Pearl dynasty: Meet the heir designing Paspaley’s new era of luxury

Pearls now deliver less than 40% of Paspaley’s turnover, but creative director Christine Salter is keeping the 90-year-old family name synonymous with luxury, drawing on its wild Kimberley origins to win a new generation of customers.

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Christine Salter, the granddaughter of the founder of the Paspaley pearling dynasty and for the past eight years its creative director, had gone to visit an isolated pearl farm on the wild Kimberley coast.