All The Feminine Jewellery Details With Claire Hill Designs

How important is responsibly made jewelry to you? It is so easy to pick up something cheap, and easy… and that turns your ears green in no time.

With Claire Hill Designs you can wear jewelry that gets you noticed without saying a word. Low effort, high impact accessories, designed to elevate every look.

Claire Hill Designs creates jewelry that is ready for all your adventures. 

Handmade with planet-friendly materials like 100% 925 recycled silver and luxurious thick gold vermeil plating, fall in love with quality and design you can wear on repeat.

I have had the pleasure of working with Claire Hill many times in the past 4 years, and you know what? I have every single piece of jewelry that she has made for me. Nothing has tarnished, everything is still wearable.

Claire Hill Designs is a Welsh demi-fine jewelry brand creating responsibly-crafted modern heirlooms inspired by hidden beauty.

Each piece is created with wearability and versatility in mind. With craftsmanship, design, and sourcing that lets you express yourself with a clear conscience.

By buying better you not only get jewelry that is long-lasting and distinctive, but you can also feel good about how it was made.

I recently had the pleasure of modelling for Claire’s latest jewellery line, and you may be interested to know that all of Claire’s jewellery is made from a base of certified 100% recycled silver.

She only use 925 Sterling Silver so you can be sure of quality every time and jewellery that is hypoallergenic and contains no nickel or brass.

Recycling silver CO2 emissions by ⅔ versus mined silver. This technique is more planet-friendly and recycling silver helps close the loop and gives this precious metal a new life.

The factories that Claire works with only use ethically sourced gemstones. They have years of working trusted suppliers who guarantee ethical sources of our materials including chains, findings, and stones.

Mined gemstones are not without their issues and the jewellery industry is still playing catch up in the best way to make these as ethical and sustainable as possible. This is an ongoing process of improvement.

One of the solutions is lab-grown gemstones. Claire uses a selection of lab-grown opals and cubic zirconia in her designs. These have all the beauty and chemical make-up of mined stones but avoid the heavy toll that mining puts on the land. Claire will be launching her first lab-grown diamond collection in 2022. And as the options grow for lab-grown gemstones so will her collections.

Remember in the beginning of this article, when I asked you if it is important for you to have your jewellery to be responsibly made?

Well Claire works with two factories based in Thailand. They have high standards of staff welfare and pay, no child or forced labour and proper working hours. One is a member of The Responsible Jewellery Council and the other has been audited by Intertek.

These factories have a high female workforce with many women in management positions. Between both factories they have schemes like onsite childcare, education scholarships, paid for Covid vaccinations for staff and have set up charity funds and services for families in need. As soon as travel restrictions relax a little more Claire will be visiting for regular check-ins. Claire also use a family-run factory in Shropshire for a selection of chain and a plater in Hatton Gardens, London.

In 2022 Claire is working with a third factory in India which has the same ethos and ethics as my other factories and is currently undertaking the process to be a member of the Responsible Jewellery Council.

If you like beautiful jewellery, that you won’t feel guilty wearing… I would be so honoured if you headed over to Claire’s website and see what pieces will fit your style & wardrobe.

How do you go about shopping for your fine pieces?