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A Story Rooted in Grace Farah Kafaipour’s journey began far from the real estate signs and sun-soaked homes of Southern California....

Early sketch of the emerald piece by Amy, to be unveiled at Brax’s 20th Anniversary and the Gabriel & Co. Trunk Show. An Emerald Set That...

Amy in Laguna Niguel showroom opening day, March 2024. “I’ll take care of it.” That’s what I heard. Soft, steady, right behind me in the...

Amy in an orphanage in Iran. I was in the PICU elevator, going down, when a memory from many years ago came rushing back. “How is she? I...

Baby Amy with her late father. I was a daddy’s girl. He loved me so much, and I was his everything. But the story didn’t begin that way....

A young Amy Astaraee, in the early days of Brax, examining a diamond ring. Recently, I was reading The Art of Living by Thích Nhất Hạnh ,...

How I accidentally started a business, chose a name on the freeway, and got married all in one weekend. It was a Friday around noon in...

My first buying trip in downtown L.A., and how the road appeared when I started walking it. I was driving… and driving… and driving,...

How one woman’s trust gave me the courage to keep going , and how her daughter brought the story full circle 20 years later. “I’m looking...