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Over the last few years, we have had more and more enquiries from customers who have wanted to extend their love of all things Alex Monroe into pieces of jewellery which they would truly wear forever, their engagement and wedding rings.

We now have a bespoke department and regularly make wonderful bespoke pieces for lovely customers who come and see us here at Snowsfields.

But what if you want a piece of solid gold Alex Monroe jewellery that isn’t bespoke?

This is where the idea for ‘Goldcrest‘ was born, our first major outing into fine jewellery.

Making existing designs in solid gold didn’t seem exciting enough….and the dramatic rises in the price of gold, would mean that even pieces in Alex’s delicate style would be incredibly expensive….so we decided to go even smaller, and came up with the ‘Teeny Tinies’ – recreating some of our most iconic pieces in miniature!

To give you an idea of scale, here is the gorgeous ‘Game of Thrones’ actress Emilia Clarke, wearing our Teeny Tiny Bumblebee:

Emilia Clarke on the front row wearing a Teeny Tiny!

And we now offer a selection of pretty wedding and engagement rings, which you can purchase ‘off the peg’ so to speak!  Made in Alex’s trademark detailed style, you can chose from sparkly diamonds, or gorgeous gemstones in mouth-watering sorbet colours ….

In addition to our website and the Alex Monroe Boutique, you can also view and purchase Goldcrest pieces in the following stockists:

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Charles Fish, Canary Wharf, London

Ede & Ravenscroft, Chancery Lane, London

Fenwick, Bond Street, London

Fortnum & Mason, Piccadilly, London

Harrods, Knightsbridge, London

Liberty, Regent Street, London

Room Nine, Bonn, Germany

Silverado, Brighton

Sweet Pea, Primrose Hill, London

We LOVE Goldcrest and hope you will too.

Emma x

PS: If you are getting married this year, watch this space, as we have some wedding events coming up very soon!

On Thursday 6th September London celebrated Fashion’s Night Out, an annual shopping event hosted by VOGUE, with an abundance of fashion retailers taking part all around town and Alex Monroe joined in with the fashionable fun in our Bermondsey Boutique.

We hosted a little launch party for our brand new collection entitled ‘Dream of Me’ with bubbly refreshments and a very, very special Bee print canvas shopper goodie bag for every purchase on the night.

Happy Customers with our Bee Goodie Bag

The team and Alex himself were to hand to chat about his work, passions and of course the new shop and his new Headquarters in London SE1.

Early shoppers get Alex's undivided attention!

Our petite boutique was packed with curious shoppers throughout the evening trying on the new pieces as well as viewing our whole back catalogue of beautiful classic collections.

Fun, laughter, fizz & jewellery - Happy Days!

Have a look at these lovely little blog posts featuring the FNO event and the new collection:

What Laura Did Next

Dress Up Show Up

My Chic City

Styllure

Thank you for all who attended and made it a fun-packed evening plus a very special thank you to all our friends who supplied some fantastic treats and offers for the goodie bag.

We ♥ Our Goodie Bag Sponsors

PS: For those of you who sadly couldn’t make it to the event in London, we would like to ask for a little more patience with the launch of
‘Dream Of Me’ on our website. Sadly our photographer, online shop manager and all round tech guru Tom, has had a cycling accident which has left him with only one usable arm/hand for a while. We are hoping for an online launch at the end of September now.

A little selection from the 'Dream Of Me' collection

If you would like to sell Alex Monroe jewellery in your store, you can get in touch with us any time.  Wholesale orders can be placed all year round, as we produce all of our jewellery in-house in the UK.

Our wholesale team is made up of myself (Emma) Suzy Alexander and Rainy Hanson, and we are of course always more than happy to help you.  You can arrange an appointment to come and see us at our Snowsfields HQ, or we can guide you through our catalogue over telephone or email.

In addition to this, we also take part in various trade shows….

Our next one is Scoop International in London, which takes place 8th – 10th July at the Saatchi Gallery on King’s Road.  We will be showing our full collection, including our most recent ‘Best of British’ and ‘Dream of Me’ stories. If you would like to come and see us at Scoop, click here to apply for a (free) ticket.

Scoop International.

We will have brand-new collections again in September, and will be taking appointments to showcase these at our HQ from 14th – 21st September.  Alex will then take the collections off to Paris for Premiere Classe, which is 28th September – 1st October.

If you are in Germany, you can contact our agents Adamski & Caramia who are based in Dusseldorf. Kristin and Monica and their team exhibit Alex Monroe alongside their other brands at the PREMIUM shows, dates for the up-coming shows are as follows:

Premium Berlin:   4th – 6th July

Premium Dusseldorf:   28th – 31st July

Premium Munich:   11th – 14th August

If you are further afield, we also have an agent in Australia, Nina Sturgess, who is based in Victoria. Nina is working on her show schedule at the moment, but in the mean time, you can make an appointment to meet with her – click here to drop Nina a line!

We have a great following in the Australian press thanks to the amazing EGPR, here is a recent feature from the super-cool Russh…..

Alex Monroe in Russh.

So a big THANK YOU to everyone we work with for their help and enthusiasm for Alex Monroe!

As always, just get in touch if we can help with any queries at all……

Emma

As our studio is a bit out of the way, we love it when we have shopping events and get the chance to meet our lovely customers.  So thank you to everyone who came along to our pop-up shop at Penhaligon’s on Tuesday, we all had a great day!

We had lots of great support from like-minded companies which really made the day complete.  We of course love Penhaligon’s who kindly let us use their consultation room for the shop, and by the end of the day we were all smelling beautiful and fully converted from wearing ‘designer’ fragrances.

41 Wellington Street, Covent Garden

We really wanted to create an ideal shopping experience, and Matt and Marc from Planet of the Grapes gave us some lovely fizz for everyone to sip as they browsed. We also gave a goodie bag with every purchase, which contained some little treats for the way home – Burt’s Chips and Frü Puds.

Goodie Bags!

There seems to be quite a bit of excitement about our new ‘Peacock & the Crow’ collection, so don’t worry if you couldn’t make it along, as it will be uploaded onto the site in the next couple of weeks – keep your eyes peeled! But in the mean time, here are some images from the day:

Peacock & the Crow display, complete with Black & Gold Birdcages!

A goblet of Earrings.

The setting of Penhaligon's really created an atmosphere for the Jewellery.

Classic Alex Monroe pieces.

Yesterday we took it in turns to whizz off to Little 15 in Cullum Street to help out Jutta with her launch of the collection, but it was too busy to take any pics!

Susie is going to be up bright and early tomorrow to visit Silverado’s new Lewes shop for a Trunk Show – lots of lovely one-offs as usual, and Silverado will also have the ‘Peacock & the Crow’ in stock.  We will be back down at their Brighton store on Saturday the 10th of July.

We are looking forward to Alex’s return from Japan to hear all about what he’s been up to, but in the mean time, look who we’ve spotted wearing AM recently!

New X-Factor presenter Konnie Huq wears a Dragonfly Necklace.

And we think Kimberley Walsh looks great in our Peacock Feather Earrings.

Have a great weekend everyone!  Emma x

Thanks to everyone who made it to our studio over the weekend – I hope you all found some nice things!

We’ve been so incredibly busy recently, trying to get as many orders sent and as quickly as possible – plus all of our events of course…..Our next Trunk Show stop is at Cerise, this Wednesday from 5-9pm.

Cerise is run by the lovely Maria, and is situated at number 94 Columbia Road.

We will be there with our exclusive Trunk Show pieces, for a really Christmassy evening of shopping.  Even if you’ve been to any of our other recent Trunk Shows, be sure to pop along as we made have brand new pieces especially for Cerise. Maria will also have lots of Alex Monroe classics in stock, so it’s the perfect opportunity to start / finish your Christmas shopping!

The whole of Columbia Road will actually be open for late night shopping, and there are some really special little shops along there……Click here for more details.

Invite from Cerise.

Also – we now have a Facebook fan page!

If you’ve got an account, why not become a fan of Alex Monroe?  We’d love to hear about your favourite pieces and purchases and you can receive all of our up to the minute news!

Emma x

Our Trunk Show at Silverado last Saturday went really well, with lots of brand new one-off pieces being snapped up, and Christmas presents being bought.  We had a lovely email from Samantha Lee who chose her Christmas present and then won the prize draw piece – she said: “I haven’t stopped smiling since!”

So thank you to everyone involved who made the day such a success.

This week, from tomorrow until Saturday, we are at Liberty…..

We will have another, completely different selection of unique Alex Monroe pieces, and will also be unveiling of our exciting new collection “The Peacock and the Crow”. Here’s a sneak preview!

Peacock Feather Hoops with Amethyst, Apatite & Emerald Beads.

We really can’t wait to hear what you think and see how quickly the pieces get snapped up!

Susie L, Rakhi, Suzy A, Mayo and Myself will all be popping in to lend a hand, so come and say hello!

Emma x

Hi there,

In the last couple of weeks we have sent out so much stock….. here’s a quick update for all of you who are heading out shopping this weekend….

In London Madeleine Hamilton, EcOne, Cerise and Indian Summer should be fully stocked.  Liberty will soon have our new ‘Tumbleleaf’ collection and a new selection of ‘Posy’ pieces in stock (in about a week I think) and Little 15 in the City have a fantastic range of pieces.

Around the UK, check out our new stockist in East Molesey – Hersey Jewellers. Marmalade in Hertford, The Hambledon in Winchester and Plum in Twickenham all have new stock. Also check out Whistles stores nationwide for brand new pieces….

Over in Germany, we have delivered to LaLa and Konk in Berlin, Julies in Munich and Heckmann in Darmstadt.

We’ve also sent lovely pieces to Vestibule in Zurich and Bon Bons in Tokyo.

Alex is off Down Under on Sunday, which we’re all very jealous of! They’ll be lots of excitement in the form of Trunk Shows and Press launches (watch this space!) so ahead of his arrival we have sent deliveries out to: Husk, Morrsion, Wax Jambu, and new stockist Stem.

In case anyone wondered where we had our cocktails the other week, here’s a little clue…..

What to have....?!

And here’s the full gang of us girls…..Alex decided to leave us to it!

Suzy A, Emma, Freda, Rakhi & Yoko.

Mayo, Susie, Ulrikke & April.

Have a great weekend!   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

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

Next week (the 8th to 14th June) is “Coutts London Jewellery Week” and to join in with all of the fun, we decided to have a Trunk Show “Road Show” going from East to West London.

We’ll be in-store for a chat and to show our HAND MADE, one off pieces!

All of us here have been making special pieces for each venue, so every shop will be assigned their own specific pieces…..so for all of you die-hard fans, it might even be worth checking out all of the events!!

Here’s the schedule:
Monday: Little 15
Kicking off the week in the City with a special window display at Little 15′s gorgeous Cullum Street Shop.

Tuesday: Little 15
Staying East, why not pop along for a lunchtime drink with Alex, who will be visiting the store.

Wednesday: Harrods
Heading West, we will be in-store all day – look out for details around the store on the Harrods plasma screens!  Alex will be on hand in the evening for a chat.

Thursday: EC One
A bit further West (and a little bit North) EC One will be launching new designs from “Roll Me Over in the Clover” and “Tumbleleaf” alongside all of those lovely special pieces! Kicking off at 6.30pm, why not have a stroll around Notting Hill and come for a drink after work?

Friday: Liberty
Right in the heart of London, and where we’ll be all weekend, Liberty will have loads of one-off pieces alongside the launch of “Roll Me Over in the Clover”  and of course, all the classics.

Here’s a little taster of one of the exclusive pieces……

If you need any further details about any of the events, just drop us a line…..

Look forward to seeing you there! x