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Kleshna at London Fashion Weekend

Once again Kleshna will be exhibiting at London Fashion Weekend. We will be selling press samples, one off designs and past season collections, all at fantastically discounted prices. London Fashion weekend is the capital's essential shopping event. Find us on Level one, Stand 5.05.

To buy tickets for the event click here.

Show Your Support for the Royal British Legion

by Wearing Your Kleshna Swarovski Crystal Poppy

Jewellery designer Kleshna is once again raising money for The Royal British Legions annual poppy appeal with a unique limited edition hand woven Poppy Brooch crystallized with Swarovski crystals. The campaign culminated in an official launch of the Poppy on the 3rd November 2009 at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Accompanying Kleshna was a number of Chelsea Pensioners, and a host of female celebrities including Zoe Salmon, Lizzie Cundy and Kristina Rihanoff.

After the hugely successful auction of the large Swarovski Poppy in 2008 which achieved a massive £6500.00 for The Royal British Legion, she was keen to get back out there and produce a limited edition of 50 brooches for Armistice Day 11.11.09 to raise even more money for the brave men and women that have and continue to fight.

Each one of the 50 Poppy brooches is delicately hand woven and unique in itself, all are crystallized wtih a sparkling array of red and green Swarovski crystals and each one comes with a designer signed authentication collector's certificate. Get yourself on the waiting list! The commissioned poppy brooch of 2008 was a huge sucess in raising awareness and vital funds for The Royal British Legion. This year a percentage of all sales of the 2009 brooch will go directly to the charity. Please do show your support for the Royal British Legion; simply pre-order on www.kleshna.com in time for Armistice Day on the 11th November 2009.

Since 2008 the brocches have adorned the likes of Judi Dench, Bond girl Olga Kurylenko, Katherine Jenkins, Hayley Westernra, Cheryl Cole and Carol Vorderman.

For further information contact Kaylie Hards at Kleshna ‘Stealer of Hearts’ Limited 0208 410 6789 Kleshna@kleshna.com – Kleshna is available for interview and we have many images from both campaigns.

Kleshna Jewellery Blooms into the Plus Size Market

Inspired by the luscious curvaceous Marilyn Monroe’s and Crystal Renn’s of this world, British Jewellery designer Kleshna adapts her glamorous collections to celebrate their curves. ‘As a curvy woman myself I had noticed a gap in the market to provide affordable accessories, marrying luxury and unique design that are suitable for the larger ladies out there. I have relished bringing this extra factor to my clients with our first collection selling into Box 2 franchisees and talks happening with two other large retailers.’

Known for her glamorous and flamboyant designs produced in the most eclectic selection of colour ways, the collections are specifically designed for the fuller figure resulting in curvaceous couture.

The diverse pieces incorporate Swarovski crystal, spicy faux pearls through to two toned neon’s, all are enriched with sparkling elements. To touch on a few key pieces ...

The ‘Heart 2 Heart’ RRP £47.00 bracelets are a beautiful wave of crystal hearts on sterling silver chain. In an array of joyous colour combinations from glorious rainbows, through to an amorous valentine.

Sparkling with 1940’s Hollywood glamour, The Raphaelites, single RRP £50.00 or three strand pearl necklaces RRP £105.00 and bracelets RRP £55.00 play with flamboyant colour ways. From smooth silvery greys to rich olive and electric blues finished with Jet Swarovski crystal roundels.

The collection bursts with colour through the neon range. Huge resin coated crystal beads wedged with glittering crystal and fiery pearls echoing this season’s acid coloured catwalk trends. The collection consists of a necklace, choker and bracelet, RRP £20.00 - £73.00

Kleshna has a growing curve friendly collection and further plans for the range ‘We want to become the first port of call for glamorous plus size jewellery, to make women feel bold and beautiful.’

Jewellery Focus

'Affordable design is the ethos for the Kleshna 2009 / 10 collection. Handmade, unique designs with sophisticated colour combinations in Swarovski crystal.

Click below to buy pieces featured in Jewellery Focus
Swarovski Heart 2 Heart Bracelet
Little Heart Earrings
Heart on Silver
Heart on Satin Ribbon

Jewellery Designer Kleshna Launches Hart2Hart Jewellery to Inject Funding
Into the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust

Acclaimed jewellery designer, Kleshna is collaborating with The Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) by creating a bracelet and necklace as an exclusive wearable symbol for the charity. HART is a lesser known charity

founded in 2003 by Baroness Caroline Cox[i] renowned for her pioneering work. It supports ‘the forgotten people of Europe, Africa and Asia by sowing the seeds of longer-term solutions through targeted aid-work focusing on sustainable community developments.

The ongoing fundraising campaign launching mid January 2009 in time for Valentine’s Day, is seeking to increase funding and help raise the profile of HART. £7.00 from each bracelet and £5.00 from each necklace sold will be donated to the trust. The pieces will be available for purchase at www.kleshna.com, and will be identified with the HART logo flashed on them.

Kleshna comments on the project, “We had considerable success with the exclusive sparkling Poppy brooches created from Swarovski crystals for the Royal British Legion in 2008 which were worn by a host of celebrities including Olga Kurylenko, Cheryl Cole and Dame Judi Dench to name but a few. This has made me realise the power of my hands to fundraise.

Kleshna has early links working with Caroline Cox raising much needed funds for the 'Our Family Project In her native Russia. The creative partnership grew organically from the link between the trust's abbreviated name HART and Kleshna's abundant use of hearts within the collections. A trademark style born from the romantic meaning of her Russian name, which translates to 'Stealer of Hearts'. This has resulted in her Jewellery ranges becoming sought after for Valentine's Day. The 'Hart2hart' set will be launching at this pertinent in the year to use the sucess witin the period to maximise donations for the Charity.

The ‘Hart2Hart’ bracelet is £47.00 and is made with sterling silver and a wave of Swarovski crystal hearts blending from ruby reds through rosy pinks to plain crystal and the Love Red crystal Heart necklace is a beautiful cut crystal heart on slinky silver snake chain at £24.46.

Click here to buy the bracelet online

Click here buy the necklace online

So wear your HART on your wrists or neck and help bring to the forefront such a noble charity. Please note last orders for the delivery to be guaranteed before 14^th Feb is 11^th Feb 09.

Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust UK Registered Charity 1107341

For any queries or interview requests please contact Kaylie Mountford 0208 401 6789 or 07843416515 kaylie@kleshna.com

[i] Baroness Caroline Cox, is a remarkable human rights activist. Her outstanding work in this field has been recognised by being awarded the Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland and the prestigious Wilberforce Award. She travels extensively to obtain first hand evidence of human rights violations and humanitarian needs working to provide aid and advocacy for those who are, or who have been, suffering oppression and persecution, and who are largely neglected by the international media.

Vogue.com

Eccentric jewellery designer Kleshna has channelled her talents into designing a poppy brooch in honour of the worthwhile Poppy Appeal. Kleshna's Swarovski crystal - encrusted brooch was pinned to Bond girl Olga Kurylenko's Valentino gown...

Click here to buy this years Swarovski Poppy Brooch

007 sizzler helps Poppy appeal

"Olga,who stars as bond girl Camille in the latest 007 movie Quantum of Solce, was licensed to thrill as she showed off a dazzling Kleshna poppy brooch in London's Leicester Square. "

Click here to buy your own Poppy brooch

Cause for thought

"The Royal British Legion charity, which supports war veterans and their families, has teamed up with jewellery designers Theo Fennell, Kleshna and Alex Munroe, who have created one-off brooches for the Poppy Appeal auction."

Carol's Web Wonders

"I'm helping another good cause this month, the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal. To help their campaign, this year they have had brooches created by three of the UK's most most exciting jewellery designers - Theo Fennell, Alex Munroe and Kleshna.
I'm really lucky and I'll get to wear the Kleshna one the week before Remebrance Sunday (9th November) on Countdown."

Click here to buy your own Poppy brooch

Fashion's good deed

"The Royal British Legion has commissioned hip designers Alex Munroe, Theo Fennell and Kleshna to update the symbolic paper poppy. The one-off sparkly brooch (by Kleshna) will be auctioned this month."

JEWEL FOR THE SERVICES CREATED BY KLESHNA

The 11th Day of the 11th Hour of the 11th Month is always poignant as wave after wave of men and women from our armed forces parade at the Cenotaph to honor their fallen comrades. And everyone wears a poppy as they have done since 1918! This year alongside the traditional poppies, made by disabled and ex-Servicemen & Women (www.poppyfactory.org) The Royal British Legion enlisted the support of top jewellery designers to create three very special poppies which will be worn throughout October by a series of celebrities before being auctioned off to the highest bidder with the proceeds going to the charity.

One of those designers is Kleshna who says, “It’s a brilliant idea and I am honored to be part of this project. I am known for glamorous and flamboyant crystal designs so the chance to work on such a vibrant coloured iconic image was irresistible. The brief was to capture the Legion’s values of Reflection, Hope, Comradeship, Selflessness and Service."

"I made a special metal mesh in the form of the three-petal poppy representative of the three arms of the forces - Army, Navy & Air Force .Then I waxed silk thread and embroidered layers upon layer of ruby crystals to build up a 3-D effect and also to represent the many thousands of people in the forces whom we wish to remember - topping it off with a black velvety middle with stamens made of bugle beads roccailles and crystals to denote the central stability of the British forces. It is backed with felt to make it soft and yielding. It is a very beautiful sparkling object which I hope will help to raise a lot of money for a wonderful organization that works for past and current members of the forces."

The auction starts on November 5th on www.AuctionAir.co.uk who will have a special Royal British Legion page devoted to this project.

Click here to buy your own Poppy brooch

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