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While French designers have always had a presence at COUTURE, around 2023, their numbers truly became remarkable. What was even more extraordinary than their ubiquitousness was the astounding...
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While French designers have always had a presence at COUTURE, around 2023, their numbers truly became remarkable. What was even more extraordinary than their ubiquitousness was the astounding...
The Story
Meredith Young’s identity as an artist has been a grounding force for the designer throughout her life. Spending time with her grandparents as a child in Green Valley,...

Since launching her eponymous collection in 1996, Greek designer Ileana Makri’s work has continued to evolve while maintaining the foundational aesthetic that makes her brand so distinctive. Her...

Asking COUTURE’s designers and brands to send us images that evoke this month’s theme, “Back to Nature,” is sort of like asking for images of “diamond jewelry” to...

While it only recently celebrated it’s 1 year anniversary, Cleveland-based Porterfi has already created a buzz among COUTURE’s designers and brands. The shop’s owner, Jaeda Kinkoph, is an...

Pearls, June’s birthstone, have long been associated with characteristics such as purity, sweetness and innocence. Wearing pearls, as lore goes, can bring one inner calm, peace and an...

We are in a golden era of lucky charms. Waves of talismanic designs have swept into fashion over the last several years including zodiacs, evil eyes, hearts and...
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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Eva Fehren designer, Eva Zuckerman, is a quintessential New Yorker. Born and made in New York City, Eva always considered herself a creative and immersed herself in multiple mediums throughout her childhood; painting on...

The jewelry that artist Sara Beltran designs for her Dezso brand is an extension of her life as a whole. Dezso, which means Desire in Latin, is an apt name for a collection that...

When she launched her brand in 2015, designer Alexandra Rosier Abramczyk already had a strong foundation in the high jewelry space. Enamored with jewelry from a young age, her nascent love was nurtured when...