Robinson Pelham co-founder Vanessa Chilton sold three of her rainbow-coloured Murano-glass Arcadia necklaces to a single customer. ‘He was a father who wanted to buy a piece for each of his daughters – who he hadn’t seen for months and wasn’t likely to see soon,’ she says.
Each was customised with a different charm: ‘He bought one of his daughters a dinosaur for bravery, another a dove for peace, and another the spirituality blessing, a little diamond.
It was his message to say, “I can’t see you, but I love you. And I’m thinking about you.”’It’s hard not to feel uplifted by these vibrant necklaces.
Designed during the pandemic, Chilton says she was inspired by the children’s rainbow drawings she kept seeing in every window. ‘Colour was.
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