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About PremiumPearl.com

PremiumPearl.com is a San Francisco based online pearl jewelry retailer. It specializes in classic, custom, and modern pearl jewelry.

About the Founder
Iris Lee, a recognized expert in the pearl industry, is founder and creative director of premiumpearl.com. She founded premiumpearl.com in 2003 with the aim to provide the most beautiful pearls at the best value. Premiumpearl.com has now grown to be one of the leading online pearl jewelry retailers. Premium Pearl jewelry is frequently seen in well known magazines such as Audrey Magazine, Latina, Family Circle, and LA Brides.

Iris brings years of experience in selecting top quality pearls. To ensure premiumpearl.com quality standards are met, she flies all over the world choosing every pearl used in Premium Pearl designs. Her expertise ranges from selecting the rarest of South Sea pearls to combing French Polynesia for Tahiti’s famous, lustrous black pearls. Iris says, "Each pearl is unique, a natural work of art. It’s important to me that I pick only the most refined ones that reflect the quality of our designs."

Iris is also a talented jewelry designer. One of Iris’s designs, a set of Akoya pearl earrings, was recently featured by Lloyd Boston. The renowned fashion stylist called her jewelry "a match made in heaven." Hollywood stars such as Fergie and Tamara Braun love the Tahitian and South Sea pearl jewelry from her designs.