Posts Tagged ‘fortnum and mason’

Cor blimey it was a bit nippy on my bike this morning. At the moment I’m on my old faithful the blue bike, which I wrote about in my very first blog back in November 2008. I still go to the Anchor and Hope most weeks to catch up with my brother.

Anyway, lots of fun and games this week…. we had a great night out out favorite, Ottolenghi, in Upper Street. Lovely because we all shared everything, and we over-ordered so there was no panic eating. My fave? The beef and the aubergines.

Delicious wines, a Pinot Noir, then Verdicchio, then a Gewurztraminer, then a desert wine while we passed round every different pud. That was me done (cycling back) but the energetic ones went on to a bar or two.

Yesterday I did a little reccie checking out shops in town. I started out checking out the new 18 carat Goldcrest collection in Liberty…

I need to finalize the designs for our new shop. Had a nice chat with lovely Laura Lee and she gave me lots of tips. Then rushed off to meet the builders on site. Some problems with locks etc. Building work should start in a week or so! Very exciting. Here’s a pic of the architect’s model…

Quick lunch at El Vergel then back to change for a press reception at Fortnum and Mason’s. Nice to see Pieter from St Erasmus in town with Anna from blog Miss Eco Glam (and she is pretty glam too!)

Lunch at El Vergel

Pieter and Anna

Big do for the Pink ribbon breast cancer charity tomorrow night. We donated this lovely necklace… let’s hope it raises lots of cash!

Back soon,

A

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

Just like this year’s weather (and let’s face it, every year’s weather!) summertime at Alex Monroe is unpredictable…..

We’ve been madly busy in what is usually a quiet time of year – but we can’t complain!

Loads of deliveries have gone out, but I haven’t had chance to post an update….we have lots of new stockists all over the world….In Australia we’ve just delivered to Turner & Lane and Ruiz & Mackell Wong, and of course, we’ve sent lots of lovely pieces to HP France in Japan……Check our stockists page, as it should now be fully updated!

In the last week or so we’ve sent stock to Enibas in Cork, Bowns in Cambridge, Amelie in Berkhamsted, Fenwick in Newcastle and Silverado in Brighton. And new stockist Mrs Jones in Holt.

Not forgetting Liberty, Sefton and Fortnum & Mason in London.

Palm House Lockets, opening to reveal an Orchid.

You can also now check out Alex’s gorgeous Palm House Lockets at Kew Gardens, which he designed exclusively for them…..

More exciting news is that we keep spotting Sienna Miller wearing Alex Monroe!! She’s on a worldwide tour promoting GI Joe and here she is in New York wearing our Bumblebee and Clover Necklaces, plus I think I spy a couple of Rings too!

Sienna in Alex Monroe!

Finally, I wanted to tell you about another great blog…..Bargainista Fashionista

It’s by the lovely Susie who works at Elle Magazine, and she writes about all of her fabulous fashion bargains – I’m very jealous of some, infact most of them! Check it out……there’s lots of great pics too.

Think that’s it for now…..don’t forget to let us know your news too!

Emma x