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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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Brand Spotlight: Melissa Kaye
While she’s loved jewelry design from a young age, even going so far as to set up a jewelers bench in her room when she was growing up,...
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Brand Spotlight: HARAKH
When fourth generation diamantaire, Harakh Meta, set out to establish the high-jewelry division of his family’s business, his ambitions extended beyond simply creating exquisitely crafted jewelry. In the...
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Hidden Gems: Stacked X Reservoir
When Alissa Jacob and her long-time best friend and business partner decided to close the doors of their bricks and mortar business, Reservoir LA, in 2019, neither of...
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The Edit: Diamond Month
To designate any specific month as “diamond” month seems almost tongue in cheek. I mean, what month isn’t a perfect month for diamonds? But hey, if we can acknowledge...
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Studio Visits with Will Kahn: Dezso by Sara Beltran
The brisk day faded away as I entered a largely unmarked storefront into a moody velvet-covered interior. Imagine a tropical opium den with incense burning and jewelry spilling...
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Trend Report: It’s Surreal
Sometimes trends just appear. Multiple designers sense a shift in the air to a fresh silhouette like dramatic shoulder dusters or a theme such as animals transformed into...
Read Now 3 Min Read Sponsored 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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Brand Spotlight: EÉRA
It was at a vintage shop in Tokyo, Japan that friends Chiara Capitani and Romy Blanga first discovered an item that would become the foundation of their fine jewelry collection, EÉRA. A simple snap...
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Brand Spotlight: Maison Tjoeng
Maison Tjoeng’s designer, Yasmin Tjoeng, conveys a range of emotions, imagination and lived experiences through her work. Growing up between Australia and Papua New Guinea, of mixed European and Chinese heritage, Yasmin was influenced...
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Brand Spotlight: Dena Kemp
Originating from the heart of Beverly Hills, California, designer Dena Kemp doesn’t see herself as simply creating jewelry but rather, she designs and fabricates luxurious, wearable art. Dena’s work is inspired by the glamour...
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