Local jewellery brand, Olive&Wallis, founded by sisters Alex Barwell and Laura Dighton, has been short-listed as a finalist in the Emerging Jewellery Brand Of The Year category at the UK Jewellery Awards.
The sisters (pictured right) recently attended the Shortlist Party at the Leonardo Royal Hotel, Tower Bridge, London and were announced as finalists.
Alex, of Gretton, Northamptonshire and Laura, who lives in Pinchbeck, are a creative and entrepreneurial duo who, up until three years ago, had no experience in jewellery making, retail or running their own business. They now successfully sell through their website www.oliveandwallis.com and at a growing number of high street outlets.
They most recently began stocking at Holkham Hall, Norfolk, which was long-held dream for the sisters.
Speaking after the announcement, they said: “We are blown away to receive recognition from the jewellery industry and its leaders.
“We were up against massive competition from phenomenal brands. It was one of those pinch us moments.
“Because we are in our 40s and because it is a second career for the both of us, it feels so good to be seen by a whole industry and more over to be recognised as a brand that can go on to become part of the UK jewellery mainstream. We already feel like winners.”
The winners of the UK Jewellery Awards 2025 will be announced on June 25 at the Grosvenor House Hotel,
London.
