Like a lot of hot property in fashion right now, the individual behind exciting new jewellery label Feverish is Korean. Perhaps it was creative director Il Jung Lee's upbringing not only in Korea but also Germany and England, and the exposure to multiple cultures and lifestyles, that have inspired her stylish, humourous jewellery.

Feverish's playful pieces include neon pink studded crocodile earrings, sparkly chick rings with mohawk feathers and bits and pieces of second hand jewellery and trinkets re-worked into bold, creative and sometimes spiky statement pieces - not for the faint-hearted!

Feverish has recently launched at Kabiri.

Ever thought you could come up with the next Birkin or Alexa? The Fashion and Textile Museum is running a week long course inhandbag design. Founded by Zandra Rhodes (who coincidentally is re-launchingher own handbag range very soon). The South London style institution is offering everyone from hobbyists to professionals the chance to get to gripswith everything you could need to know about making bags. From researchingmaterials to planning a collection, the course even ends with opportunity to walkaway modelling your own creation. Run by Laura Ashley design coordinator Ann Saunders and in conjunction with the boutique Shanghai Trio, the project aimsto inspire a new generation of designers, whilst maintaining a focus on artisanalquality and sustainability.

The course runs from the 3rd to the 7th of September 2012 and costs £240. Formore information go to ftmlondon.org.

When it comes to fine jewellery, it's often a serious and conservative business. The 4C's, the setting, the certification, the provenance and the marketing become the big communication talking points, all of which big jewellery brands proclaim loudly about in their campaigns.

So it's fascinating to see true innovation come from within. The House of Alexander Fuchs, now run by his grandson Daniel Sieradzki, had grown to be one of the leading diamond merchant family businesses, supplying the top diamonds to the big brand jewellers. Sieradzki, after 14 months of research, decided to launch a jewellery collection under the name of Fil'osophie, choosing the best diamonds from their supply and stringing them along an invisible flurocarbon thread.

And so now we have floating gems - in all shapes and sizes. Chandelier earrings hanging as if suspended on a spiders' web. Diamonds that float on top of your finger. Bracelets that place diamonds as if they've been tattooed onto your skin. There's a double take quality to the pieces, which is of course shaking up the slow-moving fine jewellery world.

The Alexander Fuch strategy of selling through cult jewellery boutiques such as Kabiri also goes to show innovation in retail - no big, flashy flagships that result in much higher retail prices - they're just concentrating on setting gorgeous diamonds onto invisible thread so that we can all gawp at the magic that happens.