Entrepreneur Jo Horgan built a juggernaut in luxury retail. Now, with a fresh philanthropic venture, she has a new goal.
, such as cook Julia Busuttil Nishimura and jeweller Sarah Munro along with Oroton designer Sophie Holt. They are here for Horgan, who is announcing a five-year partnership that will, annually, sponsor a female architect or designer to create a large-scale piece of work for the gallery.
One of Bilbao’s kitchen designs, for instance, incorporates the laundry, so the whole family can witness the activity of washing clothes – and hopefully get involved. Washing, for most of the world, is women’s work. Bilbao wants to change that. It’s a message Horgan herself could have dreamed up; she has been resolute on the power of design since Mecca began.
“There’s been a journey of learning and discovery over the past 25 years to make the stores more beautiful, more inviting ... and you know, for me, it’s a complete joy. It’s a complete joy to buy Murano glass chandeliers from Italy foris the Mecca magic.”That her empire is named Mecca is apt – working for Horgan requires matching her level of faith and optimism in the world, or at least striving to. The cheer might be a touch relentless, but there is no denying that the formula has worked.
Now that it is thriving, her focus has shifted, but is no less intense. “Education has always been our lever, for our team and for our customers. So how much further does that go?” Artists who’ve been selected include Naomi Hobson and Louise Zhang. Horgan sees it as a chance both for the artist to be exposed to a wider audience, and for her customers to be exposed to the artist. “And now,” she says, her voice pitching higher as she becomes visibly more enthused, “customers come in asking for fresh sheets of tissue paper, so they can frame it as a work of art.
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