THE only thing that can make the stars shine any brighter are some dazzling diamonds from celeb jewelry designer George Khalife.
Known to many as “George the Jeweler,” he certainly lives by the idea that the bigger the bling, the better.
You have most likely seen quite a few of Khalife’s blinding baubles.
Some of them cost over $100,000 and are just as famous as the A-listers who wear them, including the Kardashians.
Khalife, who has designed bling for big names including Gigi Hadid and Shakira, was in for a surprise when he saw one of his latest creations on Khloe Kardashian at the famed Ambani wedding in India.
“I didn’t even know where it was going to be worn,” he told The U.S. Sun.
“The idea just came to me and I created it and she wore it and I just said, ‘There we go.’
“It was just the most surreal, stop, rewind moment ever. It was so cool,” he continued.
For Khalife, it’s easy to keep up with the Kardashians when money is no object.
“Typically, when it comes to them, there’s not really a budget, which is fun,” he said.
Even at the wedding of the heir of the wealthiest man in India, estimated to have cost around $600 million, Khalife’s Kardashian design stole the show.
The piece features both of Khloe’s children’s names — True and Tatum — in two carats of diamonds.
It was originally commissioned by a friend of Khloe’s for her birthday.
“She came to me with an idea, and I suggested doing something with Khloe in mind,” he continued.
Her friend also brought him an image she wanted to emulate, but he took it to the next luxe level.
“I knew to pair it with the coolest chain that has a diamond every inch so it’s really pretty,” he added.
Khloe had reached out to me and asked if we could take her dog’s paw print and memorialize it, so I made a gold pendant.
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“It’s sentimental, and I knew she was going to love it.”
He turned out to be right.
She texted her friend the next day saying how “obsessed she was” with the piece.
“It was such a fun, unique experience, and I just love creating pieces like that,” he said.
Khalife was also wowed by Khloe’s whole wedding look.
“That outfit was absolutely stunning. She looked incredible. Her necklaces were insane,” he said.
“Working with the Kardashians is such a fulfilling experience,” he continued.
He recalled one sentimental piece in particular he made for Kendall during the pandemic when her dog had passed away.
“Khloe had reached out to me and asked if we could take her dog’s paw print and memorialize it, so I made a gold pendant,” he said.
I have had some stuff sent to Kim and made things for Kourtney, but Khloe is my favorite.
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He even got to see her real-time reaction on the family’s reality show.
“It was the most surreal feeling — Khloe actually gave the pendant to her sister on one of the Keeping Up with the Kardashians episodes,” he said.
“She wears that all the time.
“I have had some stuff sent to Kim and made things for Kourtney, but Khloe is my favorite. I love her. She’s so cool,” he continued.
He also helps Kylie keep her children’s names close to her heart.
Khalife created a “Stormi” nameplate for the lip brand founder billionaire a couple of years ago which she can also be seen wearing on a regular basis.
Khalife has decked out a slew of stars in his dramatic designs so that they can shine bright like a diamond — lots of them.
One of the most bedazzling pieces of bling he has ever created was a necklace that spelled out the word “love” for the late singer Aaron Carter.
“It was maybe the size of my arm. It was probably one of the biggest things I’ve ever made,” he said.
When somebody is spending that kind of money, you want to make sure they’re happy with the results.
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“That was one of the more memorable pieces that really got up there in terms of cost,” he continued.
“It was all diamonds and it was nerve-wracking working on something like that because I’m such a perfectionist, especially with my clients, because I consider them friends first.
“When somebody is spending that kind of money, you want to make sure they’re happy with the results.”
Making sure he is able to add some sparkle to every star’s special occasion is all in a day’s work for Khalife.
One small but sentimental sparkler he gifted to Gigi Hadid when her baby daughter Kai was born became an instant bestseller.
The bracelet was meant to pay homage to the model’s Middle Eastern background, something which nobody understands better than Khalife.
“In our culture, we believe in the evil eye which keeps the hate and negativity away,” he said.
He even made a matching bracelet for Zayn Malik, the former One Direction singer, and Hadid’s partner at the time.
“I woke up the next day to I think 300 sales,” he said.
“It was one of the most crazy moments of my career just because of how fast it picked up. When something goes viral like that, it’s instant,” he added.
“That bracelet is more valuable to me than any amount of money. Just seeing the sentiment and being there for Gigi means everything to me,” he added.
He also created something that he knew would have to really pop for pop superstar Shakira and her fans.
The Latina singer’s wolf pack will now be able to purchase the wolf charm with single diamond she had commissioned from Khalife.
“It was a cool moment too because she loved the piece so much that we’re in the works for her to make it as her logo and to use it on other branding and some other pieces,” he said.
He recalls when he first connected with Shakira after first sending her a pendant of her name spelled out in Arabic.
“She has the cutest voice and told me how thankful she was for me, so that really helped me break the barrier with her,” he said.
Khalife, who has designed diamonds for Megan Fox, is also working with singer Noah Cyrus on a private new piece.
“She’s an amazing person to work with,” he said.
He shared how Miley’s sister had previously collaborated with him to create a “stunning” diamond tennis necklace for her and her mom.
Instagram is my walking, working business card.
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The piece featured her grandmother’s picture and had diamonds all the way around the bezel.
“It was just such a beautiful piece,” he said.
“It was so much fun to create and it was just such a good feeling because I was there providing sentiment,” he continued.
He also joined fourteen karat forces with Kardashian bestie Malika Haqq at the request of the Jewelers Board of America, as he is a member of the organization.
He helped design a thick bangle with diamonds in the shape of Roman numerals to signify a crucial date in her son’s life.
Khalife also knows all of the breaking personal and professional developments in the A-listers’ lavish lives so he can make something equally luxe just for them.
“I have a list of celebrities I try to keep tabs on and find out what the right time is to send something,” he said.
“A lot of this business is keeping up to date with everything that’s going on and reaching out at the perfect moment,” he added.
Khalife, who has been working with celebrities for the past decade, has made a name for himself in the jewelry business since taking his father’s Michigan-based wholesale company to dazzling new heights.
He also relies on social media to help him reach the stars — literally.
“Instagram is my walking, working business card,” he said.
“Everybody should be posting their art, I’m such a firm believer in that, you never know who is going to run by your profile,” he added.
He also gives credit to his best friend and singer, Christina Milian, for helping him to grow his glittering empire.
Aside from helping to “open doors for him,” he and the artist launched their House of Fine Gold line together.
For Khalife, there’s more to his designs than what’s on the sparkling surface.
“I think jewelry nowadays has taken on such a different meaning,” he said.
“You’ll see so many more things that are personalized and custom and it kind of becomes unique to the person that somebody else can’t have and I appreciate that,” he continued.
