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  Brand Spotlight: Aletto Brothers

  Tradition, 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,...

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  Studio Visits with Will Kahn: Messika

  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...

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  Podcast Review: Valerie Messika

  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...

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  Brand Spotlight: Moksh

  Jewelry created and worn during the Mughal era connoted much more than a simple act of adornment; it represented status, prestige, alliances, rites of passage and other significant...

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  Brand Spotlight: Talkative

  Talkative designer, Shinobu Marotta, had a career as a graphic designer before entering the world of fine jewelry. After embarking on developing skills in jewelry design and craftsmanship,...

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  Brand Spotlight: Vendorafa

  For seventy years, Vendorafa has been cultivating excellence in the reputation of the “Made in Italy” distinction. Launched in 1951, the brand is owned by Augusto Ungarelli and...

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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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  The Best Men’s Diamond Jewelry Pieces from COUTURE 2021

  Male celebs like Justin Beiber and Brooklyn Beckham have changed the game, throwing on diamond pieces with their cool streetwear looks. Diamonds have gone from feminine to masculine and cool, and designers, emboldened by...

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  Podcast Review: Tom Heyman of Oscar Heyman

  Jewelry house, Oscar Heyman, was founded in New York City in 1912 and has been designing and fabricating exquisite fine jewelry continuously ever since. The company has survived two world wars, the Great Depression...

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  The Creativity and Character of Artist Alex Šepkus

  After artist and long-time COUTURE designer, Alex Sepkus, passed away suddenly on September 5, 2021, the outpouring of mourning throughout the industry and among collectors was immediate. Alex’s work was singular. He was universally...

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