Bar Bizoux began as a fix. The collection was built to be simple — small coloured-stone pieces you could layer into what you already owned, a pop of colour or a bit of fun without committing to a gemstone in any grand way. A gentle, unintimidating way into the coloured-stone world. But when it first launched, it didn't land.

My read was that the simplicity was the problem — or rather, that the way we introduced the pieces hadn't caught up to them. Shown plainly, they risked reading as blank, when their whole purpose was to be the easy, joyful addition to a collection. So I gave them a world. I pitched Bar Bizoux — a café-bar concept that could carry the collection's marketing aesthetic and double as a pop-up — because food and drink lend anything a little whimsy, warmth, and approachability. And I made the case the way the idea deserved: before the team meeting I ran to the convenience store, bought an armful of drinks, pulled samples from the office, and presented it with a moodboard of café sketches and colour pairings. Bar Bizoux was born from that pitch.