Honorine Jewels by Fanny Boucher | Source: Honorine Jewels

JAIPUR, India — As we head into the festive season, we thought we’d bring a bit of sparkle into your holiday, courtesy of Fanny Boucher of India-based Honorine Jewels.

After spending a few years in the jewelry industry in Jaipur, the Pink city and capital of princely Rajasthan, India’s most colourful state, Boucher began making jewelry for her friends. These happy customers encouraged Boucher to create her own jewelry collection and seek out buyers. A few months later, Net-a-Porter picked up the Honorine Jewels collection exclusively, effectively placing Boucher on the fashion map.

When designers find their products on Net-a-Porter, magical things can happen. Buyers from around the world use the Net-a-Porter brands list as intelligence on what brands they should be watching. Indeed, since her discussions with Net-a-Porter, Boucher has been speaking to other retailers who are interested in her wares, while also setting up her company and getting her first order produced.

Honorine Jewels by Fanny Boucher for BoF

And so, without further ado, the BoF Spotlight now shines on Fanny Boucher, incorporating a green amethyst ring from her debut collection in the heart of our BoF logo. We think Fanny’s colourful concoctions, with precious stones sourced in Jaipur’s Johari Bazaar, are the kinds of special products that inspire consumers. This is jewelry with a story to tell.

And, hopefully this also bodes well for Fanny’s fashion future. Outgoing BoF Spotlight designer, Hermione de Paula, was recently named the winner of Vauxhaull Fashion Scout’s Merit Award. Congratulations Hermione!

That’s all from us at BoF until the New Year. Happy holidays to all of you!

The Spotlight is BoF’s showcase for emerging talent employing creativity and business acumen to make their mark in the fashion business.

Hermione de Paula, Autumn/Winter 2009 | Source: HdeP

LONDON, United Kingdom — London Fashion Week has become a veritable laboratory for fashion print specialists who have made London a hotspot for new trends in print design. Many of these designers use fashion print to build an aesthetic signature and brand identity which then forms the basis for a full ready-to-wear collection. Eley Kishimoto and Jonathan Saunders were amongst the first print designers to use this approach, and since then, Erdem Moralioglu, Peter Pilotto and Mary Katrantzou have followed in their footsteps.

One of the newest London-based print hopes is Hermione de Paula, who showed off-schedule this past September at Vauxhall Fashion Scout, which provides essential early-stage support for emerging designers to stage fashion shows in order to further propel themselves onto London’s official schedule. VFS singled out Hermione as ‘One to Watch’ and we are equally excited about her promising future.

Hermione de Paula for BoF

A graduate of Central St Martins BA fashion print design program in 2006, de Paula’s signature of soft floral prints and lingerie-inspired ready-to wear seems perfectly timed. A flurry of knickers and bras on the catwalks for Spring/Summer 2010 places Hermione smack dab in the centre of the underwear as outerwear trend.

This month, we are delighted to feature one of Hermione’s signature floral trompe l’oeil prints in The Spotlight on BoF. A kind of lily lace corset with floral buttons, the print is from Hermione’s collection for Spring/Summer 2010, entitled ‘Las Venus: An Unconscious Elegance.”

The Spotlight is BoF’s showcase for emerging talent employing creativity and business acumen to make their mark in the fashion business.