Eddie Borgo
{{Short description|American Jewelry Designer}}
Eddie Borgo (born June 1, 1978) is an American jeweller and is the founder of and serves as creative director of luxury accessory house Eddie Borgo.
Borgo has been celebrated as one of the most notable jewellery designers of the 21st century,{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=Norman Jean |date=2012-08-16 |title=The Vogue 120: The Stylish Singers, Designers, Actors, Models, and More (Under 45) of the Moment |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/the-vogue-120-the-stylish-singers-designers-actors-models-and-more-under-45 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} his work has been featured globally in magazines{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Eric |date=2011-03-02 |title=Eddie Borgo: It's All About Him |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/fashion/03ROW.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} and trade publications and worn by celebrities such as Rihanna,{{Cite web |date=2017-09-26 |title=19 QUESTIONS FOR RIHANNA, FROM 20 OF HER FRIENDS AND FANS |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a12119568/rihanna-the-totality-cover-story-october-2017/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=ELLE |language=en-US}} Madonna, Emma Stone,{{Cite web |date=2012-08-19 |title=Emma Stone |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/emma-stone |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}} Julianne Moore,{{Cite web |date=2017-10-24 |title=Julianne Moore {{!}} Blonde Hair {{!}} InStyle 2017 |url=https://www.fashiongonerogue.com/photo-shoot/julianne-moore-instyle-2017-cover/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |language=en-US}} Diane Kruger, Miley Cyrus.{{Cite web |last=Brillson |first=Leila |title=Miley Cyrus Met Gala Red Carpet Pictures |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2013/05/46614/miley-cyrus-met-gala-pictures |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=www.refinery29.com |language=en}} Borgo’s work has served as inspiration for both jewellery designers and creative directors. Vogue Magazine has called Borgo’s work ‘inimitable’.{{Cite web |last=Achara |first=Esther Adams |date=2010-05-15 |title=Up-and-Coming New York Designers: New Guard |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/up-and-coming-new-york-designers-new-guard |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}
He has credited the architecture of New York City with inspiring his approach to jewellery design, taking common hardware elements and reconsidering them as luxury jewellery pieces.{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Karin |title=PULSE; Heavy Metal Hit |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9C03EFDC1F3AF930A1575BC0A96F9C8B63.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=query.nytimes.com |language=en}} Considered a pioneer within the jewellery world,{{Cite news |last=Beckett |first=Kathleen |date=2015-03-17 |title=Jewelry That Breaks With Tradition |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/style/international/jewelry-that-breaks-with-tradition.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Borgo introduced minimal silhouettes inspired by punk iconography,{{Cite web |last=Lau |first=Venessa |date=2008-09-05 |title=Punk Love |url=https://wwd.com/feature/punk-love-1740032-1623851/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=WWD |language=en-US}} such as padlocks.{{Cite web |date=2011-03-21 |title=Eddie Borgo |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/eddie-borgo |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}} His early work included bracelets created from repeated conical, pyramidal, cylindrical, cubed and domed shapes.{{Cite web |last=Holgate |first=Mark |date=2009-09-14 |title=Is there Anyone Who Doesn't Own This Eddie Borgo Bangle? |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/vd-is-there-anyone-who-doesnt-own-this-eddie-borgo-bangle |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} Borgo’s work has been included in various manuscripts and published books{{Cite web |last=Mallard |first=Par Anne-Sophie |date=2012-11-19 |title="The New Jewelers", la nouvelle garde de la joaillerie |url=https://www.vogue.fr/joaillerie/a-lire/diaporama/the-new-jewelers-la-nouvelle-garde-de-la-joaillerie-olivier-dupon-livre-ditions-thames-hudson/9672 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue France |language=fr-FR}} noting his design approach,{{Cite web |date=2011-01-01 |title=Accessories Insider: Eddie Borgo |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/eddie-borgo-jewelry |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=W Magazine |language=en}} and examples of his work are included in the collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the British Museum in London.{{Cite news |title=badge {{!}} British Museum |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2013-4082-1 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230419011129/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2013-4082-1 |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2025-01-26 |work=The British Museum |language=en}}
In early interviews, Borgo credited his love of jewellery to jewellers of the past. He credits jewellers Elsa Peretti, Art Smith, Alexander Calder,{{Cite web |last=Borgo |first=Eddie |date=2014-08-06 |title=WWD Postcard: Eddie Borgo in Los Angeles |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/wwd-postcard-eddie-borgo-in-los-angeles-7828303/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=WWD |language=en-US}} Tina Chow, Harry Bertoia, Claude Lalanne, Pierre Cardin{{Cite web |date=2011-12-07 |title=Eddie Borgo |url=https://www.vogue.it/en/vogue-talents/news/2011/12/07/eddie-borgo/?refresh_ce= |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Vogue.it |language=en}} and Robert Lee Morris{{Cite web |last1=from 2004-15 |first1=Booth Moore As Los Angeles Times fashion critic |last2=Paris |first2=Booth Moore logged tens of thousands of miles covering the runways from L. A. to |last3=Lagerfeld |first3=interviewing style leaders such as Karl |last4=Ford |first4=Tom |last5=Versace |first5=Donatella |date=2013-12-08 |title=Jewelry designer Robert Lee Morris inspires a new generation |url=https://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-1124-robert-morris-20131206-story.html |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} as his greatest sources of inspiration.{{Cite web |date=2010-07-23 |title=Eddie Borgo's Refined Street Jewelry and What He Wants to See Women Wear |url=https://www.elle.com/fashion/accessories/tips/g2172/eddie-borgos-take-on-street-jewelry-456124/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=ELLE |language=en-US}} He has cited the American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe as another source of inspiration, dedicating an early collection to Mapplethorpe’s sculptural latticed frames{{Cite web |last=Achara |first=Esther Adams |date=2011-09-27 |title=First Look: Eddie Borgo Spring 2012 |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/first-look-eddie-borgo-spring-2012 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} created while Mapplethorpe was still a young student at Brooklyn’s Pratt University.{{Cite web |last=Zalopany |first=Chelsea |date=2012-03-12 |title=Building With Eddie Borgo |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/building-with-eddie-borgo/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=T Magazine |language=en-US}} He has also cited American interior designer Bill Willis as a source of inspiration.{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=T. |date=2014-03-12 |title=Paris Through Eddie Borgo's Eyes |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/travel-diary-paris-through-eddie-borgos-eyes/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=T Magazine |language=en-US}} Other artists Borgo has said inspire his work include Sol LeWitt, Donald Judd, Tony Smith, Richard Serra, Anne Truitt, Louise Bourgeois, and Dan Flavin. “I appreciate art as structure” Borgo has said.{{Cite web |last=Vogue |date=2011-05-25 |title=The Whitney Art Party |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/whitney-art-party-2011 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}
Early life
Borgo was born in the city of Columbus{{Cite web |last=d'Annunzio |first=Grazia |date=2011-12-07 |title=Eddie Borgo |url=https://www.vogue.it/talents/storie-di-successo/2011/12/eddie-borgo |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue Italia |language=it-IT}} in the Midwest in the United States but lived there for less than a year before moving to New York, and then on to Atlanta, Georgia.{{Cite web |title=Eddie Borgo |url=https://www.scad.edu/content/eddie-borgo |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=SCAD.edu |language=en}} Artistically inclined, Borgo took up drawing at an early age, played piano, and sang in choir. Borgo has stated in interviews that his family’s eventual move to Washington, DC as a teenager was the most formative time in his life.{{Cite web |last=Foley |first=Bridget |date=2012-04-09 |title=Eddie Borgo, Building the Business |url=https://wwd.com/feature/by-bridget-foley-the-young-man-in-the-now-signature-fedora-recalls-the-day-he-r-5848393-647770/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}
At the age of 18, Borgo moved to Richmond, Virginia where he completed the Art Foundation Program at Virginia Commonwealth University.{{Cite web |title=Art Foundation Program |url=https://arts.vcu.edu/academics/undergraduate/art-foundation-program/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=VCUarts |language=en}} At the age of 20, Borgo moved to New York City to begin studying fashion design at the New School. During this time, he worked as a page for the American Costume Designer William Ivey Long in a Chelsea Brownstone (before Ivey Long offered to sell the building to his next-door neighbor, artist Louise Bourgeois). Borgo also began taking Art History courses at Hunter College, developing an interest in the history of costume and costume theory; and the history of adornment. He also began working part time at Barney’s New York, then as part of the visual merchandising team at Donna Karan.{{Cite web |title=Eddie Borgo on His Jeans, His Jewelry, and Late-90s New York |url=https://jeanstories.com/the-stories/eddie-borgo-on-his-jeans-his-jewelry-and-late-90s-new-york/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Jean STORIES |language=en}} As a hobby, Borgo began taking metalsmithing courses and traveling to Providence, Rhode Island by train to apprentice for Alfredo DeLucia, A Rhode Island School of Design alum who apprenticed with master metalsmith John Prip.{{Cite web |last=Lau |first=Venessa |date=2011-08-15 |title=Eddie Borgo's Rhode Trip |url=https://wwd.com/feature/eddie-borgos-rhode-trip-5052880-861870/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}
Career
In 2007, while completing his bachelor’s degree at university, Borgo began assisting various fashion stylists on photo shoots. At this point, Borgo had begun to create pieces of jewellery from carved onyx, quartz and silver. Fashion stylists Camilla Nickerson,{{Cite web |date=2008-09-01 |title=Tilda Swinton |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/tilda-swinton-ss |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=W Magazine |language=en}} Patti Wilson,{{Cite web |title=Wild Mane Editorials |url=https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/november-2009-vogue-italia-beauty |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=TrendHunter.com |language=en}} Karl Templer,{{Cite web |last=Tonicgroup |title=Karl Templer, New York City Fashion Stylist and Creative Director |url=https://www.karltempler.com/editorial |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Karl Templer Studio |language=en}} Alex White,{{Cite web |date=2017-03-22 |title=How to Shop W's April 2017 Issue |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/where-to-buy-april-2017-issue |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=W Magazine |language=en}} and Keegan Singh,{{Cite web |title=Keegan Singh - Fashion Editor/Stylist |url=https://models.com/people/keegan-singh |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=MODELS.com}} began to request use of Borgo’s jewellery to include in their editorial photo shoots. Fashion designers Joseph Altuzarra, Phillip Lim,{{Cite web |last=MacDonell |first=Nancy |date=2010-01-07 |title=The Nifty 50 {{!}} Eddie Borgo, Jeweler |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/the-nifty-50-eddie-borgo-jeweler/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=T Magazine |language=en-US}} Marchesa, and Camilla Stærk{{Cite web |last=Clott |first=Sharon |date=2008-09-16 |title=Jewelry Designer Eddie Borgo Doesn't Care About Trends |url=https://www.thecut.com/2008/09/jewelry_designer_eddie_borgo_d.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=The Cut |language=en}} also commissioned Borgo to create pieces for their runway presentations. Borgo has said in interviews that it was these commissions that inspired the creation of the jewellery pieces that would become his first collection of jewellery.{{Cite web |last=B |first=EDWARD |date=2025-01-27 |title=W MAGAZINE |url=https://www.eddieborgo.com/blogs/press/w-magazine |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=EDDIE BORGO}} In the summer of 2008, Borgo formally presented his debut collection of 10 pieces of jewellery in a suite at the storied Algonquin Hotel in midtown Manhattan.{{Cite web |title=Eddie Borgo's Jewelry Studio in Nolita - Coveteur: Inside Closets, Fashion, Beauty, Health, and Travel |url=https://coveteur.com/2016/05/05/eddie-borgo-nolita-studio-tour/# |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=coveteur.com |language=en}}
This initial collection was received with critical acclaim, London-based fashion writer Bronwyn Cosgrave calling Borgo ‘a modern day Kenneth Jay Lane’.{{Cite web |last=B |first=EDWARD |date=2025-01-27 |title=LIBERTY OF LONDON |url=https://www.eddieborgo.com/blogs/press/liberty-of-london |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=EDDIE BORGO}} Borgo sold his initial collection to Colette in Paris,{{Cite web |last=Vogue |date=2011-03-05 |title=Photos: Friday Night Party Roundup |url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/colette-eddie-borgo-hogan-sergio-rossi-parties-photos |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} Barney’s New York,{{Cite magazine |date=2009-04-29 |title=Bazaar Loves: Eddie Borgo's spike earrings |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/trends/a5594/eddie-borgo-earrings/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |magazine=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-US}} Dover Street Market in London,{{Cite web |last=Yaeger |first=Lynn |date=2011-09-20 |title=Eddie Borgo Takes London |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/eddie-borgo-takes-london |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} and Joyce in Hong Kong.{{Cite web |last=Yotka |first=Steff |date=2015-10-15 |title=Eddie Borgo Shares His Hong Kong and Shanghai Travel Diary |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/eddie-borgo-hong-kong-shanghai-travel-diary |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}
In 2009, Borgo was commissioned by Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler to create jewellery.{{Cite web |date=2014-01-08 |title=A Conversation With Accessories Designer Eddie Borgo |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-conversation-with-acces_b_4559694 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} That same year Burberry commissioned him to create custom hardware for their trademark trench coats.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.eddieborgo.com/pages/about#timeline |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=EDDIE BORGO}}
In March 2010, Borgo was nominated for a CFDA by voting members of the global fashion community, winning the award and becoming a member of the CFDA.{{Cite web |title=CFDA |url=https://cfda.com/cfda-fashion-awards/2011/swarovski-award-for-accessory-design/nominee/eddie-borgo |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=cfda.com}} Later that year, Borgo received runner-up in the Vogue Fashion Fund{{Cite web |last=Vogue |date=2010-11-16 |title=The 2010 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/the-2010-cfdavogue-fashion-fund-dinner |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} and received a $150,000.00 USD award, moving his studio from a small space on 34th Street to a larger space in Nolita “Northern Little Italy” in downtown Manhattan. He was also granted a mentorship with then-CEO of Chanel, Maureen Chiquet. Borgo acknowledges his time with Chiquet as the most impactful in his career.{{Cite web |date=2015-11-04 |title=How Chanel's Maureen Chiquet Mentored Eddie Borgo |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/finance/how-chanels-maureen-chiquet-mentored-eddie-borgo/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=The Business of Fashion |language=en}}
Chiquet found Borgo “smart and ambitious with a real vision for his business. He has an incredible curiosity and hunger to learn about everything — from manufacturing to supply chain to sales to finance to management,” she offers via e-mail.{{Cite web |last=Foley |first=Bridget |date=2012-04-09 |title=Eddie Borgo, Building the Business |url=https://wwd.com/feature/by-bridget-foley-the-young-man-in-the-now-signature-fedora-recalls-the-day-he-r-5848393-647770/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}
The brainchild of stylist Keegan Singh, Borgo began a viral advertising campaign wherein he commissioned New York photographer Paul Maffi to shoot different notable women in New York City. Lauren Santo Domingo, Vanessa Traina, Kate Lanphear,{{Cite web |last=Odell |first=Amy |date=2010-07-16 |title=Elle's Kate Lanphear Stars in Eddie Borgo's New Online Campaign |url=https://www.thecut.com/2010/07/elles_kate_lanphear_stars_in_e.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=The Cut |language=en}} Tabitha Simmons, Giovanna Battaglia,{{Cite web |last=Holt |first=Emily |date=2011-01-13 |title=Eddie Borgo Spring 2011: The Girl With the Punk Earring |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/eddie-borgo-spring-2011-the-girl-with-the-punk-earring |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} Cecilia Dean,{{Cite web |last=Donoghue |first=Katy |date=2015-10-01 |title=Cecilia Dean on MOVE! A Free, Interactive Fashion & Art Event in New York |url=https://whitewall.art/art/cecilia-dean-on-move-a-free-interactive-fashion-art-event-in-new-york/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Whitewall |language=en-US}} Julia Restoin Roitfeld,{{Cite web |date=2013-05-30 |title=News: CFDA Awards Presenters Announced; Julia Restoin Roitfeld Fronts Eddie Borgo Campaign |url=https://www.elle.com/fashion/news/a23215/cfda-presenters-2013-julia-restoin-roitfeld-for-eddie-borgo/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=ELLE |language=en-US}} Anja Rubik,{{Cite web |title=Eddie Borgo S/S 13 (Eddie Borgo) |url=https://models.com/work/eddie-borgo-eddie-borgo-ss-13 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=MODELS.com}} and musician and Kills frontwoman Alison Mosshart{{Cite magazine |last=Nika |first=Colleen |date=2012-09-19 |title=The Kills' Alison Mosshart Models Eddie Borgo Jewelry |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-kills-alison-mosshart-models-eddie-borgo-jewelry-244835/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} all appeared in Eddie Borgo campaign imagery. Borgo attended the Met Gala with Rubik in 2012.{{Cite web |last=Achara |first=Esther Adams |date=2012-05-11 |title=Past Perfect: Anja Rubik's Met Gala Earrings by Eddie Borgo Available Made to Order at Moda Operandi |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/past-perfect-anja-rubiks-met-gala-earrings-by-eddie-borgo-available-made-to-order-at-moda-operandi |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}
In 2011, Borgo was selected as one of a five designers to be signed by the newly launched Fashion Division of CAA in Los Angeles. In July 2011, Borgo won the Tiffany & Co. Development Grant and was presented with $100,000.00 USD by Tiffany & Co. CEO Michael J. Kowalski “to further his burgeoning business and develop his jewelry designs as an independent entity”.{{Cite web |last=Vogue |date=2011-07-25 |title=Shining Lights: Monique Péan and Eddie Borgo Win the Tiffany & Co. Development Grant |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/shining-lights-monique-pan-and-eddie-borgo-win-the-tiffany-co-development-grant |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}
London-based curator Valery Demure discovered Borgo’s work and showed up, unannounced, to view his jewellery in a small hotel room he was staying in in Paris. Demure is credited with expanding the brand’s presence throughout the UK, Europe, UAE, and Asia.{{Cite web |title=British Fashion Council |url=https://www.britishfashioncouncil.co.uk/pressreleases/Exhibition-at-London-Fashion-Week |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=www.britishfashioncouncil.co.uk}}
For the American presidential election in 2012, Borgo created a limited edition brooch to support the Obama campaign.{{Cite magazine |date=2012-02-07 |title='Runway to Win': 18 Pieces of High-Fashion Merch the Obama Campaign Is Peddling |url=https://swampland.time.com/2012/02/07/runway-to-win-18-pieces-of-high-fashion-merch-the-obama-campaign-is-peddling/photo/product_borgo/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |magazine=Time |language=en-US |issn=0040-781X}} The brooch was created from debossed sterling silver and features the campaign slogan, ‘Greater Together’. Examples of the brooch are held in the United States at the Duke University Library Collection in Durham,{{Cite web |title=Pin with text: Greater Together Obama 2012 (Eddie Borgo Runway to Win), 2012 - Archives & Manuscripts at Duke University Libraries |url=https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/hubbardkenneth_aspace_75fbe91901844c54c5a23c8272fff81a |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |language=en}} North Carolina and at the British Museum in London.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-19 |title=badge {{!}} British Museum |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2013-4082-1 |access-date=2025-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419011129/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2013-4082-1 |archive-date=19 April 2023 }}
In 2013, Borgo was asked by Andrew Bolton, the curator of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, to create an activity for the young patrons of the museum. Borgo created a do-it-yourself bracelet bar at the museum to celebrate the exhibit titled PUNK: Chaos to Couture.{{Cite web |title=PUNK: Chaos to Couture |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2013/PUNK |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art}} Borgo attended the MET Ball with actress Aubrey Plaza.{{Cite web |title=Photos from Famous Friends at the 2013 Met Gala |url=https://www.eonline.com/photos/8818/famous-friends-at-the-2013-met-gala |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=E! Online}}
In 2015, with the guidance of Maureen Chiquet, Borgo launched a collection of handbags{{Cite web |date=2015-08-17 |title=Brand New Bag |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/joseph-altuzarra-eddie-borgo |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=W Magazine |language=en}} with articulated hardware,{{Cite web |date=2015-07-02 |title=Eddie Borgo's New Lightweight Handbags Are a Busy Girl's Godsend |url=https://www.elle.com/fashion/accessories/news/a29125/eddie-borgo-3d-bag/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=ELLE |language=en-US}} created in specialized Italian handbag ateliers.{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Lauren |date=2015-02-16 |title=Eddie Borgo Introduces Handbags |url=https://wwd.com/accessories-news/handbags/eddie-borgo-introduces-handbags-8187079/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=WWD |language=en-US}} That same year, Borgo was selected as the GO Target designer,{{Cite web |title=Out of This World: The Eddie Borgo for Target Look Book You Have to See |url=https://corporate.target.com/press/release/2015/06/out-of-this-world-the-eddie-borgo-for-target-look-book-you-have-to-see |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=corporate.target.com |language=en}} designing an Eddie Borgo x Target collection of DIY items for a younger clientele, consisting of both jewellery and handbags.{{Cite web |last=Decker |first=Vivienne |title=First Look: Eddie Borgo for Target |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/viviennedecker/2015/06/22/first-look-eddie-borgo-for-target/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Forbes |language=en}} London socialite Poppy Delevingne starred in Borgo's Target campaign.{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Sam |date=2015-05-20 |title=Eddie Borgo Is Target's Next Designer Collaboration |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/eddie-borgo-target-797107/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} In November 2015, Borgo received the Evolution Award from the American Accessories Council, Maureen Chiquet presented Borgo with his award at the ceremony at New York’s Cipriani 42nd Street.{{Cite web |date=2015-11-03 |title=Designer Eddie Borgo poses with his award at 19th Annual Accessories... |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/designer-eddie-borgo-poses-with-his-award-at-19th-annual-news-photo/495410432 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Getty Images |language=en-us}}
In 2016, Borgo collaborated with Tiffany & Company{{Cite web |last=Iredale |first=Jessica |date=2016-10-19 |title=Eddie Borgo Joins Tiffany & Co. As Collaborator |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/eddie-borgo-tiffany-10678095-10678095/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=WWD |language=en-US}} on a capsule collection of fine jewellery inspired by the sculptures of American socialite Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.{{Cite web |last=Barsamian |first=Edward |date=2016-12-06 |title=Cocktails at Tiffany's: Tiffany & Co., the CFDA, and Eddie Borgo Celebrate Their Capsule Collection |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/eddie-borgo-francesca-amfitheatrof-steven-kolb-tiffany-co-capsule-collection-new-york-cocktail-party |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} The collection marked Borgo’s foray into fine jewellery and consisted of 10 pieces of sculpted and draped 18 karat gold jewellery, each accented with a South Sea pearl.{{Cite web |last=Valle |first=Jane Keltner de |date=2016-11-10 |title=The Jewelry Collaboration That's Bringing New Life to Tiffany & Co. |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/eddie-borgo-jewelry-collaboration-bringing-new-life-to-tiffany-and-co |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Architectural Digest |language=en-US}} The capsule collection was featured in various publications globally.{{Cite web |last=Elwick-Bates |first=Emma |date=2016-10-19 |title=Eddie Borgo Introduces His Fine-Jewelry Line for Tiffany & Co. |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/eddie-borgo-fine-jewelry-collection-tiffany-and-co |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} “It’s less about Tiffany going downtown, than Eddie Borgo moving uptown,”{{Cite web |last=Elwick-Bates |first=Emma |date=2016-10-19 |title=Eddie Borgo Introduces His Fine-Jewelry Line for Tiffany & Co. |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/eddie-borgo-fine-jewelry-collection-tiffany-and-co |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} Borgo stated in the October 2016 issue of American Vogue.
Borgo moved his studio from New York to Los Angeles in March 2018.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-18 |title=Los Angeles Is (Finally) the Fifth Fashion Capital |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/luxury/los-angeles-is-finally-the-fourth-fashion-capital/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=The Business of Fashion |language=en}} In 2019, Borgo began working on his namesake collection of fine jewellery.{{Cite web |last=Shaw-Ellis |first=Daisy |date=2023-04-27 |title=Keep Your Jewelry Box Fresh—11 New Jewelry Designers to Know |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/new-jewelry-brands-designers |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} The collection was inspired by the palm tree{{Cite web |last=Style |first=C. California |date=2023-11-28 |title=Eddie Borgo's New Collection Is An Ode To The California Palm |url=https://magazinec.com/style/eddie-borgos-new-collection-is-an-ode-to-the-california-palm/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=C Magazine® |language=en-US}} and incorporated recycled 18 karat gold{{Cite news |date=2023-10-17 |title=A Paris Dining Space With One Motto: Come Hungry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/t-magazine/rose-chalalai-singh-kitchen.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} and antique ‘upcycled’ white diamonds.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-22 |title=Eddie Borgo's Natural Diamond Designs Are All the Rage |url=https://www.naturaldiamonds.com/responsible/eddie-borgo-new-natural-diamond-fine-jewelry-designs/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Only Natural Diamonds |language=en}} The collection was created over a five year period and debuted at the fine jewellery salon at Bergdorf Goodman in New York in November 2023.{{Cite web |last=Isaac-Goizé |first=Tina |date=2023-10-23 |title=On his own terms: Inside Edward Borgo's fine jewellery launch |url=https://www.voguebusiness.com/companies/on-his-own-terms-inside-edward-borgos-fine-jewellery-launch |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Vogue Business |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Borgo prefers to lead a private personal life, currently residing with his partner between New York City and Los Angeles. Both of his homes have been featured in various publications, noting Borgo’s vintage and antique jewellery and objet collections.{{Cite web |last=Nordstrom |first=Leigh |date=2016-07-18 |title=Eddie Borgo Paddle8 Auction |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/gallery/eddie-borgo-paddle8-auction-10492013/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}
Awards and honors
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|+ !Award !Year !Recipient(s) !Category !Ref. |
| Vogue Fashion Fund
|2010 |Eddie Borgo |Accessory Design |
| CFDA
|2011 |Eddie Borgo |Accessory Design |
| Tiffany & Co. Development Grant
|2011 |Eddie Borgo |Jewellery Design |
| Forbes 25 Most Innovative Consumer and Retail Brands
|2013 |Eddie Borgo |Jewellery Design |
| ACE Award for Evolution, American Accessories Council
|2015 |Eddie Borgo |Innovation in Accessory Design |
| Tiffany & Co. Capsule Collection (CFDA Award)
|2016 |Eddie Borgo |Jewellery Design |