New Year’s honours for Hackney residents

Honoured: Tatty Devine

Harriet Vine and Rosie Wolfenden, co-founders of iconic East End jewellers Tatty Devine, have been awarded MBEs in the Queen’s New Year Honours List for Services to the Fashion Industry.

Rosie Wolfenden, who lives in Stoke Newington, and Harriet Vine, of Victoria Park, said of their gongs, “We are very proud and honoured to be awarded. We have always been driven to create new, original and exciting jewellery and always will. It’s at the heart of what we do.

“We love fashion and everything that it encompasses: style, individualism, and expressing yourself. So we see our award as giving recognition to creativity in the broadest sense.

“We want to thank all our customers for their support. Tatty Devine has now become a small but important contributor to the UK economy, and we are proud to represent British design and manufacturing around the world.”

Tatty Devine, established in 1999, has developed a cult following for its quirky hand-made accessories.

Darlings of the London Fashion scene, Vine and Wolfenden are at the cutting edge of contemporary jewellery with their witty creations in Perspex, acrylic, enamel and a variety of other materials.

Their signature acrylic name necklaces have become popular among celebrities and local fashionistas alike.

Also included in the honours list is Nancy Karen Hallett, former chief executive of Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, who was given a DBE for services to Healthcare.

Rabbi Herschel Gluck of Stoke Newington and founder of the Muslim-Jewish Forum was awarded an OBE for services to Interfaith Understanding.

Howard Ian Rabin, founder and Librarian of the Lubavitch Lending Library in Stamford Hill, received an MBE for services to Libraries.