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  The 2024 COUTURE Design Awards a Celebration of Global Design

  The enthusiasm in the room when the winners and finalists of the 2024 Design Awards were announced last night reflected the strong sense of community that distinguishes COUTURE....

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  An Exploration in Retail: Single Stone

  When Corina Limon Madilian opened Single Stone with her husband, Ari, in 1988, they initially followed the standard wholesale model. Over time however, as we learned in a...

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  Brand Spotlight: Syna

  Founded by partners in life and business, the designers behind Syna, Dharmesh (DK) and Namrata Kothari, place partnership at the core of everything they do. While precise in...

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  Brand Spotlight: Maor

  Designer of Maor, Maor Cohen, takes the same approach to jewelry design that he does to his life as a whole. Drawn to creating jewelry at a young...

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  Brand Spotlight: Claudia Mae

  It was her determination to find a perfect gold ring to add to her growing stack that drove the then recent college graduate, Claudia Mae, to the jewelry...

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  Trend Report: Renaissance Colors

  Studying jewelry history can take you just about anywhere. Lately, yours truly has been lingering in the Renaissance era. Beyond looking at the glorious jewelry from the period,...

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  Brand Spotlight: The Gems Project

  When Elizabeth “Beth Anne” Bonanno and Joel Cheatwood, co-founders of luxury brand development agency, The Gems Project, contemplate adding to their already robust roster of designer fine jewelry clients, they take into account a...

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  10 Collections Making their 2024 Debut

  Francesca Villa: “Francesca Villa’s newest collection – Change Your Stripes – began with the discovery of a set of resin cameos made in 1950 in Japan. They were originally created for a menswear company,...

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  An Exploration in Retail: Shihara

  While relatively new to the United States’ jewelry scene, in Japan, Shihara is a well-known entity. After completing his studies in jewelry design in 2008, the brand’s founder, Yuta Ishihara, began making his own...

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  A Day in the Life of Nigora Tokhtabayeva

  While still a relatively young brand, Tabayer, which was founded in 2021 by Nigora Tokhtabayeva, has already been widely recognized for its modern, minimalist designs and its bold, “quiet luxury” aesthetic. Nigora herself has...

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