Nicole Richie turns jewellery designer

Expectant mum Nicole Richie has launched an affordable line named after her first child.

                                                                             She may be pregnant with her second child, but that hasn't stopped Nicole Richie from getting to work on her latest venture. House of Harlow, a line of high street-priced jewellery, this week launched at trendy boutique Kitson in Los Angeles. The range, which the pint-sized fashion plate created with jeweller Pascal Mouawad, was inspired by Nicole's love of '60s and '70s pieces from her own extensive collection of jewellery. As yet unavailable in the UK, the pair hope to make the collaboration an ongoing venture. At the in-store launch event last Saturday, Richie turned up to sign autographs with younger sister Sofia, wearing a cream maxi dress, leather sandals and a headpiece, draped in pieces from the range, which features geometric designs in rose gold and leather. "I designed every single piece personally and I think it all turned out great," she was reported as saying. "My mom is seriously my biggest fan. She'll try to leave the house wearing one of my headpieces and I'm like dragging her back inside so she won't embarrass herself! There's an age limit with those things, you know?" Somehow we can't see Nicole taking that kind of language from daughter Harlow further down the line.

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Pictures: Nicole Richie at the jewellery launch, and pieces from the House of Harlow collection at Kitson