Kellie Daniels - Founder, Salomé Designs

Bio: Kellie Daniels was born in Houma, Louisiana in 1977 and grew up south of New Orleans. After receiving her Master’s in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Mass Communications & Art History from Louisiana State University; Daniels worked as an intern for the Guggenheim Museum in New York and then moved to Las Vegas to work with the Guggenheim in their gallery space in the Venetian Hotel.  In 2001 she began working with B&P a full-service advertising agency in Las Vegas and then moved back to New Orleans in 2003 and accepted a position as PR Director of Highwire Agency. In May 2004 she married architect Jonathon Daniels and in 2012 moved to his hometown of Newcastle with their 3 girls.

 In 2015 Daniels began making jewellery in her Blaydon studio in Tyne & Wear.

Daniels launched her jewellery line SALOME in 2016 from her Blaydon Studio and used her experience in PR to propel the brand from a small bespoke handmade jewellery company to a worldwide brand. In 2016, she began selling with Wolf and Badger in New York and London and in 2019 started to supply SALOME to Fenwick.  All of her jewellery production is done in-house, and she uses sustainable methods and natural gemstones whenever possible.

Her work is inspired by her mother and all strong women, her Louisiana roots, nature, architecture, history, and the folklore and power of natural gemstones.  She also incorporates traditional American bead making techniques and displays as much of the natural gemstones as possible in each design. In 2021, Daniels formalised her 2 year PR mentoring role with Newcastle University and became a Tutor and Industry Expert in corporate communication. 

 Awards & Collaborations

 SALOME DESIGNS

• Forbes Magazine Best of Pearls April 2021
• Tatler Best of Brits March 2021
• Elle UK “Top 100 brands to support during lockdown”
• Telegraph Fashion “Top 9 brands of Summer 2020”
• Living North 2019 “Designer of the Year” nominee
• Fenwick Exclusive Design Limited Edition Collaboration 
• Stephanie Waxberg Limited Edition Collaboration
• Golden Gorilla Award from Cross River Gorilla Project for services to conservation
• Collaborated with Wolf & Badger to sponsor a fundraising event at Kew Gardens in aid of Cross River Gorilla Project
• Female Narrative’s “Featured brand for Sustainable Fashion”
• Top 50 retailer from Wolf & Badger 2018

Maggie Ibbetsen – TTM Management

Bio: Maggie Beth Ibbetson has worked at TTM Management for 8 years, during her degree in Fashion Communication at Northumbria University as events coordinator and following graduation as a Model Booker & Sales & Marketing Manager. TTM Management, formerly Tyne Tees Models, is the North East’s largest modelling agency founded in 1994 and represents a diverse selection of talent from babies to classic models of all races and abilities.

Zoë Noble – Commercial Photographer (Elle, Harper’s Bazaar)

Zoe Noble is an English fashion and beauty photographer, based between London and Berlin. Passionate about beautiful lighting and natural retouching, her work showcases women as strong, authentic and wonderfully unique.

 Previously Zoe worked for Condé Nast at the prestigious Vogue House, and it was here she fell in love with the power of photography. She decided to follow her dream of becoming a professional photographer and ten years later, now works internationally for commercial and editorial clients and also works as an educator for Capture One and Adobe. 

Hoping to inspire others to follow their dreams and change their lives, like she did, Zoë creates educational content for her YouTube channel and newsletter.

 An advocate for women’s rights and female empowerment, Zoe founded We are Childfree, a portrait and podcast series that lifts up the voices of women who have decided not to have children. She hopes to inspire all women to live their lives authentically.

Clients and Publications

L'Oréal Paris, Ogily, No 7, Benefit Cosmetics, Sony, Vichy Laboratoires, Ciaté London, Ableton, Etsy

Vogue Arabia, Vogue Japan, Vogue Japan Wedding, Harper's Bazaar Arabia, ELLE Serbia, Marie Claire Turkey, L'Officiel Ukraine, GQ Portugal

Henry Wade – Content Creator, Men’s Fashion/Lifestyle Blogger

Bio: Henry Wade is a content creator who champions fashion, fitness, lifestyle, travel and male grooming.

Class and sophistication have always been a large focus in his vision and this had led him to work with a number of distinguished brands including Kurt Geiger, Penhaligon’s, Tommy Hilfiger, Gillette, Puma & Tag Heuer. As well as this, Henry has been an ambassador for River Island, Braun and Johnnie Walker.

Henry dedicates his time to create perfect pieces of content which can clearly be seen by both his Instagram & TikTok profiles gaining an impressive amount of followers which continue to grow daily.

Emilie Hill – Junior Magazine Journalist (the Telegraph, Stella)

Bio: Emilie Hill, a junior journalist at The Telegraph is a part of its magazines team, mainly covering fashion & interiors and responsible for the titles'  social media presences too. She's a 2019 graduate of Fashion Journalism (BA Hons) from The London College of Fashion.

Faith Richardson – Freelance Fashion Journalist (Graduate Fashion Foundation, High Life North) 

Bio: Based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Faith Richardson is a freelance journalist working across the fashion and lifestyle sector, championing diversity, sustainability and female empowerment. 

 A 2019 first class honours graduate from Northumbria University in Fashion Communication, she also works across digital platforms and social media and has created content for brands and publications including My Wardrobe HQ, Graduate Fashion Foundation, Susi Bellamy, Studio Courtenay and High Life North.