Trang Do
Jewellery for a State of Self

For Trang Do, jewellery has never been only about adornment. It is a way of holding memory, emotion and identity in a form worn close to the body. As the founder and Creative Director of Kimjoux, the London-based fine jewellery house she created, Trang has built a design language around one belief: the most meaningful pieces are not made simply for occasions, but for states of being.

Her path into fine jewellery was not shaped by inheritance or easy access. Trang arrived in London from Vietnam at sixteen, alone, without industry connections or a financial safety net. Her early years were built through persistence, from folding denim at Diesel to working at Vivienne Westwood and interning at Kurt Geiger. At the time, she also used the name Tracey, a practical way to navigate a new environment and an industry that was not always easy to enter.

A role at Cartier marked a decisive shift. Over more than a decade with Cartier, Graff Diamonds and House of Garrard, Trang came to understand jewellery as more than a luxury object. It became a language of memory, symbolism and personal meaning. She saw how a ring, a stone or a setting could carry family history and emotional weight. Yet her own relationship with heritage came from a very different place.

Growing up in Vietnam, Trang saw families rebuild their lives after war. In her own family, much of the past survived only through faded photographs. There were no jewels passed down through generations, no heirlooms to preserve. That absence became an important part of her creative thinking, leading to a question that continues to shape her work: if meaning is not inherited, can it be created?

This question sits at the heart of Kimjoux. Through the philosophy of “State of Self”, Trang creates jewellery that reflects who a person is, what they are moving through, or who they are becoming. Her three signature collections give form to this idea: The Shift for change, The Current for energy and presence, and The Blueprint for a future self, deliberately imagined and designed.

Trang’s personal journey is closely tied to this philosophy. After years of building her career as Tracey, she later chose to reclaim her Vietnamese name and identity. She had entered fine jewellery under one name, but she would build her own brand as Trang. That quiet return to self gives her work honesty and emotional depth.

Her creative process balances intimacy with precision. Working with 18k gold, platinum, natural diamonds and coloured gemstones, Trang approaches each material with care. Stones are selected not only for technical quality, but for how they carry light, colour and feeling within a specific design. From sapphires, rubies and emeralds to Jedi spinel and Brazilian Paraiba, each choice is made for both visual strength and emotional resonance.

Bespoke commissions remain central to her practice. Each piece is made to order with master goldsmiths in London, with no repeated templates or standardised designs. The process begins with conversation, then unfolds through material selection, form and craftsmanship, resulting in jewellery that feels personal without being sentimental, refined without feeling distant.

The name Kimjoux also reflects Trang’s world. “Kim” means precious metal in Vietnamese, while “bijoux” is French for jewellery. Together, they suggest a meeting point between cultures, memories and design traditions.

Today, Trang Do’s work stands as a quiet expression of self-making. Without inherited heirlooms, she creates new ones. Without following fixed ideas of luxury, she offers jewellery as something more intimate: a marker of transformation, intention and becoming.