Sophie Hulme founded her eponymous accessories house in 2008. The brand has always been focused on product design rooted in a form follows function approach, committed to creating 'things that work'. The brand releases four collections per year - Spring/Summer, Pre-Autumn/Winter, Autumn/Winter and Resort. Categories include bags, evening bags, small leather goods accessories and charms. Working with high quality saddlery leather and 24-carat gold plated hardware, every style is responsibly made in Italy and Hungary. The collections are currently retailed in 230 locations across 23 countries – including Selfridges, Liberty, Harrods, Harvey Nichols in the UK and Bergdorf Goodman, Le Bon Marche and Lane Crawford internationally. Creative director, Sophie Hulme, graduated from Kingston University in 2007, winning Student of the Year and Best Collection. She was been awarded the BFC/ELLE Talent Launchpad and a British Fashion Award for Emerging Talent in accessories, both in 2012. The brand was nominated for the Vogue Fashion Fund award in 2017.