DESIGN

 

RESEARCH AND INSPIRATION

  • Touchstone Accessories is proud to be one of the most directional design resources for fashion jewellery in the UK and the International High St.
  • We are inspired by everything from catwalks, street trends, travel, celebrity and trend blogs, Instagram, music videos, festivals, art, fashion exhibitions, lifestyle and culture.
  • We subscribe to leading trend sites to support or in house trend analysis.
  • Our Marylebone head office is just 10mins from London’s Oxford Street, Regent Street, and Bond Street so we are constantly in tune with retail fashion, identifying and reacting to emerging trends.
  • With regular visits to international markets including London’s Portobello Rd, the Rose Bowl in LA, and Le Puces in Paris, as well as markets in China and Korea.
  • We continually source new components and materials to add fresh ideas and techniques into the ranges and whilst updating core lines.

DESIGN & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

  • Touchstone Accessories have a talented design team in the UK, LA and China with extensive experience in the industry; on brands such as New Look, Topshop, Oasis, Forever 21, Pretty Little Thing, Tesco, Desigual, and Goldsmiths.
  • The highly skilled team works closely with our customers to ensure their vision for the brand becomes a reality.
  • From initial concept to finished development we ensure each design is commercial, technically achievable and competitively priced- meeting, or improving on our customers’ targets which maximising potential profits. Competitively priced  – meeting or improving upon customer’s targets while maximising potential profits.

 

How we support our customers:

  • Weekly and seasonally trend reports.
  • Key items update.
  • Best/worst seller breakdown.
  • CAD or hand-make samples specifically for customer requirements.
  • Advise on technical/manufacturing issues.
  • Design balance in terms of product mix and price.