Talk:Sheherazade Goldsmith

The birth name has been repeatedly reverted to her stage name, and references have been removed as well. The most definitive sources are not available online (Burke's Peerage, Yorkshire Times notice of birth, etc.).

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She is described as a leader. What is she a leader of exactly? A world leader? Leader of fashion? The term is too vague. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.71.139 (talk) 21:02, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

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• What I think should be changed:

"In June 2013 she launched a 'concept jewellery' label Loquet London with her former friend and model Laura Bailey. After a falling out, the two ended their partnership both as friends and business associates. However, Laura Bailey's name is still leveraged to lend the company greater credibility."

• Why it should be changed:

The final sentence is unsourced opinion and reads as disparagement; the surrounding "falling out / former friend" framing is editorialised. Suggested neutral replacement:

"In 2013 she co-founded the jewellery brand Loquet London with the model Laura Bailey."

The Companies House filing already cited in the article supports that Bailey ceased to be a director in 2022; it does not support any characterisation of the relationship, which should therefore be dropped. The founding by Goldsmith and Bailey is independently confirmed by British Vogue, the trade title Retail Jeweller, and the Financial Times.

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~2026-33266-55 (talk) 10:54, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done. Morwen (talk) 12:28, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

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• What I think should be changed: "was not seen as aesthetically pleasing or a worthwhile investment,"

• Why it should be changed: Suggested neutral replacement, staying within the FT source:

"In a 2019 Financial Times feature on her west London home, Goldsmith said she had not repeated some environmental measures from a previous house, noting that solar panels there had not greatly contributed and that the home was heated by a gas system."

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~2026-33266-55 (talk) 11:02, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Goldsmith is the founder and creative director of Loquet London, a fine jewellery brand she co-founded in 2013 with the model Laura Bailey. The brand has been the subject of features in publications including the Financial Times, The New York Times, British Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, which have described it as a modern reinterpretation of the traditional Victorian keepsake locket. Its signature piece is a faceted sapphire-crystal case, opened and filled by the wearer with miniature charms. She has said the idea came from a pendant containing pressed flowers that her son had given her, bought at a fair when he was a child, and from childhood visits to her uncle, an antique jeweller at Grays Antiques in Mayfair. Commentators have linked the concept to the 19th-century tradition of sentimental lockets.

Goldsmith has said the pieces are handcrafted in workshops in Italy and Hong Kong. The brand initially used 9-carat gold; according to a 2025 Financial Times report it discontinued 9-carat pieces in favour of 14 and 18-carat gold, raising prices across the range and introducing a faceted sapphire crystal for greater durability. A February 2025 New York Times feature likewise described the brand's starting point as a 14-carat gold and sapphire-crystal case. The brand has more recently said it makes its jewellery in solid 18-carat gold set with F-colour diamonds.

The brand's flagship shop on Elizabeth Street in Belgravia began as a pop-up in 2016 and reopened as a permanent store in 2023, coinciding with the company's tenth anniversary and a rebrand. Loquet is sold through retailers including Liberty in London, Dover Street Market, Broken English in New York and Los Angeles, and Lane Crawford in Hong Kong.

In a 2024 Financial Times feature the company said its revenue had grown by more than 42 per cent over the preceding four years. Loquet pieces have been featured in the national press, including as the lead item in a 2024 Sunday Times Style jewellery feature. The brand has also produced collaborations, including charms designed with the artist Charlie Mackesy and the ballet dancer Maria Nunez; a limited-edition lemon charm with the cookery writer Skye McAlpine, part of Loquet's "Charms for Change" series in which a percentage of sales goes to charity; and a 2024 collection co-designed with Kate Kane, with a proportion of profits going to the Harry Kane Foundation. ~2026-33266-55 (talk) 09:09, 10 June 2026 (UTC)