Ann King Lagos, REALM Fine + Fashion Jewelry

“The best advice I ever received was from my mom, who said, just get up and get on with it.”

Ann King Lagos, Founder + Designer REALM Fine + Fashion Jewelry, shared the story behind her title with us on December 23, 2024.

Of the interview, our founder and host, Sue Rocco, says: “Listen in as I sit down with with Ann to talk about her tomboy beginning in Peeksville, NY, to her love of all things hands-on, a difficult time in her life when losing her best friend and went through a divorce, and starting over again with the launch of her own jewelry company to inspire women.”

Ann began her career “at the bench,” hand-forging precious metals using traditional fine jewelry techniques. A chance meeting at a trade show led her to love, marriage and LAGOS®. For over two decades Ann and Steven Lagos collaborated to create one of the world’s top jewelry companies. When QVC came calling, Ann responded with the Ann King for QVC collection and sold it on air. Along the way her work garnered numerous awards, including Moore College of Art’s Visionary Women Award honoring outstanding women leaders who have made a powerful impact in the world of art and design.

Then life turned upside down. Ann and Steven divorced. She left the family business. Her daughter moved out on her own. Single, an empty nester and just about to turn 60, Ann could have called it quits for her career. Instead, she not only founded a new company, but also an entire new category in the fashion world.