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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...
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Born in New York City, raised in Miami, Tini Courtney, the designer behind HOWL, currently lives in Los Angeles. Juggling being a mom, an artist and an entrepreneur,...

Countless jewelry styles of today can be linked to the distant past. Gold hoops or pearl strands are a couple of eternal ideas that can be traced back...

The tagline for Louis Anthony Jewelers, “Have we Met Yet?” succinctly conveys the energy that defines this family-owned business. First opened in the South Hills of Pittsburgh in...

The fine jewelry industry is often lovingly referred to as a “cottage industry” made up of a lot of family businesses. Many are born into the world of...

When Mateus dos Santos Rosas opened a goldsmith shop in the north of Portugal in 1860, he launched a family legacy that would carry on for over a...

Founder of Eden Presley, Gwen Myers, never imagined she’d make jewelry design her profession. Growing up in Miami, she was always creative, even following her interests to art...
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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While we rarely rely on the birthstone chart to identify themes for our monthly edit, this October, we decided to make an exception. We’re not playing favorites, from ruby to rhodochrosite, we can genuinely...

While 2024 marked Italian designer Francesca Villa’s COUTURE debut, her history of creating exceptional jewelry dates back decades. Born in Liguria, a drive for a cosmopolitan lifestyle led her to relocate to Milan, then...

A jewel of a boutique tucked inside downtown Minneapolis luxury retailer, MartinPatrick3, The Loupe carries a curated selection of some of the hottest names in designer fine jewelry. The store’s founder, Kiki McMillan, as...