapis lazuli square.

In 2009, Jade was featured in an in-depth video clip for Observer Women's Magazine, sharing one of her creations, something she refers to as her "artwork", a "ribbon bracelet" which features some "easily available household things" such as; a "skull and wings", a tiny "palm tree, sort of reminds me of my home in Ibiza", a bunch of safety pins, "funky little bits and bobs", e.g. a little key trinket, of which Jade reveals, "I kinda like the way a key symbols things", and confesses that she loves encorporating "all sorts of symbols and thoughts into my jewellery and little things they mean to you".

In 2009 Jade appeared as herself in one episode of Paris Hilton's British Best Friend
Paris Hilton's British Best Friend
Paris Hilton's British Best Friend is a British reality television show where Paris Hilton searches for her new British best friend and is the second incarnation of the My New BFF franchise....

.

In 2010, Jade collaborated with Swedish fashion and interior brand INDISKA. The collection was named Jade Jagger for INDISKA.

In 2010, Jade redesigned the iconic Guerlain
Guerlain
Guerlain is a French perfume house, among the oldest in the world. It has a large and loyal customer following, and is held in high esteem in the perfume industry...

 Shalimar EDP bottle.

She is currently the face of the up-and-coming brand Eleven Paris in its Fall 2010 ads.

Personal life

While preparing for her A-Levels
GCE Advanced Level
The Advanced Level General Certificate of Education, commonly referred to as an A-level, is a qualification offered by education institutions in England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Cameroon, and the Cayman Islands...

 at Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies
Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies
Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies is an independent sixth form college located on Station Road off Hills Road in central Cambridge, England.The college offers GCSE and GCE courses...

, she began a relationship with fellow student Piers Jackson. She and Piers did not marry, but had two daughters together, Assisi Lola Jackson (born 2 July 1992) and Amba Isis Jackson (born 26 May 1996). Their relationship lasted about nine years. In 2004 she began dating DJ Dan Williams, there were reports that they married in February 2009 but she has denied this. They live in London and on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza
Ibiza
Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...

.
Jade is the half-sister of Karis Jagger (born 1970), Elizabeth Jagger
Elizabeth Jagger
Elizabeth "Lizzy" Scarlett Jagger is an English-American model and actress. She is the oldest daughter of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, and the paternal half-sister to Jade Jagger.-Early life and career:...

 (born 1984), James Jagger (born 1985), Georgia May Jagger (born 1992), Gabriel Jagger (born 1997), and Lucas Jagger (born 1999).

She is of English, Australian and Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

n ancestry.

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