Pade Vavra, (a Czech name) born and raised in Los Angeles, is the designer of two distinctive jewelry collections: Pade Vavra Fine Jewelry & PADE by Pade Vavra. Both established in 1999. Both collections are made entirely in the USA. Pade Vavra Fine Jewelry is comprised of diamonds, gold, precious and semi-precious stones, raw Herkimer diamonds, and her signature, 50 million year-old shark teeth. PADE by Pade Vavra features 22kt gold and platinum plated metal, with provocative gems. From conception to creation, this purely artistic approach transcends trend jewelry, because life is too short to wear mass produced jewelry. Each and every piece that she creates is an expression of her personal style. The lovely Mila Kunis, in the feature film "Forgetting Sarah Marshall", wore Pade's gold vermeil shark tooth necklace. Her pieces have also been featured in hit television shows such as, Entourage, Gossip Girl, American Idol, & So You Think You Can Dance. Additionally, Pade's designs have been consistently featured in numerous magazines such as In Style, Elle, Lucky, W, Town & Country & Japanese Vogue. Her pieces have been worn by some of the most respected, beautiful, and talented artists that include: Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Cameron Diaz, Michelle Williams, Gwyneth Paltrow, Demi Moore, Alicia Keys, Naomi Watts, Mark Ryden, and Yoko Ono. Majoring in Art History in college, she then enrolled in the Interior Design program, at UCLA. After graduating, she worked as a desi