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4 Your design background at Parsons Paris and your experience in couture craftsmanship are extraordinary. How have these experiences influenced the aesthetics and techniques behind your ceramic collections?
I was very lucky to study at one of the best universities in the world. Parsons gave me a level of inspiration and focus that felt completely natural— and that focus helped me win the Golden Thimble. What I learned there shaped everything I do now. Parsons taught me that fashion is, at its core, a form of art. The materials may change, but the principles stay the same: deep research, strong storytelling, and the courage to create something that has never existed before.
My time in couture studio in Balmain refined that even further— precision, structure, proportion, and respect for craftsmanship. Those lessons are present in every ceramic collection I design. The process is almost identical: I research, build a narrative, shape the forms, and bring them to life. Only now, I express those ideas through a medium that feels more enduring.
5 Many people know you as an international model— but far fewer know the artistic and technical side of your career. How does launching a ceramics brand allow you to express a different part of your identity?
Launching a ceramics brand allowed me to return to the part of myself that existed long before modelling— the designer, the creator, the girl who sketched obsessively from the age of four. Modelling gave me incredible experiences, but it also meant stepping into someone else’ s vision. My own ideas, my aesthetic, my sketchbooks were always behind the curtain.
Mystique 55 became the moment I remembered who I was. It wasn’ t a business idea— it felt like a rebirth. Ceramics gave me a medium where I could finally create rather than perform.
I also discovered how much I enjoy the leadership side— being handson with every part of the brand, from design and production to logistics, sales, and the relationships with clients, department stores, and artists. Running a business requires clarity, kindness, optimism, and a steady belief in what you’ re building. If you don’ t trust your own vision, how can anyone else follow it?
6 The pieces in your new ceramic line have a distinct artistic language. What themes, inspirations, or cultural references shape the design direction of the collection?
Having experienced the uncertainty of being an artist myself, I created Mystique 55 to give other artists a wider platform— a way for their work to live not only in galleries, but in everyday life.
Our first launch, arriving this December, is a collaboration with photographer Tim Flach inspired by his Birds series. We redrew each bird by hand, refined the tones digitally, and paired them with optical-art patterns to create a balance between nature and structure— the visual language of Mystique 55.
Sustainability, for us, is expressed through imagery. By placing living creatures within stark, digital environments, each piece becomes a quiet reminder of the fragile world we are losing, inviting reflection rather than instruction.
This meeting of organic forms and precise geometry defines our aesthetic. The result is a contemporary interpretation of beauty— timeless in feeling, yet distinctly modern.
7 Mystique 55 is built around authenticity, heritage, and respect for craft. How do these values show up in the way your ceramics are created?
All of our fine bone china pieces are handmade in England— the place where this craft was born and perfected. We produce our collections in Staffordshire, using time-honoured techniques that have been preserved for generations. Every motif is applied by hand, and each glaze and finish— including our 24-carat gold detailing— is meticulously tested for quality and safety.
We honour our artistic collaborators by crediting their work on every piece, and I visit the factory regularly. I genuinely enjoy working with their creative studio— our relationship has become a true partnership built on shared vision and respect for craft. One of my favourite parts of those visits is exploring their archive: an incredible library of hand-drawn sketches dating back centuries.
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