Back in 2015 I was working in the city of London in a stressful job. In reality it wasn’t where I wanted to be. Up until then I’d had several careers ranging from hospitality to beauty to marketing and PR, yet I found myself in the corporate financial sector. It was the last place I thought I’d end up! Tired of the daily grind, long hours and boring to do lists, I questioned my future. Is this really what life was really about? My husband felt the same. We were both free spirits and being pigeon-holed felt restrictive and soulless. Surely there was more to life.

So we both quit our jobs and went back packing around Asia.

Starting in Nepal, we travelled across India, most of South East Asia and as far as New Zealand, China and Tibet. Whilst travelling I came across so many artisan communities. Whether it was amongst the remote mountains of Nepal or sleepy towns in Indonesia, I’d see women hand looming beautiful fabrics. Techniques that had been passed down through generations. I’d always loved handmade clothes and fondly remember my mum embroidering her saris with colourful threads. It was an inherent part of my Indian heritage.

I wasn't sure what i was looking for whilst travelling - but I found it in India. In dusty workshops and vibrant markets, I watched artisans block printing fabric by hand, women creating Kantha embroidery stitch by tiny stitch, dyers folding cloth into Shibori patterns that looked like the night sky. I recognised something. It was the same quiet dedication I'd seen in my mother, bent over her sewing, making something beautiful and meaningful out of cloth.

I came home and started Jewelled Buddha - a handmade women’s clothing and accessories brand.

Not to just sell fashion — but to celebrate craft. To keep these extraordinary techniques alive by connecting them with people here in the UK who understand that a handmade thing carries something no machine ever could: time, intention and individuality. Every piece crafted is ethical, slow-made and built to last far beyond a single season. It won't look like anyone else's wardrobe. And that's entirely the point.

Dress Like Nobody Else

There's a whole world of clothing designed to look like everything else on the high street. We don't make any of it. Jewelled Buddha is for people who got bored of blending in. Who want their wardrobe to have a story. Who'd rather wear something made by an artisan in Rajasthan than something made in a factory that exploits its workers and the environment.

Individual style isn't about being loud. It's about being intentional.