Posts Tagged ‘Ireland’

I was lucky enough to have a little trip to Dublin last week, which was organised by the UKTI – who run lots of schemes to encourage and help British companies to export.

It was quite a whirlwind trip, so I will share it with you in pictures!

Arriving on a nice sunny morning at Bewleys Hotel.

First thing was a trip into Dublin city centre……

Spotted this amazing Louis Vuitton window in Brown Thomas - a dripping gold shelf with a swarm of Bees!

Stephen's Green Shopping Centre is a beautiful building - like a giant decorative greenhouse!

On Thursday I met a lovely freelance journalist, Ruth O’Connor for a cup of tea at The Shelbourne Hotel, to show her the collections. She recommended I head to the Avoca store, which is along the lines of Anthropologie, to have lunch as they have a great cafe there……

Roast Vegetable Salad with Pecorino Cheese.

Tea at The Shelbourne.

Next up was a showcase at the British Embassodor’s Residence, for all of the designers on the trip. I was really glad to have Ruth from fellow jewellers Zoe & Morgan to keep me company – and we managed to have a bit of fun too! The Residence is a really impressive building….very beautiful.

Ruth outside The Ambassador's Residence.

Our display at the showcase - it was so sunny!

On Friday morning I visited Dolls, who we have sold to for quite a while now.  It’s such a lovely store, and has an adjoining cafe called Bibi’s. The perfect way to shop I think.

Dolls and Bibi Cafe.

Inside Dolls.

Finally I was back to The Shelbourne to meet up with Faye, who works on Irish Tatler and U magazines, who is a BIG fan of Alex Monroe – so thank you for your support Faye!

Back at the gorgeous Shelbourne Hotel.

I felt very much like a tourist taking this snap, but I couldn’t resist…..!

Brilliant!

Thanks to everyone involved with this great trip , we hope to be more widely available in Ireland soon…… Feel free to drop us a line if you have any suggestions for possible Irish stockists – we’d love to hear from you!

Emma x

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

Our new look website launched at the weekend, and we’re dying to know what you think….?!

We’re all really excited about it, although I must confess there are still a few little glitches to iron out at the moment!

Alex was in-store at Bentalls in Kingston on Saturday doing a little Trunk Show, so thank you to everyone who came down for that.

We’ve got lots more Trunk Shows coming up, so watch this space for more details….

You can now buy the exclusive pieces Alex designed for Coco De Mer, instore and from their website – take a peek! The collection consists of two gorgeous Lockets, a Coco De Mer Seed Pendant and some Butterfly Nipple Clamps. (pictured here)

For your UK delivery update, we’ve recently sent out orders to:

Kirt Holmes, The Jacksons and J&C Martin in London. Up in Aberdeenshire, Alan Cruse have some more stock for their new shop in Banchory and Enibas in Schull are the first store to stock Alex Monroe in  West Cork!

Overseas, we have two new stockists, Antonios Markos in Athens and Conte De Fee, Taipei City, Taiwan.

Our other exciting news is that Alex Monroe has been shortlisted for ‘Jewellery Designer of the Year’ again! Fingers crossed……..!! Emma x