Beth Bugdaycay

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Beth Bugdaycay
Occupation(s)Jewelry designer, entrepreneur
Years active1996 – present
Known forCo-founder of Foundrae

Beth Bugdaycay is a jewelry designer and entrepreneur living in New York City. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In 2019, she was nominated for the CFDA Award for American Emerging Designer of the Year. [6] [4] [7] [8]

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Career

Bugdaycay started her career in 1996, she founded Rebecca Taylor, a clothing brand. [9] [10] In January 2011, the Rebecca Taylor brand was acquired by Kellwood Company. [11] She remained with the company as CEO until December 2014 and announced that she was starting a new venture. [12] [13]

She co-founded the fine jewelry brand, Foundrae, with her husband, Murat Bugdaycay, in January 2015. [14] [15] [16] [17] The collection debuted with a trunk show at Barney's September 2015 and then proceeded with an official launch at retail spring/summer 2016. [18] [19] [20] In January 2018, Town & Country recognized Beth Bugdaycay of Foundrae with the distinction of “Breakthrough of the Year” at the Annual Jewelry Awards. [21] Three months later, Bugdaycay with her husband opened the flagship Foundrae store in New York City. [22] [23] [24]

In March 2019, Bugdaycay was nominated as “Emerging Designer of the Year” by the CFDA as the single accessory designer. [25] Six months later, Jewelers of America announced Foundrae as a GEM Award nominee for the category of Retail Excellence. [26] [27] [28] [29] Winners will be announced January 2020. In the same months, Bugdaycay was named as a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, CFDA. [30] [31]

Other work

She is a supporter of PEN America, founded in 1922, a nonprofit organization that works to defend and celebrate free expression in the United States and worldwide through the advancement of literature and human rights. [32] In March 2019, Foundrae collaborated with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on the design of a medallion that celebrated Freedom of Expression with 100% of all retail proceeds benefiting PEN America.

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