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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 StoryWhile 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 StoryThe designs of Lito Karakostanoglou are representations of the complexities of female nature. Drawing inspiration from modernism, romance, futurism, science, ancient tribes and the Art Deco and Art...
Brent Neale welcomed me into her sun filled Manhattan office wearing a hot pink Chanel tweed jacket and layers of her jewels. Each piece demands attention but the...
Relatively young in the centuries-old watch industry, Bell & Ross has made great strides in the tool-watch arena in the past four decades – propelling it to modern-day...
Gold and diamonds are the jewelry equivalent of peas and carrots, things that go perfectly together. Actually, they are more on a par with something sweeter and more...
Jewelry created by the House of Paul Morelli is infused with a sense of artistic curiosity and a deep appreciation for detail and craftsmanship. The House’s designer, Paul...
The three women at the helm of Gumuchian, founder Anita and her daughters Myriam and Patricia, embody the company’s tagline, “Designed by women, for women.” While the trio...
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...
The StoryTradition, passion and creativity are core tenets of the Aletto Brothers brand. The Aletto family legacy dates back to 1889, when Bartolomeo Aletto, a talented jeweler from Naples, Italy, received a special commission to...
Valerie Messika welcomed me into her bright white office, dressed impeccably in a white gauzy top and diamonds of her design. The office perched above the Messika Paris HQ, on Rue la Fayette in...
In early October of this year, Messika, and the Parisian luxury brand’s founder, Valerie Messika, were all over the headlines of lifestyle and fashion articles and plastered across social media. The brand’s second collaboration...