Robo Bro

Los Angeles, California, 2008

Charles Arnaud Demeester, the son of jewelry designer Catherine Michiels, has designed and launched his first creation known as ‘Robo Bro’—a sterling silver pendant in the form of a robot with attitude.

“I first created Robo Bro in some paintings I made when we were living in New York,” says Charles. “I sold them to people in the street; five dollars for the small ones and ten for the larger ones. I was seven at the time.”

More recently, Charles refined the design providing detail to the ‘Robo Bro’s’ internals as seen from the back of the mini sculpture. The result is the cocky and charming pendant that is a reflection of the designer’s personality. The ‘Robo Bro’ pendant will soon be accompanied by a T-shirt sporting the likeness.

Charles is currently in the seventh grade at a French-American school in Los Angeles and speaks French and English with equal ease. Last year, Charles received the Athlete of the Year trophy at school where he excels at soccer and baseball. He is also active in off-road motorcycling and is an accomplished skateboarder.

Fans of his mother’s creations include Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Kate Bosworth, Sandra Bullock, Ellen DeGeneres, Macy Gray, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, Helen Hunt, Sharon Stone, Uma Thurman and Naomi Watts. Charles has set his sites on a slightly different market for ‘Robo Bro’. “I can see kids my age wearing “Robot Bro’, but I think some adults will want him, too. Except they’ll probably want him in gold with diamond eyes.” He adds, “’Robo Bro’ is cool, like ‘Bob’, one of my mom’s designs. Everyone likes ‘Bob’ no matter what age they are. I think ’Robot Bro’ will get the same reaction.”

’Robo Bro’ can be found at: www.catherinemichiels.com