Hannah’s online store focuses on Turkish style

Hannah Wallace has set up a new business, Mahlika, selling Turkish jewellery

Browsing through the colourful and vibrant merchandise being sold on market stalls during a trip to Turkey, Hannah Wallace was taken by the beauty and elegance of the country’s exotic jewellery.

The 25-year-old was inspired by the gold, turquoise and ruby adornments and decided to set up her own online store selling handmade Turkish jewellery to customers in the UK and worldwide.

Mahlika Jewellery launched this month showcasing jewellery that is designed and made in Istanbul by skilled artisans.

The ranges include necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings made using pearl, turquoise, amethyst, coral and garnets.

Mahlika – which means ‘face as beautiful as the moon’ in Turkish – have already received orders from the US, UK and Saudi Arabia.

Hannah, who runs the business from her home in Cheadle Hulme, said: “Women all over the world adore fashion, especially jewellery.

“They love to wear clothes that reflect their style, and jewellery for the perfect finishing touches.

“In the past, true style gurus would have had to travel the world to locate innovative and unique jewellery designs, but with the way the industry has evolved, products from

anywhere in the world are easily accessible for anyone who wants them.”

Hannah regularly goes on holiday to the Turkish town of Kas and says her passion for jewellery started at an early stage.

“My mum was always wearing nice jewellery which I used to admire, and I’ve always been a big fan,” she said.

“Every time I’ve visited Turkey, where my parents have a house, I’ve picked up different pieces, and friends have always asked where I got them from.”

Before launching her business, Hannah graduated from Leeds University in media and cultural studies then went

travelling around Australasia and south-east Asia before returning to the UK last September.

On her return, she decided to use her savings to establish her business and spent six months setting up her website and sourcing products.

Now she is planning to learn how to design and make her own jewellery.

She says her long-term aims are to open a shop and add jewellery from other countries.

She said: “I love Indian designs and they are very similar to what I sell now.

“It will definitely be an area I will be looking into.”

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