August 17th, 2010
I have had a fantastic few weeks travelling around Europe. Tanya and I took part in the London to St Tropez Dodgeball Rally for the first time and the trip kicked off on the 14th of July with a champagne reception at the Bob Forstner show room. The next morning we left the Intercontinental Hotel in Park Lane and set off on the first leg. The trip was fantastic and we stopped of at some amazing places, one of the highlights was driving the St Bernadino pass, which has spectacular scenery. I was really fortunate to find myself with a great group of fellow drivers and the fact that we got to use walkie talkies was a real boyhood treat! An overnight stay at the Bulgari hotel in Milan, a stop in San Remo, a visit to the Zonda factory plus a group photo of us all outside the Casino in casino square in Monaco where also on the agenda. Finishing party was at Nikki Beach in St Tropez where the guys sprayed more than their fair share of Champagne. Before we where finished Tanya and I went back to Monaco and also stayed at a recently opened hotel called Casta Diva on lake Como. I am back to work now refreshed and newly inspired with ideas for future collections.
Please see below for a list of useful links:
www.bobforstner.co.uk
www.flickr.com/photos/40229189@N04/
www.topgear.com/uk/photos/dodgeball-rally-2010
www.fueltopia.co.uk/profiles/blogs/dodgeball-rally-2010
www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=146193498724689
www.intercontinental.com
www.bulgarihotels.com
www.nikkibeach.com/sttropez/
www.casinomontecarlo.com/
www.metropole.com
www.castadivaresort.com
www.paganiautomobili.it
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June 22nd, 2010
Recently I have been on the jury for “The Trial of the Pyx”. The Trial of the Pyx is an examination by a jury entirely independent of the Royal Mint to ascertain that the gold, silver and cupro-nickel coins made by the Royal Mint are of the proper weight, diameter and composition by law. It is convened annually by an order of council and carried out by the Goldsmiths Company of the City of London. The jury consists of Freemen of the Goldsmiths Company and is presided over by the Queen’s Remembrancer who swears in the jury in accordance with directions issued by the Treasury. Since 1282, our coins have been measured against the world’s most exacting standards and I was very honored to be a part of it.
www.royalmint.com
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June 22nd, 2010
Hi it’s Tanya here. Last Thursday we attended the Sunseeker London Charity Shoot at the Royal Berkshire Shooting Club (www.rbss.co.uk) to raise money for the Cauldwell charity (www.caudwellchildren.com). This is a fantastic children’s charity and I was especially impressed to find out that every penny raised goes to the charity. Not only that Trudi Beswick, the Caudwell CEO gave a emotional speech that informed us that for every penny raised, the charity works hard to turn that penny into two. To date the charity has raised over £11 million.
They also hold their annual “Butterfly Ball” (caudwellchildrenbutterflyball.co.uk) – an outstanding event in the social calendar. David was honored to be asked to design a butterfly pendent inspired by the Cauldwell logo, which went well at auction and added a nice sum to the money raised that day.
Having never shot a rifle in my life I only found out on the Monday that I had been signed up to shoot with one of the teams (to my horror!). On Wednesday morning I had an “emergency shooting lesson” at a local club and, feeling totally out of my comfort zone, arrived early on Thursday morning at the shooting school. I needn’t have worried – after completing the first stand (1 of 10) I really started to enjoy myself. Bizarrely I have actually found a sport at which I am OK and to my utter surprise I won the “Top Lady Shooter” at the prize giving. I would like to thank my teammates Trudi Beswick and Alexis Lewis from Sunseeker London – (www.sunseekerlondon.com) two of the nicest ladies you could wish to meet.
Tags: Cauldwell Children, Sunseeker
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May 12th, 2010
London Jewellery Week is set to start in just under a month’s time and we are excited to announce that David Marshall London is one of the main sponsors of the event.
As last year proved to be such a huge success, we will once again be taking the stage with couturier Ulrich Engler to showcase our new stunning collections in the catwalk show Salon Privé on Tuesday 8th June at the Goldsmith’s Hall.
Last year was amazing, with two shows, one after the other, that we just couldn’t turn down the opportunity to get involved again.
It was great to see the models walk down the catwalk looking elegant in evening gowns and my jewellery just finished off the outfits beautifully!
As well as Salon Privé we will also be taking part in the Hatton Garden open showroom event on Saturday 12th June so feel free to come along and try on some of our beautiful creations.
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May 12th, 2010
Fantastic to see Toni Braxton wearing my Rococo pearl necklace in the Mail on Sunday. Styled by one of my favourite stylists, Arabella Boyce, the necklace was used to stunning effect as a bracelet. Sometimes the simplest twist on the expected can make a huge impact.
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April 15th, 2010
We arrived in Jersey on Thursday morning to glorious sunshine to arrange my show there on the 8th,9th and 10th of July this summer. It’s at the Royal Yacht Hotel (www.theroyalyacht.com). The Eden Collection (www.edencollection.co.uk) will be joining us too – they’re a bespoke holiday company. We’re also going to host a special ladies lunch with Coutts bank (www.rbscoutts.com) and we are working with Sunseeker Yachts in Jersey too (www.cimarine.co.uk) so it’s been pretty busy. The show in July will kick off with a Champagne reception, followed by the lunch on Friday and an all day show on Saturday. I’m looking forward to meeting new clients and showing Jersey the David Marshall London collection.
Tags: Jersey, Jewellery Show
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April 7th, 2010
I have just seen the new Marks and Spencer advert on TV www.marksandspencer.com staring Dannii Minogue www.dannii.com. Dannii wore our Deco collection on the X factor xfactor.itv.com and also wore our Rare event ring and our angel ring when she turned on the lights at Harrods last Christmas www.Harrods.com. She looks amazing in the new ad and I congratulate her on the news she is expecting her first child. Before we had the pleasure of lending her some of our pieces I had heard that she is one of the nicest people in show business, and in my experience this seems to be true.
Tags: Danni Minogue, Deco Collection
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April 1st, 2010
Hi, it’s Tanya. Whilst David and I were walking around the fair this year I found myself asking in a very Carrie Bradshaw from sex in the city style question “should someone purchase a piece of jewellery because of quality and design or because of branding and celebrity endorsements” while aspiration is a tool that can be used by any retailer to promote their product we find it puzzling to see a frenzy of hype over some (not all I hasten to add) jewellery that quite frankly is not of good quality, design or materials.
Is David doing himself out of profit because he cannot drop his exacting standards? This is something he is not prepared to do under any circumstances but the fact remains that when we compare David’s pieces and their retails prices against some of the items of jewellery that become a huge success purely because of a name association and placement I struggle to get my head around it.
Tags: Basel, Jewellery Show
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April 1st, 2010
It’s that time of year again and I am outside hall one of the watch and jewellery fair in Basel (www.baselworld.com/en) having a large glass of beer.
As soon as I hear the annual jazz band (Dixie Surprise – dixie-surprise.ch) playing “hello Dolly” I know I am in for a great weekend of meeting friends and working on my new collections. I always leave Basel every year feeling inspired and I can’t wait to get to work.
Tags: Basel, Jewellery Show
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April 1st, 2010
I flew out of London city airport on Friday to go the annual watch and jewellery show in Basel, Switzerland www.baselworld.com/en
100,000 visitors from the specialist retail and wholesale trade make their way to Basel from all over the world to discover the current trends and view the latest creations from the watch and jewellery sectors. I went with a particular mission in mind, this was to source some amazing new materials for some of my new collections. It was fantastic to arrive and find the sun was shining and there was a incredible buzz. It was good to feel that people where feeling very up beat and where keen to put 2009 behind them and embrace 2010 with new enthusiasm. I had only been in the show for an hour when I brought three amazing stones, one black opal and two dark crystal opals and I cant wait to set them in my new designs.
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