Edinburgh jewellery designer Ruth Leslie on her creations being worn by Millie Bobby Brown for Vogue
26.07.2022 - 21:23
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She graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2015“Millie Bobby Brown wore one of my Fidget Hoops in the Vogue Mexico cover shoot for June 2022. Seeing my name printed in that magazine has been one of my most exciting moments to date. ”While designers are clamoring to get their wares endorsed by any cast members of Stranger Things, this is quite a coup for Edinburgh-based Ruth Leslie, 29.
She graduated from the Silversmithing and Jewellery course at Glasgow School of Art back in 2015. This year, she released her Fidget Series of sculptural pieces, which are made from recycled Sterling Silver using an old-fashioned hand drill. They’re available online, or at various physical stockists including The Scottish Gallery.
They start from £45 for the Circle Earring, or £135 for Millie Bobby Brown’s silver hoops - which, in the Vogue shoot, the actor wears with a monochrome outfit of drop-shouldered black coat, white shirt and clumpy boots. Prices go up to £795 for the Art Teacher Collar that Leslie named after her aunt, though the best-seller is the Fidget Ring, which starts from £105 for three-banded versions. Her work manages to be classic, but also a little bit edgy, and, thus, tend to attract an arty clientele.
“My customers are mostly people who love something a bit different and appreciate design. I find other makers and creative people buy a piece of my jewellery when they want to treat themselves to something special,” she says. As with her earlier collections, this popular range is inspired by textiles.
"I'm constantly drawn to woven fabrics - where you can visibly see the threads and components. The twisted wire element in my jewellery is there to emulate threads within weaving looms”, Leslie says. “There is a certain
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