Richie to design jewellery range

Nicole Richie has revealed that she is to launch her own range of jewellery.

The socialite is working on designs for a fifty-piece collection to be released this autumn.

It will be stocked in exclusive US boutiques such as Kitson and Fred Segal, reports Marie Claire.

Richie confirmed her plans at the opening of boyfriend Joel Madden's DCMA clothes store last week, saying: "There are new beginnings all around."

She recently claimed that it took her just ten minutes to give birth to the couple's daughter Harlow in January.