Taylor & Hart
| Private company | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Jewelry, e-commerce |
| Founded 📆 | 2013 (as Rare Pink)[1] |
| Founder 👔 | Nikolay Piriankov (CEO)[2] |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , London, England |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Taylor & Hart (formerly known as Rare Pink) is a privately held jewellery company headquartered in London, England. The company specialises in designing, manufacturing, and selling bespoke engagement and wedding rings online.[3] Taylor & Hart serves customers worldwide primarily through its e-commerce platform, supplemented by their physical stores and showrooms based in London and New York City.[4][5] In addition to the gemstones used in the design of the jewelry, the company sets a small ruby inside of every ring as a trademark.[6]
Background
Taylor & Hart was founded in 2013 by current CEO Nikolay Piriankov and CFO Shane Hunt as Rare Pink.[7][8][9] Through a campaign on Seedrs, an online crowdfunding platform, Taylor & Hart raised over £195,000 by April 2014.[10][11][12][13][14]
Rebranding in 2017 as Taylor & Hart, the company closed a seed round of £1M in 2018, led by Bulgarian LAUNCHub Ventures and supported by London-based Garage Soho, an early stage investor and brand builder.[15][16][17]
In August 2019, the company raised over £3.6m ($4.4m) in growth funding in a round led by Active Partners, with participation from LAUNCHub Ventures and Paddy Byng.[18][19][20]
In February 2020, Taylor & Hart opened its first in-house workshop in Holborn, London, bringing manufacturing and finishing processes under one roof.[21][22]
In April 2025, Taylor & Hart opened a showroom at 69-71 Monmouth Street in Covent Garden, London, offering customers the opportunity to browse designs, try on a range of styles, and book in-person consultations.[23]
Products
Taylor & Hart's main products are engagement and wedding rings. Following an online or in-person consultation and design process, custom rings and other jewelry pieces are produced for individual customers at the company's headquarters in London.[24][25]
Sustainability and Sourcing
The company offers natural and lab-grown diamonds, as well as natural coloured gemstones, each accompanied by certification from the Gemological Institute of America or International Gemological Institute.[10] For natural diamonds, Taylor & Hart works with Diamond Time Lapse[26], a program that provides detailed provenance information, documenting each diamond's journey from mine to consumer.[27] Additionally, the company sources diamonds from manufacturers adhering to the United Nations Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, a process established in 2003 to prevent "conflict diamonds" from entering the mainstream rough diamond market.[28]
Certifications
- Kimberley Process Certification Scheme[31]
Recognition
Among the company's achievements are winning the title of New Jeweller of the Year 2014 at the British Jewellers' Association Awards,[33] and winning the Marketing Campaign of the Year award in Retail Jeweller's UK Awards 2019.[34][35] In 2022 Taylor & Hart won Best Bespoke Engagement Ring & Jewellery Company – London[36] and also Jewellery Team of the Year hosted by Professional Jeweller.[37][38]
References
- ↑ "Rare Pink rebrands as it expands international focus". Professional Jeweller. 15 March 2017.
- ↑ "Q&A: Nikolay Piriankov, co-founder and CEO, Taylor & Hart". The Retail Bulletin. 10 November 2020.
- ↑ Lund, Borislava (22 July 2022). "How Bulgarian-led Taylor & Hart Is Revolutionizing Romance and Jewellery'". The Recursive.
- ↑ "Taylor & Hart Company Profile". GOV.uk.
- ↑ "Why Taylor & Hart is doubling down on digital business model". Professional Jeweller. 20 June 2022.
- ↑ "Bespoke rings from TAYLOR & HART". Absolutely Chiswick & Richmond. August 2020.
- ↑ "Reactive approach to consumer demands brings business boost for online jeweller". Professional Jeweller.
- ↑ Burn-Callander, Rebecca (29 January 2015). "WhatsApp: the secret weapon for small businesses". The Daily Telegraph.
- ↑ Olson, Parmy. "How WhatsApp Became A Store Front For Diamond Rings". Forbes.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Rare Pink wins business overseas with help from UKTI and CBBC". www.gov.uk. 21 April 2017.
- ↑ "GrowthAccelerator for small businesses". GOV.UK.
- ↑ Piryankov, Nikolay (12 November 2014). "How my startup raised £195,000 through crowdfunding". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Rare Pink". www.seedrs.com.
- ↑ "A bespoke London jeweller has just launched its Series A funding round". Bdaily Business News.
- ↑ "The UK-Bulgarian Custom Jewelry Startup Taylor&Hart has just Raised £1M Seed Funding". TrendingTopics. 5 October 2018.
- ↑ Hailes, Stacey (13 June 2017). "Q&A: Taylor & Hart CEO discusses brand overhaul and international expansion". Professional Jeweller.
- ↑ "Award Winning Custom Engagement Ring E-tailer Rare Pink rebrands to Taylor & Hart". Jewellery Monthly. 15 March 2017.
- ↑ "Taylor and Hart Raises Over £3.6M in Funding". FinSMEs. 29 August 2019.
- ↑ "London-based jewelry startup Taylor & Hart raises $4.35 million to disrupt the process of shopping for fine jewelry online". Startups News | Tech News. 2 September 2019.
- ↑ Kozbunarova, Alexandra (19 September 2019). "UK-Bulgarian Diamond Rings Startup Taylor&Hart Picks Up Another £3.6m Investment". Trending Topics.
- ↑ Hailes, Stacey (24 February 2020). "Taylor & Hart brings jewellery production in-house as business booms". Professional Jeweller.
- ↑ "Jeweller Taylor & Hart opens UK workshop". Fashion Network. 19 February 2020.
- ↑ "Brand Directory | Taylor & Hart". www.coventgarden.london.
- ↑ "Where to get a bespoke engagement ring made in London". Evening Standard. 28 February 2019.
- ↑ McAnaw, Emma. "24 Of The Best Places To Buy Custom Engagement Rings Online". BuzzFeed.
- ↑ "Diamond Timelapse".
- ↑ "17 Ethical Engagement Rings Brands For 2025". The Good Trade.
- ↑ "14 ethical engagement rings to say yes while making a difference". vogue.fr. Vogue France. 27 October 2020.
- ↑ "This tennis ball-inspired ring was designed by London-based jeweller Rare Pink, which specialises in custom designed and ready-to-wear engagements rings, set with ethically sourced GIA graded diamonds". The Jewellery Editor.
- ↑ "GIA Graded Diamonds | Taylor & Hart Blog". Taylor & Hart.
- ↑ "Ethical Engagement Rings | Taylor & Hart Blog". Taylor & Hart.
- ↑ "Canada Mark Diamonds | Taylor & Hart Blog". Taylor & Hart.
- ↑ "Crowdfunded company Rare Pink scoops BJA Award". Professional Jeweller. 11 December 2014.
- ↑ "Winners 2019 | UK Jewellery Awards 2020". awards.retail-jeweller.com.
- ↑ "FINALISTS 2019 | Growth Investor Awards". growthinvestorawards.com.
- ↑ "Best Bespoke Engagement Ring & Jewellery Company – London". LUXlife Magazine. Archived from the original on 2025-02-17. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
- ↑ "PJ AWARDS WINNERS: Jewellery Team of the Year". Professional Jeweller. 6 September 2022.
- ↑ "Press Features | Taylor & Hart". Taylor & Hart.
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