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  An Interview with Jennifer Maxwell

  New to COUTURE this year, Leigh Maxwell designer, Jennifer Maxwell, believes in jewelry’s inherent ability to tell stories and forge connections. In her travels across the globe in...

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  Brand Spotlight: Nikos Koulis

  Greek artist Nikos Koulis applies his profound understanding of design, artistry, gemology and traditional jewelry making techniques in the creation of each piece in his eponymous collection. With a...

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  Brand Spotlight: Graziela

  The designer behind Graziela, Grazelia Kaufman, grew up in Brazil surrounded by that country’s historically abundant gem deposits; she describes her backyard as a “gemological treasure.” Now living in...

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  Brand Spotlight: Antonini

  The history of Antonini dates back over 100 years. Founded in 1919 in Milan, Italy, the company quickly gained a following among Milanese and Italian aristocracy, as well as opera...

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  Brand Spotlight: Mark Patterson

  Mark and Josette Patterson have been quietly collaborating and spearheading innovations under the Mark Patterson brand name for over 35 years. The husband and wife team first met while studying...

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  Brand Spotlight: ILA

  ILA is a design collaboration born out of the combined artistic acumen of the brother and sister team, Vikas and Ila Sodhani. While their designs are sleek and contemporary,...

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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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  Brand Spotlight: Walters Faith

  It was while working together for another fine jewelry brand that designer Mollie Faith Good and her business partner, Stephanie Walters Abramow, discovered that they had a shared ideology when it came to both...

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  An Interview with Debra Navarro

  The jewelry of designer Debra Navarro embodies a refreshingly sophisticated, organic aesthetic. Drawing on her Texas roots, Debra brings a refined, classic feel to breathtaking, dynamic gemstone formations. Her bold and sensuous designs contain...

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  Talismanic Jewelry Trends

  Throughout history, jewelry has been lauded as a powerful talisman. Whether assigning mystical benefits to certain gemstones, worn as symbols of spiritualism, or representative of various rites of passage, the language of symbolism rendered...

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