Miansai nomura biography of michael

There can't be many people who can claim to have created a whole new fashion category - in this case affordable yet beautifully crafted men's jewellery - before they've even left college, but Michael Saiger, founder of Miansai, is not like most people.

Saiger was single-minded from a young age about his ambition to be an "inventor".

He was brought up in New York and his mother was an antiques dealer so his respect for quality and heritage is ingrained and his attention to detail is nothing short of obsessive. Even the USB stick he proffers with his brand information on it is made from a beautiful polished brass and is finished with a loop of his signature nautical rope (frankly you could hang it round your neck and it would pass for a nice pendant) and when I produce a paperback notebook (albeit a very nice one) from my bag to record the interview in, he says rather sweetly "oh, you should have said, I would have brought you