Meet: Babette Wasserman

Babette Wasserman

... is an award-winning jewellery designer based in London. We met her in her pop up shop on Portobello Road.

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“I’m putting a bit of myself into every single design. My aim is to create the most beautiful thing I can possibly design … I don’t know if you’ve seen that film ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ where the woman was cooking sumptuous dishes, and she expressed many emotions through her cooking, maybe it’s a little bit the same with my jewellery [laughs].”

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“I love rose gold. I think it has such a beautiful feminine tone. I launched rose gold vermeil in my jewellery and cufflinks about ten years ago.  At that time no one else in UK was using rose gold.  Hublot watches had just launched a rose gold with the black rubber strap watch and this inspired me.  I had a feeling rose gold was coming back into fashion in a big way and I told all my customers to watch for this upcoming trend and to be at the start of the curve!  My designs mixed cubic zirconia’s (little diamontes), Chalcedone or white obsidian semi-precious stones with the rose gold, the contrast is stunning.  Now rose gold is just as popular as silver for me and I produce every single design I do in a rose gold option!"

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“I decided to move back home to my parents so I could put all my money into my new business. When I received my first big order from John Lewis, I roped my whole family into helping packing the cufflinks into their boxes. My parents and my sisters all helped, they were teasing each other that one had more boxes to pack than the other! It was very sweet.”

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“Jewellery encompassed 3 of the disciplines I enjoyed at art school, sculpture, working with metal in a dimensional way and fashion… It was a logical step for me to go into jewellery which in effect is making mini precious wearable sculptures.”  

Model: Simba the dog

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“It’s a piece of my aesthetic passion.”

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See more of Babette's design on www.babettewasserman.com.