Michael Kra is an Ivorian jeweler higly in demand as a designer for such doyens of haute couture as Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Fraud, Pierre Balmain, Jean-Louis Scherrer, Ren, Mancini, Alphadi and many more.
Kra designs are characterized by his insitance on contrast between the sensuous quality of silver, melted glass, bauxite and terracotta and the beauty of the human skin. His Sumptuous creations are evocative of luxury, exoticism and eroticism.

Eager to bring his work outside the “salon feutré de mode “ he published in 2007 a photobook documenting his vast and varied work.