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NANCY MANN CHALLENGES JEWELRY DESIGNER STEPHEN WEBSTER TO THE PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE.
Stephen & Proust
INTERVIEW BY NANCY MANN
Q: What do you consider your greatest achievement? SW: Apart from being 50 percent responsible for two amazingly talented and lovely daughters, my “greatest achievement” has been receiving an MBE from HRH the Queen of England. The honor was in recognition of the mentoring and training that have become integral to our business since creating Rock Vault over 12 years ago.
Q: What is your idea of perfect happiness? SW: Perfect happiness is a gin martini with my family in our kitchen, overlooking the English Channel, with a clear view of France. The street on which we live is the final frontier before Europe, so close that all cell phones welcome you to France. It’s a great way to hide.
SW: My current state of mind is hectic as usual. I just returned from Moscow where we opened a beautiful new boutique. This coincided with President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, where we also have a boutique. We know more than most how horrified most people are on both sides of this terrible situation that has deeply affected my, and millions of others’, state of mind.
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