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Pamela Love for TOPSHOP -Get excited now!
May 19th sees the launch of New York jewellery designer Pamela Love’s first range for Topshop. The designer, who has built up a celebrity fan base including Alexa Chung,Rachel Bilson and Bat for Lashes singer Natasha Khan, and has been nominated for CDFA Vogue Fashion Fund, has designed a fabulous collection based on Southern and Native American designs, this uses a range of strong metals and intricate carvings to create a fascinating collection. The new collection for Topshop is inspired by 1970s ‘Gypsy Rockers’ and contains mini collections entitled ‘The Dreamkeeper’, which includes a traditional wheel charm design on necklaces and earrings and is based in mysticism and magic, ‘Hearts…
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Ethical Jewellery – The way forward.
Fashion-Mommy has always considered herself to be a bit of a magpie. Since I was a young girl admiring my nan’s very heavy, charm laden bracelets, I have had a love of beautiful jewellery. But I have never really considered the origins of my much treasured pieces. Not once have I questioned whether my beautiful black and white diamond wedding ring was created from ethically sourced minerals. vulnerable workers, child labour , exploitation and appalling working conditions that include the use of toxic chemicals like cyanide and mercury and zero health and safety considerations were outside the remit of my safe and cosy world. But today, I had my eyes…