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Pandora Press Day

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We’ve developed a thing for playing with paper recently. It’s nice that something so practical and utilitarian can, when artfully crafted, pleated, folded and manipulated becomes something quite spectacularly sculptural. For the Pandora Press day in the Mandarin Oriental last week we decked the ballroom with thousands and thousands of paper flowers. We have yet to calculate how many hours went into creating these but it was many…many…hundreds. Paper worker elves mushroomed and multiplied in our studio, intricately folding and finessing over Frappucinos. Thank you to Anna and all our paper helpers who held the paper forte while some of us wafted around The Secret Garden Party and Port Eliot. When Vogue Blogs it. It’s worth it.

In a very glamorous act of paper recycling we are re-using each and every paper flower at Pandora’s next event in Monaco. Sure beats the recycling bin….

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Anna tending to her flowers

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Makeda and Pascale’s Secret Flower Party…..

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Paper Pillars

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We still love lace and had bespoke Pandora panels woven in Scotland for the event

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A long stretch of Gold Mirror displays Pandora’s new collection of watches

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We lit golden birdcages showcasing Pandora watches with beautiful antique filament bulbs and gold flex

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Cocktails in the garden from our living herb bar. Herby Wallbanger anyone?

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Jessica McCormack XIV – The Seven Deadly sins & The Seven Contrary Virtues

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Jessica McCormack’s jewelry is something I have lusted after for quite some time. My friend Sophie stocks a selection in her  store,  The Merchant Archive and I love nothing more than playing dress up with some of her gorgeous bespoke pieces. Her jewelry is delicate but strong, the perfect combination of avant garde with old world glamour . Jesicca’s Salon in Clerkenwell is equally gorgeous, behind big black wooden doors lurks the most exquisite  Salon /workshop/studio that I have been to in London  …… and she has a swing, a fully operational working swing by her desk. Perfect.

We were thrilled to design Jesicca’s press day for her new fine jewelry collection, The Seven deadly sins and the seven contrary virtues . The Clerkenwell kitchen made delicious black and white food to reflect the darkness & lightness aspect and we did what we love to do best . We played with beautiful things….

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Love this Diamond Bow ring.

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and this one . The more Diamond heavy Bow ring which is my favourite ring in the universe .

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The armed magnifying glasses worked beautifully at magnifying the jewels

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We had the Blackest Rook we could find come to symbolize the darkness of the sins

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These  feathered  earrings symbolize sloth …. feathers being sleepy, lazy and bed like.

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A bevy of vintage black ceramic swans held  bespoke Jessica McCormack cakepops from  Pop Bakery.

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A feathered Grape eater

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Delicious Monochrome food from The Clerkenwell Kitchen