Lulu B Designs jewelry were featured on Calgary’s CTV Morning Live with Nina Davuluri,  Miss America 2014. She was in Calgary as part of a cross Canada tour with official clothing sponsor: Joseph Ribkoff. Turns out that Joseph Ribkoff is a Montreal-based company with retailers around the world. We were thrilled to be asked to provide the jewelry for this segment on CTV.

Learn more about Joseph Ribkoff

Watch the entire segment with Miss America & Joseph Ribkoff online at CTV

This week we had such a blast at World MasterCard Fashion Week in Toronto. As part of our collaboration with Maison Matthew Gallagher for his Spring/Summer 2014 collection we took in the site of Toronto and all that is FASHION WEEK!

Lovely spending some time with Canadian Icon Marilyn Denis and the original Boy London. Marilyn loved her Lulu B necklace.

Loved sitting next to Canadian Starlet Elisha Cuthbert (and yes, she’s showing off her Lulu B bracelet).

Backstage before the show with cutie-patootie Matthew Gallagher.

Male models were everywhere. It’s okay to look, right?

Posing with my pal Matthew Gallagher. Looking forward to next time!

Calgary Jewelry Designer Collaborates with Maison Matthew Gallagher for Spring / Summer 2014 Presentation

Calgary, AB (Monday October 21, 2013)

Geologist and Jewelry designer, Mary Lou Banks typically works out of her in-home studio in NW Calgary. On October 23, however, she will be seated in the front row at World MasterCard Fashion Week watching her jewelry on the runway at Maison Matthew Gallagher’s Spring/Summer 2014 show. The Calgary-based designer was invited to create jewelry for the show by Gallagher, who was called “The one Canadian Designer to watch (who wowed us at Toronto Fashion Week)” by the Globe and Mail for his Fall/Winter 2013 collection.

Banks, a consultant geologist by trade, has been designing jewelry since 2008 after a trip to Paris. “I love the way Parisian women accessorize, they embrace their femininity, they wear colour and they love asymmetry,” says Banks. “I’ve always felt that jewelry is an extension of who we are—different stones, colours and shapes speak differently to every one of us. And that in itself is unique and beautiful.”

The pieces created for the upcoming show have been appropriately named MAISON. Banks and Gallagher collaborated on the designs, which include 13 different pairs of earrings for the 20-piece collection to be presented to Canada’s top fashion media, retail buyers, and style enthusiasts. The earrings are made of coloured Swarovski crystals.

Matthew Gallagher’s Spring / Summer 2014 collection was inspired by the women he encountered during summer breaks while he studied in Milan. “Their holiday style was effortlessly chic, it captivated me,” says the 27-year-old rising Canadian designer. “Italian women don’t shy away from statement jewelry and Mary Lou’s European aesthetic was a perfect match for this collection.”

Images of the MAISON designs will be released to the media following the presentation on October 23rd. For more information on Lulu B Designs visit www.lulubdesigns.ca and for more on Maison Matthew Gallagher visit www.maisonmatthewgallagher.com. The show at World MasterCard Fashion Week will be at 7PM EST before Mackage and Joe Fresh.

Media are invited to contact:

Jason Krell, Official PR for Lulu B Designs: 403-862-7380 |  jkrell@largecommunications.com