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I'm Rachel Zoe, and you're listening to Climbing in Heels for your weekly dose of glamour,

inspiration, and fun.

My guest today is a newer friend of mine, but it feels like I've

known her, honestly, for my whole life. Brian E. Raymond is a fine jewelry atelier and her

expertise in creating some of the most exquisite jewelry has made her highly sought after in

Hollywood and beyond. From boarding school to a career in finance, which honestly is quite

impressive. Brianne found her passion in the luxury jewelry space and has really never looked back

since. Brianne's creativity and savvy mind for business is so inspiring and I have so much in

common with her as a working mom in a high demand industry. She is truly a gem in every way. So let's get right

into it. It's going to be such a fun one. I've wanted to have you on because you're a little bit

of this, in my opinion, secret weapon, I think, in the world of jewelry. And I think there is a lot

of, you know, you have this devoted customer. You have, I would say clientele makes more sense here. But I would say you have a very loyal, devoted clientele, some that, you know, nobody knows, some that many would know. But in the world of luxury jewelry, it is pretty

top secret, right? And I think you've probably built your career in a very top secret manner.

And so I wanted to bring you on today to sort of talk about this very unknown world to most

people and how you decided to go out on your own and create

Brian E. Raymond, which is such a chic name, by the way. It's crazy. I think I feel in love with you.

We, you know, we'll get into it more later, but I do want to say how we met was funny enough,

not through jewelry, but that you came up to

me at the Beverly Hills Hotel during award season. And I had my boys and you were like, oh, I have two

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