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ounder of By Pariah, Sophie Howard, launched her brand with a desire to redefine modern fine jewelry. Her pieces contain a refined gracefulness, where timeless silhouettes are made boldly sculptural through the thoughtful selection of materials and subtle complexities of design. Sleek, modern curves combine with vintage elements in pieces intended to allow collectors of her work to build their own narratives through adornment.
With a background in luxury fashion communications, Sophie arrived at jewelry design through instinct rather than tradition.

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Sophie is intimately familiar with the quiet power contained in the precious materials with which she works, and she seeks to enhance the beauty her jewelry can bring into the world with a commitment to using only recycled metals and untreated, natural gemstones.

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With a background in luxury fashion communications, Sophie arrived at jewelry design through instinct rather than tradition. Her lifelong fascination with materials is conveyed throughout her collections, which are also illustrative of her penchant for minimal, sensual forms.

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With a definitive and clear aesthetic, the designs showcase a reverence for the raw beauty of precious metals and gemstones. Her creativity is bolstered by her profound respect for the natural world and influenced by London’s rich, cultural tapestry. “I’ve always had an appreciation for nature; not in a naturalist way, but in the curves and forms of the earth and its raw materials,” she explains. “That echoes in how I design—architectural, but bold and smooth.”

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Sophie is continually inspired by like-minded artists whose work she admires. Collaborating with several “Muses,” who are celebrated art directors, stylists and artists of various mediums, the brand highlights these women’s bespoke curations of By Pariah designs.

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With a core collection that includes translucent stones like smokey quarts and moss agate encircled with a silky band of 14k yellow gold, impeccably engineered stacking rings and sophisticated pendants, the brand’s new capsule collection, Reverie, builds upon its core essence in more elaborately detailed designs.

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Inspired by a vintage domed gold ring with a single emerald framed by diamonds that Sophie discovered, Reverie re-imagines the brand’s signature silhouettes. Highlighting the luminous depths of emeralds, each 14k gold design is a study in proportion, contrast and enduring beauty that reflects Sophie’s assertion that her jewels should be worn not as a statement, but as an extension of self.








