Monica Vinader Ltd

Monica Vinader Ltd
Industry Jewellery
Founded 2002 (2002)
Founder Monica Vinader
Website www.monicavinader.com

Monica Vinader Ltd. is a British jewellery brand selling necklaces, pendants, earrings, rings and friendship bracelets.

In 2002, Monica Vinader, the brands’ Creative Director, began creating her jewellery collection whilst working in South America with her husband. She focused on creating bespoke pieces for private clients but demand soon grew to a larger audience. In 2006, the company began trading as Monica Vinader Ltd and went on to win Retail Jewellers’ ‘Jewellery Brand of the Year’ award in 2009.[1] Monica Vinader Ltd secured funding from Beringea in 2010 to open their first store on South Molton Street. A second round of funding followed in May 2013, raising £2.5M in total.[2] Beringea invested an additional £1.5M and The Clark Group invested £1M as part of the deal.[3] Recently Monica Vinader have launched the Esencia Collection [4] and opened a new store at Canary Wharf [5]

References

  1. Taylor, Rachel (1 October 2009). "Winners of the UK Jewellery Awards 2009 revealed". Retail Jeweller. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. Veale, Stuart (21 May 2013). "Monica Vinader closes £2.5m funding round from Beringea and the Clark Group". Beringea. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. Bishop, Kathryn (22 May 2013). "Monica Vinader plots expansion after £2.5m backing". Professional Jeweller. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. Kilcooley-O'Halloran, Scarlett (12 June 2013). "Monica Vinader On Her Esencia Collection". Vogue. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  5. Allcock, Beth (31 October 2013). "Shopping: Store openings, fashion shows and discounts galore at Canary Wharf from Friday". Wharf. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
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