Brooch
Brooches remain a timeless accessory in the UK jewellery market, appealing to customers seeking classic elegance or contemporary statement pieces. For jewellers and designers, they offer creative opportunities to showcase craftsmanship, while wholesalers and retailers benefit from their resurgence in fashion-led collections and gifting trends.
Jewellery Focus covers the brooch sector with insights on design trends, market demand, product launches, and the role of brooches in driving sales for both luxury and affordable jewellery lines. We also report on supply chain updates and opportunities for professionals to capitalise on this versatile category.
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Jul- 2014 -31 JulyEvents
Goldsmiths’ Fair names Zaha Hadids’s favourites
Organisers at the Goldsmiths’ Fair have revealed the 21 pieces of work chosen by renowned architect, Zaha Hadid. The selection of work will be named ‘Zaha Hadid Selects’. David Mills, the Goldsmiths’ Company head of communications, said: “Drawing on her cutting-edge design aesthetic, our first guest curator, Zaha Hadid, has…
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8 JulyTaking Stock
Kleshna Centenary Poppy Brooch
The Kleshna Centenary Poppy Brooch and unisex Lapel Pin are handmade with silken Soutache cord and finished with sparkling crystal. Soutache is the traditional military application of a special silken dual core cord developed in the 15th Century and still used to this day. Swirls of silken Soutache braid were…
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4 JulyEvents
Mario Masenza collaboration jewellery to be sold at auction
Jewellery produced in the mid-20th century by artists in collaboration with Italian jeweller Mario Masenza will be sold in a 220-lot sale of fine jewellery at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions. The wider auction will feature collections from the UK and Europe, spanning across the late 18th Century through Victorian, Edwardian…
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Mar- 2014 -14 MarchDesigners
ARCHIVE: An interview with acclaimed designer Theo Fennell
We caught up with London-based jewellery designer THEO FENNELL, whose flamboyant pieces caught the eye of one Elton John decades ago. Here, he ruminates on what it takes to be successful, and how the industry has changed. Give us a potted history of your career and how you got to where you…
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May- 2013 -24 MayDesigners
The Queen debuts Kristjan Eyjolfsson brooch at Chelsea Flower Show
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II wore a specially-commissioned brooch designed and handmade by Icelandic jewellery designer and maker Kristjan Eyjolfsson at her annual private visit to the Chelsea Flower Show.
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Jan- 2013 -4 JanuaryCelebrities
Queen wears BJA brooch at Sandringham
The UK jewellery industry received a much-needed boost on Christmas day, as Her Majesty the Queen wore the winning design from the British Jewellers’ Association’s (BJA) Jubilee brooch competition.
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Dec- 2012 -19 DecemberProduct Launches
Birmingham Assay Office “privileged” to be part of brooch collaboration
Marking the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year, the Birmingham Assay Office joined with members of the British Jewellers’ Association (BJA) to create a spectacular platinum, gold and diamond brooch, which was given to Her Majesty on 5 December.
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Nov- 2012 -22 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Gloucestershire jewellery burglary leads to appeal for return
An appeal has been launched to trace the whereabouts of jewellery stolen in the Forest of Dean area.
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Oct- 2012 -31 OctoberDesigners
Emma Bunton and TOWIE stars among first celebrities wearing Kleshna poppies
Emma Bunton and The Only Way Is Essex stars Joey Essex and Lucy Mecklenburgh have recently been seen on the red carpet donning a vibrant Kleshna crystal poppy brooch.
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Aug- 2012 -9 AugustTrade Organisations
BJA Diamond Jubilee brooch competition finalists announced
The British Jewellery Association (BJA) has selected six finalists for its Diamond Jubilee brooch competition.
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