Deborah Allen, Senior Jewellery Designer for Oliver Bonas
EXPERTISE• Costume jewellery design
• Silver and gold-plated jewellery design
• Semi-precious jewellery design
EDUCATION• BA Hons in Jewellery and Silversmithing

Deborah Allen

SENIOR JEWELLERY DESIGNERDebs joined the OB Jewellery Team in 2019 and is OB’s Senior Jewellery Designer for costume jewellery, silver jewellery, gold-plated and semi-precious jewellery. She really enjoys tapping into her creative side in our design studio and finds inspiration all around when it comes to working on new collection ideas.

When thinking about shapes, textures and colours for new pieces, Debs often looks to nature, and it's this creative eye for potential designs that contributes to OB’s fresh, distinctive jewellery pieces. She describes it as a privilege to spend her days surrounded by the beautiful items in the OB jewellery collections and enjoys being at the heart of the creative process.

When it comes to her own style, Debs loves to embrace colour, and believes you can never have too much jewellery, especially when it comes to earrings. She loves nothing more than stacking her multiple piercings with statement studs and chunky hoops and curating the perfect earscape.
‘I think hoop earrings have been described as “the little black dress of the jewellery world”. They can be dressed up or down, are appropriate for any occasion, are understated and discreet where needed, but a style statement in others. They project a sense of confidence – it's very hard to go wrong with a pair.’
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