The below is an extract of an interview for ,www.champagneclub.com
Lucy Edwards has been working in the champagne business for over a decade, and is the designer of champagne inspired collection of jewellery and her own label: Champagne Every Day. She tells us about the inspiration behind her jewellery and how it came to light.
What inspired you to create jewellery for champagne lovers?
When I first started working in champagne, I fell truly madly deeply in love with the wine and the region. The undeniable mix of art & science required to create the world’s most prestigious wines became an intense obsession, and any occasion to discuss and learn, I pounced upon I wanted to show my passion for the wine, and started looking for a dainty good luck charm. The only charms I found were either tacky and made with brass and nickel, or incredibly overpriced. It didn’t need to be complicated. I just wanted a dainty little cork on a fine chain that wouldn’t make my skin turn green! Anyone who has spent more than five minutes with me will know that I come up with new business ideas almost as much as I think about champagne. Most of my ideas are not worth more than a few minutes’ entertainment, but this one stuck with me. Surely there were other champagne lovers out there who would wear or gift something like this? Through a serendipitous meeting with a third generation silversmith in Bali, I started
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