I majored in fashion design in school, and I have always wanted to design my own line of clothing, jewelry, and stuff like that; so this was just a step for me in that direction, Diana Rose said.
So, now after working as a freelance designer and fabricator for many years she went into business for herself. Diana Rose became incorporated in 1989 and opened her first store in Garden City. She then moved to her current Ann Arbor location in 1995.
Diane Rose’s designs are inspired by the natural beauty of the stones she works with. Making her pieces custom wearable art utilizing fine gems, diamonds, minerals and fossils (many cut to her specifications) set in a variety of metals (Platinum, gold, silver, palladium, kuromido, and copper). Diane Rose strives to be on the cutting edge of design and technology. She has recently acquired a Rofin- Baasel laser welder that allows many designs come to fruition that had not been possible the conventional way.

