Pippa Small
Born
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian-British
EducationBSC Anthropology, Masters Medical Anthropology
Alma materSchool of Oriental and African Studies
Occupation(s)Jewellery designer, anthropologist
Known forJewellery, anthropology, humanitarian work
Websitepippasmall.com

Pippa Small MBE is a British jeweller, anthropologist and humanitarian. She is the owner of Pippa Small Jewellery.[1]

Early life and education

Small was born in Montreal, Quebec.[2] She then moved with her family to Wiltshire, England,[2] where she began collecting stones, pebbles, and shells and turned them into jewellery. Later, she received a degree in Anthropology and a Masters in Medical Anthropology at the School of Oriental and Asian Studies in London.[3]

She then began working with small, disadvantaged communities and tribes in Panama, Borneo, Thailand, and India.[3]

Career

Her collection was first stocked in Barney's New York.[4] She then worked with Christina Kim from Dosa in 2000,[4] Nicole Farhi in 2001, Tom Ford at Gucci in 2002, and Chloe under Phoebe Philo.[4] Pippa opened her first shop in 2007 in Notting Hill in London and in 2008 she opened a shop in Brentwood, Los Angeles. In 2016, she opened a concession in New York at ABC Carpet & Home.[4]

She has worked with the world's first registered Fair trade gold mine in Bolivia and with the Fair trade company MADE based in Kibera, Nairobi.[5] Pippa also works with the charity Turquoise Mountain in Afghanistan where she helps to train and employ artisans to promote traditional skills.

Meghan Markle wore a Pippa Small necklace in her interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021.[6]

Awards

Pippa was made an ambassador of the human rights organisation Survival International in 2008.[7] The Queen awarded her an MBE in 2013 for ethical jewellery and charity work.[8] She won Ethical Jeweller of the Year and the Walpole Corporate Social Responsibility award in 2016.[4] Pippa was the winner of the Green Sustainability Award for Sustainability by Town and Country magazine.[4]

Press

Pippa Small has been featured in the Financial Times,[9] Vogue,[8] The Guardian,[10] Metro,[11] The Telegraph,[12] and Town & Country.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Pippa Small is an ethical jewellery designer based in Notting Hill | The London Resident". theresident united kingdom. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Pippa Small". La Maison Couture. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Heart of gold: Pippa Small's life-changing jewels". thejewelleryeditor. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Pippa Small". whitebirdjewellery. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Top 5: Pippa Small, Jewelry Designer". iwanttobeher. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "'I was very proud': Jewelry designer Pippa Small on seeing Meghan Markle in her necklace during Oprah Winfrey interview". ca.hellomagazine. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Pippa Small named 'Survival ambassador'". survivalinternational. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Small's Big Award". British Vogue. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  9. ↑ Youde, Kate (7 November 2020). "Jeweller Pippa Small sees sustainability rising up consumers' agenda". Financial Times. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Caroline Roux meets jewellery designer Pippa Small". the Guardian. 21 January 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Fashion wish list: Pippa Small's drop earrings and Zoe Karssen's leather trousers". Metro. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "As Meghan wears Diana's diamond bracelet, look back at her best jewellery moments". The Telegraph. 6 March 2021. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  13. ↑ Hallemann, Caroline (7 March 2021). "The Designer Behind Meghan Markle's Oprah Interview Necklace Feels Like 'A Part of History'". Town & Country. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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