British Vogue readers linked to Saint Michael’s College may have noticed a familiar business name in several recent numbers.
Francesca d’Elia ’20 (thanks to Francesca d’Elia)
Local jewelryA small company created by Francesca d’Elia ’20, was presented in the numbers of December, January and February of British Vogue As one of their “jewelry designer profiles” alongside jewelry creators around the world.
Elia specializes in Business administration and undermined in Economy During his stay with Saint Michael, but his passion for jewelry started well before university.
D’Elia has started making jewelry in college as Christmas gifts. She said she was still inspired by the types of jewelry that her friends would wear. She finally started to enter her jewelry in local artisanal fairs in Vermont.
“I did my first craft program when I was a second year student in high school … and I remember just being terrified to sell anything, and literally sitting at my table while trembling while the people asked me what I was doing, “said Elia. “And now, looking back, it’s like, very funny, because now I like more than 10 shows just during the holiday season.”
D’Elia officially appointed her company “Local jewelry” as she was starting to sell her creations to more people.
“Homegrown is really out of someone,” said Elia. “Honestly, I didn’t even have other names in mind. It was just good because I was getting out, at that time, from my room, and it was very important, always on nature and the drawings of nature. »»
‘The jewelry girl’
While D’Elia entered her first year at Saint Michael’s College – according to the traces of her parents and three sisters, who are all elders – she thought she would be too busy to maintain her business. However, that changed as she spoke to her friends local jewelry, and they insisted for having a “market” before the winter holidays.
A ring and a bracelet designed by local jewelry, which belongs to Francesca d’Elia ’20, was one of the designs presented in British Vogue in early 2025.
“Year of the first year in my dormitory in Ryan (Hall), we organized a two-hour jewelry shopping pop-up-up-up,” said Elia. She added: “During the following four years, I was the jewelry.”
D’Elia said that she felt extremely supported by her peers throughout her stay with Saint Michael, and these encouragement gave her a lot of confidence when her business took off after graduation.
D’Elia also informed her teachers of her jewelry company very early at Saint Michael, which allowed her to use her own jewelry business to complete courses and projects, she said.
“I was able to take everything we learned in class and apply it almost directly to what I was doing in my business that year,” she said.
Of Elia said that business teachers Karen Popovich And Paul Olsen were particularly favorable because she was sailing the role of Homegrown in the business field, making available to commercial advice and providing advice as her business grew up.
For his latest project during her last year at Saint Michael, Elia showed her jewelry at Vermont Marketplace.
“A group of my teachers came, and it was like, so pleasant to know that I had this support,” she said.
In vogue in British vogue
Now, five years after graduation, from Elia is even more successful after being presented in British Vogue.
“The first issue was published in mid-November,” said Elia. “I had known it since the beginning of October, and I hadn’t told anyone because I knew it happened, but there was a 1% of me that was like, it looks like a farce.”
Local jewelry, a company founded and managed by Francesca d’Elia ’20, were presented in British Vogue for three consecutive months at the end of 2024 and at the beginning of 2025. A screenshot of the January 2025 edition page De British Vogue shows that she was part of the designers of around the world (local jewelry is at the bottom left). (Credit: British Vogue)
D’Elia was aware of the pieces she presented to appear in the magazine and said that she was approaching artistically, including a face ring, large flower earrings with a pearl in the middle and Technical stone pieces with a ring and a bracelet.
“These three pieces had just the impression that they were flowing and felt as if I wanted to represent the brand as a whole,” she said.
In light of the recent projectors of D’Elia in British Vogue, she said that she was particularly grateful for the success of Home -Crown Jewelry – and people who helped her to bring to this point.
“It was definitely a time when I am a little sitting and got back on the 11 full year of business management,” she said.