From Turkey, the jewels that have inherited the Ottoman Empire charm, by Sevan Biçakçi ♦ Sevan Biçakçi is a designer wich a style so unique that it can not be compared with any other. Maybe because his carving on translucent materials, performed with dental instruments, is so careful to leave no words. The fact is…
The life and jewels of Vittoria d’Aste-Surcouf, European designer working in San Francisco ♦ ︎ It is said that every life is a novel, but there are lives that are more compelling than others. Like that of Vittoria d’Aste-Surcouf, designer who works a stone’s throw from San Francisco. It is worth telling it, as she…
The jewels of the ancient German Maison Hans D. Krieger 300 years after its foundation ♦ ︎ It has (symbolically) blown out 300 candles on the birthday cake: Hans D. Krieger Fine Jewelery has, in fact, a long history, which began in 1720. And the jewelery brand is still managed by the Krieger family, the…
Young jewelers grow up. It is natural that who has a family of jewelry entrepreneurs behind them want to continue the same profession. And it is equally natural, however, that she has the desire to express herself. Thus was born the idea of Giulia Scanavin, who made the most of the experience represented by the…
Who ever said that the color of the female gender is pink? They are old conventions. And if you are not convinced, ask Minù, intended as the sparkling brand of the Maison of Valenza Giovanni Ferraris, which is aimed at an audience of young, busy women, and perhaps not overly attentive to the rules of…
A small goldsmith shop set in Old Rome, between a bend in the Tiber and Campo dei Fiori, between the Vatican and Piazza Navona: Cristiana Perali‘s jewels are the legacy of a century spent working with metal and stone. In fact, that of Cristiana Perali is a small goldsmith company with a great tradition: it…
Few jewelers can boast that they are true artists: Georg Hornemann is one of them. The designer has a story worth telling. He was born in 1940 in Dassau, in what was East Germany. Since he was young his aptitude for design emerged, at the famous Bauhaus school, and at 15 he worked as an…
Now that it has also arrived on the platform of an international marketplace that sells via the web, Gilberto Cassola, a historic company from Valenza, certainly has better visibility abroad. The brand specializes in refined goldsmith work aimed in particular at the US market (where it sells almost 50% of its jewels), in addition to…
The exuberant imagination of Gioia Placuzzi, Sicis art director, has resulted in a new series of jewels. It is a series of seven rings of high jewelery, with the name of Tesserae collection, which do not bother to break the traditional schemes to navigate in absolute freedom. As always, alongside gold and precious and semi-precious…
Do you want to know which finger is the right one to wear a ring? It depends on your hands, but also on the meaning of the ring. Here is a quick guide with things to know on which finger to wear a ring. The rules for wearing rings: in addition to personal taste, there…
Preziosa Jewelry was born in Milan in 2015 under the sign of the pleasure of traveling: the first collection was inspired by famous places in the world, cities or countries, all stylized on rings, bracelets and necklaces. Five years later, the pandemic is certainly not an incentive to travel. The brand, therefore, has decided to…
The objects found and the new jewels by Francesca Villa, a designer who brings the past back to life ♦ ︎ For years, in Valenza, she has developed collections of jewelry for brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Asprey, De Grisogono, De Beers, Tiffany, Bulgari and American companies such as Bailey, Banks and Biddle, Mayors…
Anchovies, giraffes, ladybugs, whales, bears, octopuses, elephants: if you don’t like animals, you won’t even love the jewels of Bona Calvi, a goldsmith and designer, but also a sculptor and painter. In short, her jewelry was born from an all-out activity, with a very Renaissance creative method. Born in Milan about thirty years ago, Bona…
Wedding rings, guide to choosing it (and 5 ideas to find the right wedding ring for you) ♦ Jewels have always played a decisive role in relationships, not only from the most frivolous point of view, as one of the most appreciated gifts a man can give a woman, but also from a much deeper…
Ok, you have the diamond ring. But if you have a lot of imagination you might want something more. And, if you really want to exaggerate, here are eight really crazy ♦ rings The ring with the DNA of those you love Thanks to the campaign on Kickstarter, a site that raises funds to launch…
It’s called Maman et Sophie but, despite the French name, it is an Italian jewelery brand, Florentine to be precise. And it is also a phenomenon: in a few years it has become one of the most popular brands in Italy, thanks to the formula adopted. The jewels have very affordable prices (from 50 to…
Years ago Daniela Villegas defined Mexico, her homeland, a chromatic paradise. A definition that then became a collection inspired by the animal world of the Central American country, in particular that of insects. The love for Mexico, combined with the fantasy of the Los Angeles-based designer, has not left her and the chromatic paradise continues…
The elegant, eclectic, geometric jewels of James Taffin de Givenchy ♦ Take a look at this unique jewel: two topaz stones mounted along with diamonds on a thin flexible 18K rose gold. The necklace has been drew by a French transplanted to New York, James Taffin de Givenchy, grandson of the legendary Hubert. James fell…
After having renewed pendants and bracelets, Damiani has completed the new edition of the D. Side collection with some rings. Jewelry enthusiasts probably remember that the D. Side collection was born in 2001, with the collaboration of Brad Pitt and the Valencian masters goldsmiths of Damiani. A relationship that had already started the previous year,…
Presented last autumn, the maxi collection by Giorgio Visconti called La Vie Privé contains the beauty of 13 lines of jewels, all characterized by the same style, but with different aesthetic interpretations. The Joie line, for example, is designed through an infinite and sinuous knot, with curves that emphasize the volume of the jewels. The…
