on September 09, 2026
From earrings, to pendants to pinky rings, our new release - the Full Bleed Collection - is one of our most versatile and wearable collections to date. But its fluid designs started with a less everyday kind of piece - a one-of-a-kind Maximialist cocktail ring.
At the heart of this design is a very interesting history - one that sets the tone for the spirit of Full Bleed.
The term came into popular use in the 1920s, as Prohibition, the Jazz Age and a new generation of independent women were changing the social landscape. Women had gained the vote, many were earning their own money, and the flapper had become shorthand for a new kind of freedom - cropped hair, shorter hemlines, cigarettes, dancing and very little interest in behaving as expected. The cocktail ring was part of that visual language. Worn on the right hand, it was conspicuous rather than coded; a jewel to be chosen for yourself, rather than given to you as a promise. “The cocktail ring symbolises fun.” says Stephen’s daughter, Amy “It was worn by women to show that they were available and up for a good time”.
Starlet’s such as Clara Bow - the original “It Girl” - were seen posing for photographs with large rocks on their right hands. Its irreverence stood for a lot more than dressing up, it was about claiming space on their own terms. And they wore their freedom well. From then to now, the cocktail ring has held its place in the jewellery landscape, unrestrained by convention. This is exactly what Stephen loves about them - anything goes when you're designing a cocktail ring.
The first Full Bleed ring was anything but quiet. "We threw everything at it, including the kitchen sink," says Stephen. A giant bi-coloured Tourmaline sits at its centre, held in white gold, ringed by graduated pavé and finished with enamel that drips down its sides - as far from minimal as a ring can get. And yet it holds together. Perhaps that's because the gem sits at the centre not just physically but conceptually: the whole design radiates out from that point, lifting the stone's own tones into the enamel, letting the shape of the ring echo the cut of the gem.
As with all our pieces, craftsmanship is at the core of the design, realised by a team of specialists - from gem cutters and goldsmiths to engravers and enamel experts. Stephen loves to bring a contemporary design to life through craft that goes back hundreds of years, and the enamel detail is a case in point. Before any colour goes on, the metal surface is deliberately textured - "livened," in the old language of enamelling - sometimes hand-engraved, so that light passes through the finished colour and catches the pattern underneath, the way it might through a stained-glass window. It's slow, specialist work, largely unchanged since jewellers first used enamel, and it's precisely why no two Full Bleed pieces are the same.
One ring led to another, then another, until Full Bleed earned its first proper collection - bringing this visual language into the everyday - smaller and customisable pieces that can carry you from office to drinks and into the night. A small drop earring converts into a longer articulated piece, upping the drama at the twist of a catch. A padlock pendant is just as easily locked onto leather, chain or pearls. This versatility is designed for a fast paced life, packed with excitement - carrying the flapper-girl spirit into the modern day.
Even the gemstones refuse to stay put. Much like the Full Bleed cocktail rings, the collection shifts according to what gems are sourced from Stephen’s trips to the desert in Tucson, Arizona. A beautifully reactive process which keeps the design constantly evolving. For this edition of moss greens and burgundy hues - when the source of peachy-toned Tourmalines dried up, Stephen ventured out to look for a replacement, which he found in a lesser known stone - Zircon, in a coppery-pink hue with the fire of a diamond
A stone runs out, a colourway shifts, a new client walks in looking for a colour nobody’s found before, and Full Bleed simply follows. It's because of that restless energy that the collection feels so exciting - the same restlessness that gave us the cocktail ring in the first place. A century ago, it announced a freedom to wear something bold, simply because you wanted to. Full Bleed makes the same announcement today, just with a few more ways to do it.
