Summer and the sea are a de facto couple. And the aquamarine goes perfectly with this season, even if it certainly doesn’t clash at other times of the year. In any case, Comete Gioielli offers a line dedicated to aquamarine that can combine a classic style reserved for special moments in life with more informal…
All you need to know about one of the gems most loved by jewelry: the aquamarine, which is also the stone of the month of March ♦ The aquamarine is one of the stones most used in jewelry. Major brands of jewelry have included it in their collections. Yet it is little known by the…
Precious and semi-precious stones in the great majority are heated at high temperatures. Or subjected to radiation. That’s why ♦ If the precious stones warm your heart is perhaps because in turn have been heated. Not from your eyes, but from an electric furnace which can reach 1,600 degrees. The thermal treatment of precious and…
New pieces from the Dancing in the rain Azure collection by Nanis. The elements of water and sky are a constant in the work of Laura Bicego, the creative founder of the Nanis brand, a Maison that turns 30 this year. One of Nanis’ most successful collections, for example, is Dancing in the Rain, which…
x Milanese jeweler Massimo Sanalitro loves make it big. He started as a teenager learning the secrets of gem cutting in Bologna. Then, he moved to Milan, where he worked with jewelers such as Buccellati and Angela Pintaldi. Finally, he went on his own and founded his Maison. But, in fact, to go big: in…
Julius Cohen, a famous Maison of New York directed by the most creative of creative directors. It is among the most renowned design studios of jewelry in America. Based in New York, Julius Cohen started with designing jewelry directly to individual private clients. In short, particularly valuable jewelry made for a relatively limited group of…
Raise your hand if you don’t have at least one jewel with colored gems and have never wondered how much that stone is really worth. Amethyst or ruby, emerald or citrine, sapphire or moonstone: there are not only diamonds. But how much are colored stones worth? How much is a ruby worth? Or an emerald?…
Nanis’ new Dancing in the Rain Aquamarine collection: gold bubbles and gems ♦ ︎ Laura Bicego’s dance in the rain is like a propitiatory rite capable of arousing new stimuli, new fantasies and, last but not least, new collections. Dancing in the Rain, that is a historical collection of the Veneto brand Nanis, over time…
Gems, colors, surprising combinations: these are the recipe of Vianna Brasil, a Maison that follows carioca’s taste even if it has the flagship store in Florida, in Boca Raton ♦ If you like the gems then you will be attracted by Vianna Brasil: write down if you do not know this name, because it is almost…
The large collection of high jewelery by Lydia Courteille: is inspired by Marie Antoinette. Even at its dark side ♦ ︎ Lydia Courteille is a famous, appreciated, irreplaceable jewelry maker. Indeed, collections of fine jewelry. With a particularity: its collections are often a travel diary in exotic places like the Topkapi of Istanbul, Guatemala, the…
De’ Lazzari Oro Addosso, the story continues with new jewels ♦ ︎ After almost 40 years gold continues to be wear. The brand founded in 1982 in Casale Monferrato (Alessandria), De Lazzari Oro Addosso, has not stopped representing the type of jewelry that manages to combine a high level without being unattainable. In short, a…
Nanis Bangle Lovers: simple yellow gold bracelets with light blue, pink or white stones ♦ ︎ About Nanis’s Dancing in the Rain we have already talked about (see also: Nanis dances still in the rain). But with the same shape-effect the Maison created by Laura Bicego has presented to VicenzaOro also a series of bracelets…
Nanis renews the Dancing in the Rain collection: gold with opal, aquamarine and diamonds ♦ ︎ The rain dance continues. To dance or, better, to push to dance to those who love her design, is Laura Bicego, designer and soul of Nanis. The Venetian Maison, which has recently landed with great success in Great Britain,…
Nature and sea, here is the high jewelery of Mikimoto ♦ ︎ Praise to Nature: this is the name of the new jewelery necklace of Mikimoto. Great name of Japanese jewelery, Mikimoto has a long history and a long tradition. It was founded in 1893 by Kokichi Mikimoto, who successfully created the method of cultivation…
Bulgari Serpenti with new gorgeous Vipers ♦ ︎ The Bulgari’s Serpenti collection does not need any presentations: it is one of the most famous jewelery lines in the world. Constantly the Roman Maison passed under the insignia of the Lvmh Group renews its Snakes by introducing new variants (see also: New Serpents for Bulgari). Now,…
The Paradise of Marco Bicego is expanding with aquamarines of Africa and Brazil. Marco Bicego scale even the steps leading to Paradise. But, in this case, the Paradise is on the Earth, the sea. Or, better, the Mare Nostrum, as the ancient Romans called it, ie the Mediterranean. From these two concepts: that is, the…
The new Ipanema colors in the renewed collection designed by Nanis. The name Ipanema, evokes different patterns: the endless beach of Rio de Janeiro, tropical atmospheres, tanned bodies and the liveliness of the tropics. But, for those who love the jewelry, Ipanema also evokes the collection signed Nanis, a Venetian Maison that knows how to…
A historical necklace by a historical designer returns to live. In Brazil. Story of an exceptional necklace that comes back to life. It is a story that is worth reading. First, because to draw it, and then wear it, it was Lina Bo Bardi (Rome, 1914 – São Paulo, 1992). She was an Italian architect,…
Dior Granville is inspired by flowers and colors of a Normandy villa’s garden where Christian Dior spent his childhood. The house of Granville, now a museum, is the place chosen by the artistic director Victoire de Castellane to tell the 12 jewels unveiled during Paris couture week. Beryl, peridot, aquamarine, tanzanite, chrysoberyl, pink tourmaline, rubellite:…
Asymmetric earrings, open-ended rings, bold colors: Diorama precieuse, the new capsule collection by Dior, taps into fashion for just two models, available in three different metals. The inspiration comes from far away, however: the namesake collection in 1951 designed by Christian Dior. Victoire de Castellane, creative director of Christian Dior’s fine jewelery division, is carrying on fusion…