Rising Gems, which is a collaboration of some of the UK’s most celebrated, young jewelry designers, will form the topic of QVC UK programming Friday evening at 7 p.m. local time to coincide with London Jewellery Week.  Guest presenters will include Arabel Lebrusan, co-founder and creative director of Leblas, and Sara Ho, designer and founder of SHO Fine Jewellery.  “Rising Gems arose from recognising the need to celebrate emerging UK jewellery talent. This group of 10 jewellers boasts an impressive portfolio of achievements, including both UK and Italian Jewellery awards.” Retail Jeweller (UK) Jun. 10, 2010

 

QVC head of jewellery buying Vannessa Bartsch explains the lengths to which her company will go in order to bring new jewelery designs and talent to 23 million homes in the UK.  In addition to scouring for new up-and-comers at all the trade shows, the retailer has established paid-on-commission terms to make scaling up production easier for less established designers.  This month, QVC will host three hours of programming during London Jewellery Week dedicated to London-based designers. On June 11, the network will welcome Sho Fine Jewellery, Leblas, Tomasz Donocik and Kimberley Selwood during prime time slots between 7pm and 10pm.  About the potential perils creative types might face by working too closely with an enterprise like QVC, Bartsch says, “We want our designers to have their own handwriting … We have a lot of jewellery on QVC and if it all looked the same our customers wouldn’t want to buy from us.”  Professional Jeweller Jun. 1, 2010

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