To my wonderful community,
I hope you are well and yes you've guessed it, this is going to be an emotional one.
A personal note from Nikki
I wanted to write this letter to you personally to let you know that I have made the hard decision to take a break for a few months. Although it may not come as much of a surprise to everyone, given the changes at Nikki and Me over the last few months, I hope that this letter will help you to understand my decision, as it has not been an easy one to make. But I promise you this isn't the end, this is just me hitting the pause button for a little while.
I originally founded Lola Rose in the year 2000 and as you may be aware I was offered an incredible opportunity to step away from the brand following its success. I jumped straight into bringing you the reincarnation of my designs through Nikki and Me and it has now been almost two years since we successfully launched. In all the mayhem, meetings, designing and directing I have never stopped or slowed down - I hope you all know by now, my designs and bringing you my jewellery has always been my passion and driving force, since I created that first tumble bracelet. But with all this change, coupled with my increasing family commitments and my own wellbeing NOT TO MENTION a worldwide pandemic and a scarily tough economic climate I have decided it is time for me to take a very overdue break and to focus for a little while on what I consider to be the most important thing in my life “my family”. With my darling Freddie turning 14 and my gorgeous Oscy just turned 11, I am going to take this time to look after and enjoy my beautiful boys. I also want to focus on making memories with my inspirational mum, whilst taking some time to look after myself.
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for all your kindness, support and love over the last 24 years (gosh that sounds so long). I am never more proud, then when I take the time to reflect on the amazing community we have all built together; strong women, supporting strong women, looking and feeling fabulous in jewellery full of personality and confidence. Without you I would never have been able to do what I do and I really want you to know that this is not goodbye, this is just “see you in a short while”. Knowing me very well, I know that I will also be using this time to be creative, to find inspiration and to bring you all even more beautiful treasures very soon.
I know you will have lots of questions about what this break means for you as a Nikki and Me customer, so please check out our 'taking a break FAQ's' with all the important information. But in the meantime, as the Nikki and Me website will temporarily not be accepting orders after 9th February 2024 and not wanting a single one of my beautiful designs to be boxed up and put into storage, make sure you keep checking the Nikki and Me website over the final few weeks before we take a break, for our incredible everything must go sale. I want every fabulous piece of jewellery to find a fabulous home with my even more fabulous community, so keep an eye out for some crazy deals to come.
I will certainly miss you all and will be in touch again before our final order day of 9th February. But I promise I will find plenty of ways to say in touch through monthly newsletters, blogs and social media, keeping you up to date on my next adventure. AND it is very much my wish you stay in touch with me too, by messaging me on Facebook and Instagram - @nikkigewirtz
It’s not goodbye forever, it’s just a see you soon.
Lots of Love,
Nikki x
