Archive for October, 2009

Wow, another busy week here at AMHQ, and looking back over the last month, it seems like the Christmas rush already - we’ve sent out so many orders!

So, for everyone looking for their nearest fully-stocked Alex Monroe stockist, why not try one of these……?!

In London:  J&C Martin, Charles Fish (and now stocked in their ‘Fish Brothers’ shop in Chelmsford too) Little 15, Cerise, KJ’s Laundry, Liberty, Indian Summer, Sefton and Powder.

Around the UK:  Norris of Beaulieu, Bloomsbury in Bath and Bristol, Berry Red - Hereford, Polkadot in their Exeter and Taunton shops, Twickel House, Much Wenlock - Shropshire, Benna Harry at Kirsty Doyle - Liverpool, Fenwick Newcastle, Arcadia in Cambridge, The Golden Sheaf, Narberth - Pembrokeshire, Enibas in Schull - West Cork and brand new stockist Seasons in Sheffield.

You can also check out John Lewis and Whistles stores around the UK, and Net-A-Porter have some great pieces too.

Worldwide, we now have lots more stockists in Germany, which is great….Amorph in Berlin, Catwalk in Hildesheim, Ichwareindirndl in Frankfurt, and Koesters in Munster.

And we also sent lovely pieces to:  Moochinside, Hardy’s Bay - Australia, Vale Novak, Ljubljana - Slovenia, and Coincidence in Tokyo.

And we spotted another celebrity wearing Alex Monroe! Up and coming Brit actress Carey Mulligan in wearing our Swallow & Sapphire Necklace in this month’s Elle……

Carey Mulligan in Elle

Right, that’s it for now…..all of us girls are off for some well-earned cocktails! x

I know a few of you have been waiting for this for a while… So I am happy to announce that the Aubergine and other new pieces from the Gardener Collection are now available online!

Aubergine Necklace

Garden Key Necklace

Tag Necklace

I hope you like them!

Best,

Susie x

We’ve been dying to tell you about this for ages…..

The gorgeous perfume house Penhaligon’s have created a truly amazing new scent called Amaranthine, which really is like nothing else I’ve ever smelt!

Working with master perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour, they have created an unusual and sensual aroma, described as “A corrupted floral oriental for those private moments when everything is anticipation”.

In case you’re wondering what all of this has to do with us, you can buy a limited edition version of the fragrance in a beautiful hand cut crystal bottle, complete with a removable Alex Monroe Butterfly Bracelet.

There are only 250 of these in the world, so it really is extra special……have a look:

Limited Edition Amaranthine with Alex Monroe Bracelet, £350

To tie in with this, Alex has also designed an exclusive range of Jewellery for Penhaligon’s, again, limited edition, featuring filigree Butterflies and Dragonflies.  There are Stud Earrings, Charm Bracelets and Pendants and as usual, everything is available in Silver and Gold-Plated Silver.

For more details on Penhaligon’s and Amaranthine, click here for Penhaligon’s website.

You really must smell the fragrance - we’ve all fallen in love with it here!

Emma x

I had to show you this….
I share an allotment in dulwich and I popped in after work on Friday, with my youngest Libby. She always wants to come along and help. Libby had her sylvanians and I was going to dig a bed or two… But the bee lady arrived! I knew someone kept bees in the woods behind us, but I had never met her. Anyway, her name is Karin and she’s lovely! Even though the light was fading she spent ages with us. She found a couple of bee-suit things and taught us all about what she was doing and let Libby help and even let us taste the honey. As you know I’m really fond of bees and they’re having a really tough time at the moment. She said she might let us help more in the spring! She was the loveliest most generous person you could meet. Made us sooo happy. Libby absolutely loved it. Thanks Karin!

Libby in her protective clothing

Karin shows Libby the honeycomb

The smoker to calm the bees

I definitely want to keep bees soon.

Phew! Time to catch my breath!
It’s all been a bit of a whirlwind this autumn. London fashion week, the sale afterwards, then over to Paris, and preparing for our exhibition in Tokyo!
We made a lovely selection of new pieces and fed-exed them off to Japan on Monday, so I managed to take a little breather and thought I’d catch up with my blog….
We had a brilliant London show! (or should I say Emma did). I hated the venue so got in a bad mood so Emma sent me packing and left on her own she did better than ever! I’m sure she’ll update her blog and give you all the news.
After the trade show we opened to the public and had an amazingly busy sale.

But….I do feel bad because I sent out an invitation and didn’t mention the entrance fee, so a few people were disappointed. Apologies all.

But don’t worry, our studio sale will be better than ever this year. No entrance charges here! (first weekend in December, will give you all the info soon).
So then we took the show over to Paris, where we do our export business. We do Premiere Classe, it’s such a great show. The show looked great with a new layout and was really busy again. Lots of Japanese and European orders.

Our stand at Premiere Classe

A little treat from the organizers

One of my favourite things about Paris (apart from the show) is the food. I rented a gorgeous apartment from Hiromi (check out her web-site) and she recommended her favourite restaurants.

Hiromi and Emma in the appartment

A local is this Michelin starred Japanese place with a French influence. Yummy! The head chef is a Japanese man from London so handy if your Japanese is a bit rusty! www.yanase.fr

mmmmm. sashimi

But no time to rest, back on Eurostar and we all got on with preparing the samples for our show in Tokyo. They looked fab. Sorry though, you’ll have to wait a bit to see them here!

Anyway, all done and shipped so now onto the next thing. I’m off to Australia in November! I’m doing a whistle-stop tour of our shops down under. Very exciting. Will tell you all about it soon!
Back soon
Alex

Check out Alex’s latest collection - The Gardener.  He’s taken some really gorgeous pictures so do take a peak!  We used our ‘live’ display from London Fashion Week as the setting for these shots, Alex spent a lot of time planting and nurturing moss and tiny ferns into a living jewellery display!  

Large Apple Locket

There will be more pieces added shortly, so keep an eye out,

Speak soon,

Susie x

We’ve all been so busy recently there hasn’t been much time to update you on where you can get you hands on the jewellery, so here we go!

Excitingly, Alex Monroe pieces are going to be much more readily available around the UK thanks to John Lewis….we have launched with everyone’s favourite department store in four locations, which means that our jewellery is now available in Edinburgh, Cardiff, Cheadle and Bluewater.

John Lewis are updating their image, and it looks like they’re really going to town….check out the Bluewater jewellery department below:

John Lewis, Bluewater.

Of course, we still love selling to cute little boutiques too, fans in the West Country should head to Qetty Bang Bang, who recently opened in Tetbury - I can’t wait to visit when I’m back visiting my Mum & Dad!

Another new stockist is The Hambledon Gallery in Blandford, Dorset. We already sell to The Hambledon in Winchester, but the Gallery is the ‘Mother’ shop - both look like they have a gorgeous range of products - and I’m not just talking about Alex Monroe!!

But just to update you, other deliveries we’ve made in the last few weeks are, in London: Charles Fish, EcOne, Matches and Mitsukoshi.

And around the UK: Jason Charles, Pearl & Queenie and Ruby & Tallulah.

Overseas, we’ve covered quite a few continents: Masscob in Spain….Cord Three, Lisette and Tomorrowland in Japan….Herta and Kit of Elsinore in Sweden….Syrup, Quincy and mico-mico.com in Australia….and, last but not least Creme in Bahrain.

For customers in desperate need of a Bumblebee, head to Fenwick or Fortnum & Mason in London, Silverado in Brighton and Chapmans in Durham.  Better be quick though, we’ve only sent them in the last couple of days and they never last long!!

For further details on any of the shops mentioned, just check our ‘Stockists’ page.

Bye for now, Emma x