SLIMMS ADVISORY
For jewelry brands, founders and businesses building with intention.
Fine Jewelry Brand Sourcing
Strategic advisory for jewelry founders, designers and luxury businesses.
From the first collection to the next stage of growth, SLIMMS brings together brand perspective, product intelligence and sourcing expertise to help you make better decisions.
BUILD WITH CLARITY
A jewelry business is built through hundreds of decisions.
What to make.
Who it is for.
What it should cost.
Where to source it.
Who should make it.
Who can I trust.
How it should be positioned.
What comes next.
SLIMMS brings these decisions into one view.
In-person and remote options
Our office is conveniently located in Manhattan. A place to gather, grow, and reconnect.
THE ADVISORY
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Positioning. Strategy. Direction.
Clarifying the identity, customer and commercial position of your jewelry brand.
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Collections. Product. Range.
Developing collections with a clear point of view, considered architecture and commercial purpose.
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Collections. Product. Range.
Developing collections with a clear point of view, considered architecture and commercial purpose.
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Strategy. Leverage. Control.
Creating a more informed approach to purchasing — from supplier selection and pricing through to production and supply.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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No two businesses require the same counsel.
Some seek a considered second opinion before making a significant decision.
Other's are bringing their first collection to market.
While some have the product, but recognize the brand requires a more discerning point of view.
Others have reached a stage where sourcing, procurement, or commercial strategy needs to evolve with the business.
SLIMMS Advisory is therefore never prescribed by formula. It is shaped around the business, its ambitions, and the decisions that matter most.
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From concept to collection.
We consider the relationship between product, customer, price and brand creating collections that feel cohesive, intentional and commercially considered.
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The right source changes the equation.
We advise across diamonds, gemstones, precious metals, components and manufacturing, helping businesses understand their options and make informed sourcing decisions.
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A strong jewelry brand needs more than beautiful pieces.
We define the space the brand should occupy its customer, point of view, proposition and place within the market and where you want to go.
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Where you buy matters.
We examine supplier relationships, material choices, pricing and production to identify opportunities for greater transparency, efficiency and leverage is well as using our own network.
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SLIMMS sits between the creative and the commercial.
Between the brand and the product.
Between the supplier and the client.
The objective is not to add another layer of advice.
It is to make the right decisions earlier and ensure you deploy the right capital with the right direction.
CLAUDIA HOFMEISTER
FOUNDER & STRATEGIC ADVISOR
Claudia Hofmeister has spent more than a decade working across luxury, fashion, marketing and entrepreneurship.
Her experience spans global names including La Prairie, Dior, Guerlain, Burberry, BOSS and Penfolds, alongside her own businesses and experience across sourcing, logistics, brand development and the jewelry industry.
Today, her work sits at the intersection of luxury, jewelry, brand and supply.
Through SLIMMS, Claudia advises founders and businesses on the decisions that shape what they create, how they position it and how they bring it to market.
Claudia Hofmeister has spent more than a decade working across luxury, fashion, marketing and entrepreneurship.
Her experience spans global names including La Prairie, Dior, Guerlain, Burberry, BOSS and Penfolds, alongside her own businesses and experience across sourcing, logistics, brand development and the jewelry industry.
Today, her work sits at the intersection of luxury, jewelry, brand and supply.
Through SLIMMS, Claudia advises founders and businesses on the decisions that shape what they create, how they position it and how they bring it to market.
FOR
JEWELRY FOUNDERS
Building a brand from the ground up.
ESTABLISHED JEWELRY BRANDS
Refining product, positioning or supply.
FASHION & LUXURY BRANDS
Developing jewelry as a new category.
DESIGNERS
Turning a creative vision into a commercially considered collection.
PRIVATE PROJECTS
For select sourcing, collection and strategic mandates.
ENGAGEMENTS
STRATEGIC SESSION
A focused conversation around a specific business, product, brand or sourcing decision.
PROJECT
A defined advisory engagement across collection development, positioning, sourcing or procurement.
ONGOING ADVISORY
A private strategic relationship for businesses that benefit from an experienced perspective as they grow.
SOURCING MANDATE
Strategic sourcing support for specific stones, materials, suppliers or production requirements.
THE SLIMMS APPROACH
CLARITY
Understand the business before recommending the solution.
DISCERNMENT
Know what matters, and what doesn't.
ACCESS
Connect the right people, materials and opportunities.
LEVERAGE
Make better commercial decisions.
EXECUTION
Where required, move from advice into sourcing and supply.