StyleBlueprint Nashville

Faces of Nashville: Margaret Ellis

January 6, 2013

You announced at the end of 2012 that you were retiring. What prompted this decision?

Many things. As more years pass, the years pass faster. I wanted time to pursue other interests, travel more with my husband, Fred, who is also my business partner, and begin the Third Act of this play called My Life. I had not thought about turning the business over to someone else until Mclaine Richardson started working for us. She is an exceptional young woman in many ways, and a light started to go on in my head that she could take it from here. Her mother is Connie Richardson, well known in Nashville fashion circles, and she will be helping Mclaine in many aspects of the business. They are a dream team for this job. Mclaine designed the collection of jewelry that she will take to New York’s wholesale accesory show in January. I like the collection very much. It fits right in with my classic pieces confirming that Mclaine understands my established aesthetics. Mclaine is keeping the name, Margaret Ellis Jewelry, and Anjy Smith and Edward Tomlin, the same two wonderfully talented people who have been making the jewelry literally for decades, will remain on board. I think that both Nashville and New York will approve, and that all will be well. I foresee a very smooth transition.

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