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Mattia Cielo per 16

Published on March 29, 2018

Mattia Cielo presents the Rugiada bracelet, which wraps itself 16 times around the wrist ♦ ︎
If something likes it, like it. And if a jewel likes it, why not propose it again? But at the same time, trying to surprise anyway. Possible? Possible. And that’s what Mattia Cielo did at Baselworld 2018. Instead of proposing something completely different, he showed something completely surprising. That is a special piece of the Rugiada collection. This is a cord bracelet that rolls around the arm for a full 16 turns. It is a unique piece, which completes one of the most successful collections of the Venetian jeweler. Which, it is good to remember, is also one of those that combine jewelry with technology.
The Rugiada collection, like many others of the brand, uses rose gold, yellow, white, together with diamonds or, in other cases, colored stones. They are spirals that wind and wrap around the arm when worn, then return to the original shape. An effect that Mattia Cielo achieves by using a soul in a special titanium alloy used in the aerospace industry. Lavinia Andorno

Mattia Cielo, bracciale Rugiada, oro e diamanti

Baselworld: win or flop?

Published on March 27, 2018

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Baselworld 2018, number of visitors unchanged. Here’s who is happy and who is puzzled among jewelers ♦ ︎
It depends. The final judgment on Baselworld 2018 can be summarized as follows: it depends. Because the Basel Watch and Jewelery Fair (22-26 March 2018) had two faces. One is the one summarized by two numbers: 1300 and 650. The first is the number of exhibitors, already declining, in 2017 (there were 1500 in 2016). The second is the number of exhibitors in 2018, less than half. A massacre. «A selection», he prefers to call it the managing director of Mch, the company that organizes Baselworld. But, in fact, it depends on the points of view. Faced with such a drastic reduction could have been much worse. The final balance of Baselworld 2018, in the words of the organizers is, if not exciting, at least sufficient. The number of visitors, for example, “has remained stable”. Since the fair lasted two days less, this is considered a success. At the moment we do not know the number of buyers present. 4,400 journalists came to Baselworld, 15% less from Europe, but 5% more from Asia. And if many big brands, such as Festina or Dior, this year have defected the Basel fair, Breitling, Rolex, Patek Philippe, Swatch, Chanel and Gucci have already announced that they will also be present next year, from 21 to 26 March 2019 .
And exhibitors? The opinions are different. Again, it depends. Among the opinions collected by gioiellis.com among jewelers, prevails a lack of enthusiasm for the new formula “concentrated”, which for some is “sad” when compared to the atmosphere that was breathed until a couple of years ago. But at the same time, many have confirmed that commercial activity has not been lacking and, therefore, the presence in Basel still has a reason for being. From the comments collected during the fair, we can summarize the mood:
We are equally satisfied: Fope, Pasquale Bruni, Nanis, Alessio Boschi, Tamara Comolli, Picchiotti, Messika, Mattioli, Rivière
Everything is OK, but some perplexities: Casato, Annamaria Cammilli, Leo Pizzo, Yoko London, Giovanni Ferraris, Djoula, Facet, Crivelli
No comment: Coronet, Sutra, Butani

Tra gli stand di Baselworld — Tra i booth di Baselworld

This Coca Cola has 9888 diamonds

Published on March 27, 2018

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Esterno della borsa-gioiello con 9888 diamanti

A bottle shaped Coca Cola bag studded with 9888 diamonds: it is Coronet’s record-breaking idea ♦ ︎
Can you have fun with the jewels? Yes, in many ways. There are those who enjoy shopping and those who play with diamonds and gold as elements of a puzzle. That’s what makes Coronet, a Hong Kong jewelry brand specializing in diamonds. Every so often Coronet surprises with its initiatives: after realizing, in 2015, an electric guitar, a real instrument, completely covered with with 400 carats of diamonds white and black, at Baselworld 2018 the brand has established another record Guinness. This time the world record regards the highest number of diamonds set on a bottle-shaped Coca Cola handbag. It is worth looking at what is a jewel that is unlikely to be used in real life. The bottle-shaped bag of the most popular drink has 9,888 diamonds for 120 carats.
Coronet presented his stock exchange at Baselworld, stating that the production required about a hundred days of work by 15 artisans. Diamonds are placed on a surface of Icestrella, a material used in the creation of bulletproof glass, which replicates the appearance and the atmosphere of the famous glass bottle. The design, on the other hand, is by American Kathrine Baumann (who is a former Miss America), while the realization is by Aaron Shum Jewelry, the company that owns the Coronet brand.
So, if you complain about the price of the handbags of famous brands, think that there is one that undoubtedly costs more.

La top model Yukie con la bottiglia-borsa di Coronet

Lo staff di Coronet riceve a Baselworld il certificato del Guinness dei primati

L'interno della borsa-gioiello — L’interno della borsa-gioiello

Diamond Secret, Graff’s masterpiece

Published on March 26, 2018

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The stunning Diamond Secret watch-bracelet presented by Graff at Baselworld 2018♦ ︎
What need is there to spend a lot of money on an object that show you the time, when just take a look at the smartphone? The question is wrong. Objects, jewels of excellent quality, like those of Graff are not watches: they are emotions. Not just for the amount necessary (on request) to buy a similar timepiece. But because getting the Diamond Secret, a high-jewelry bracelet that hides the dial and hands of the clock, is an achievement reserved for a few: it’s luxury, but also an object that only a small number of Maison in the world could realize. Very few.
The watch with secret has a delicate design, but above all rich. It consists of multi-layered white diamonds set in an invisible metal mesh that moves smoothly on the wrist. In short, it is not only an extraordinary bracelet composed of diamonds of different cut, marquise, round or square, but it is also comfortable to wear. Under an imperceptible and flowing mechanism, which is operated by pressing a button, a small dial is revealed, which otherwise remains completely covered by the diamonds texture. Alessia Mongrando

Giovanni Ferraris, color virtuosity

Published on March 25, 2018

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Anello farfalla della collezione Titanium

Giovanni Ferraris illuminates with the color three new collections presented at Baselworld ♦ ︎
Among the pleasant novelties of Baselworld 2018 there are also those of one of the best Italian jewelry houses, Giovanni Ferraris. Emblem of ability and taste that has its cradle in Valenza, Giovanni Ferraris is among those creators of beauty able to combine the proportions of jewelry with color. And also for the occasion the designer Katia Ferraris has given proof of the creative ability together with the skill of the Maison’s artisans. That to create the presented jewels have been put under pressure: the collections, they explain in the company, have been completed just in time for the inauguration of Baselworld.
In harmony with spring, jewels are inspired, for example, by the shadows and lights of a garden. They are Contrasti (contrasts), a word that gives the name to a collection, which have the advantage of making the nuance of the new season pleasant. Contrasts play on the antagonism of light and dark: in the rings the wide pavé with black diamonds or with the dark blue sapphires made with rivière of yellow diamonds. The same stylistic factor is then taken up in the earrings with a geometric shape.

But it’s not the only surprise of the Maison. Another proof of the goldsmith virtuosity of Giovanni Ferraris is the Armonie collection: it includes rings with a rounded shape, followed by trails in gold and diamonds, on which are set with studied irregularities sapphires, rubies, emeralds in various cuts. Like dew drops, they say to the Maison.
And another novelty is dedicated to nature: the Bella collection. In name and in fact. It is composed of the classic palette of precious stones: sapphires, rubies and emeralds and, therefore, blue, red and green. The colored stones are used with a variety of cuts, drops that form long spikes or small ovals scattered like wildflowers, alternating with diamonds on a drop-shaped setting in burnished gold.

Spring and dreams
Other colors, other suggestions: in the Fragranze collection there are rings with smaller dimensions (“as if they were many spring buds”), entirely covered with fancy rose cut diamonds with different shades: black, blue, yellow, brown, white. The design is more classic: round shapes with cabochon or more contemporary and squared. There is also a version called “more flirtatious”, with a gold monogram applied on the pavé.
The spring of Giovanni Ferraris, however, is not limited to bloom: fly. At least ideally. The lightness that allows a butterfly to soar in the air is also offered by the creation of unique pieces in titanium. The metal, light and resistant, but also difficult to work, gives its name to the Titanium collection. Titanium, among its qualities, also has that of lending itself to new colors, which in this case are coordinated with pavé stones, colored diamonds and sapphires.
Finally, the fading of the day of a middle season inspired the Velvet collection. It is composed of rings with a soft gold mesh on which rest sapphires, rubies and emeralds and a rigid loop with diamonds. The collection is completed by necklaces with a soft and long tassel.

Anello in oro rosa con diamanti fancy, collezione Armonie

Anelli con smeraldi, rubini e zaffiri, della collezione Velvet

Anello della collezione Contrasti con pavé di diamanti neri

Anelli con smeraldi, rubini e zaffiri, collezione Bella

Swarovski in white gold (and greener)

Published on March 24, 2018

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The first Swarovski collection with Fairtrade gold and synthetic diamonds showed in Baselworld ♦
Swarovski launches a collection in blue to be greener. That is more respectful of the environment and fairer with those who extract the yellow metal. Which, in the collection presented at Baselworld, is actually white. And it’s the first Fairtrade gold collection, that is correctly extracted, of the Austrian brand. The jewels presented in the classic booth Swarovski of Baselworld, also have synthetic diamonds instead of the classic crystals of the Maison. These are stones that, Swarovski emphasizes, do not have a direct environmental impact on the environment, since they are born in the laboratory (even if to create synthetic diamonds it is necessary to use a lot of energy). In any case, it is the first time that Atelier Swarovski uses Fairtrade gold. The metal is purchased from the Minera Limata Limitada cooperative in Peru. Fairtrade aims to promote sustainable development and reduce poverty.
The collection also marks a leap in quality in the Swarovski proposal, which is now a true fine jewelry, with 18-karat gold and diamonds, although synthetic. A road that the Maison had already announced last year and that seems the direction taken. Lavinia Andorno

Swarovski, orecchini in oro bianco e pietre sintetiche

Bracciale in oro bianco e pietre sintetiche

Swarovski, anello con ciondolo e pietra sintetica

Chopard always greener

Published on March 22, 2018

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Orecchini Happy Hearts con madreperla thaitiana, oro rosa e diamanti

At Baselworld Chopard becomes even greener (and renews the Happy Hearts collection) ♦ ︎
Baselworld is not just an opportunity for the big Maison to present new collections. Chopard, for example, has chosen the stage of the watch and jewelery fair to announce a green turning point. Or better yet again, to underline the philosophy that was embraced five years ago by the Swiss brand of fine jewelery and watchmaking and which is now further strengthened.
Protection of the environment, social responsibility and sustainability are, in fact, the themes that Chopard’s co-president, Caroline Scheufele, has decided to deal with the media. Gold and stones increasingly traceable, extracted so as not to cause harm to people and limit the impact on the environment: the project The Journey to sustainable Luxury by Chopard brings the date of 2013. At the Cannes Film Festival Chopard has already presented the first Green Carpet Collection to respect these intentions to the letter. And in 2014 presented the world’s first watch made with fairmined gold.
Now Chopard wants to take even bigger steps towards sustainability.
An example is the Happy Hearts collection, one of the Maison’s blockbusters. Now to this line of jewelry is added a new version with Tahitian mother of pearl, with a dark tinge tending to green (in theme with the green philosophy of Chopard), which is added to the existing variants in red, pink, blue, green and turquoise , as well as diamonds, onyx, malachite and tiger’s eye. Chopard hearts with Tahitian mother of pearl are mounted on 18-carat rose gold and take the form of earrings and a matching bracelet, with a diamond moving in a little heart. Giulia Netrese

Chopard, bracciale Happy Hearts con madreperla thaitiana, oro rosa e diamante

Bracciale con malachite, oro rosa e diamante

I co-presidenti di Chopard, Karl Friedrich e Caroline Scheufele al Festival di Cannes

Baselworld 2018, selection and news

Published on March 21, 2018

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Ingresso principale allo spazio espositivo di Baselworld

Baselworld 2018 starts with the selection. But news jewelry are not lacking ♦ ︎
“The world is changing fast. Faced with this challenge, there are only two alternatives: to grow larger or to concentrate. We have chosen to concentrate”. The words of Sylvie Ritter, managing director of Baselworld, have opened the new edition, the number 101, of the great fair dedicated to luxury watches and jewelery. Indeed, more and more luxury, because if Baselworld 2017 counted 135,000 total visitors, down from 145,000 in 2016, in November the Mch group, which organizes the fair, announced that it would have halved the list of exhibitors and reduced the duration of the event, two day less, in response to the difficult phase recorded by the Swiss watchmaking players (the export of Swiss watches, however, after two years of crisis started to rise again at + 12.6% in the first few months of 2018). Baselworld also reduced the rental fee for the stands by 10%.
The result is that in Basel there are about 700 exhibitors, almost halved compared to 1,300 in 2017, when they had already fallen by 200 compared to 2016, but still the past year attracted 106 thousand buyers and 4,400 journalists (including those of gioiellis.com). And yet, if there are no more brands like Movado or Eberhard in watchmaking, there are always leading names like Rolex, Patek Philippe, the Swatch group with its many brands, some of which, like Omega. There is also the Lvmh group with Maison like Bulgari and Tag Heuer. And there are many top brands of jewelry, from fashion like Swarovski, or haute joaillerie with Graff, de Grisogono or Harry Winston, up to small Maison but with great creativity like Alessio Boschi, and the classic brands of Italian jewelry, Nanis, Giovanni Ferraris , Annamaria Cammilli, Picchiotti, Fope, Leo Pizzo, Casato, just to name a few. In short, Baselworld has lost weight, but still retains a lot of charm: the 101 years brings them well. We will tell the news in the next few days.

The dazzling time of Charriol

Published on February 15, 2018

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Charriol, orologio bracciale Invisible, particolare del quadrante

From Charriol a jewel of timepiece based on white gold and diamonds. Without forgetting the classic steel cables ♦ ︎
The watches-jewels are rather jewelry-watches: precious bracelets in which, among other things, a dial appears that marks the hours. Because, let’s face it, a bracelet with timepiece does not need to count the minutes that pass. This is why jewelry houses often offer bracelets that are more of an ornament than a practical tool. As in the case of Charriol, a Swiss brand famous for its jewels made from a shape that resembles that of industrial steel cables, naturally also using metals and precious stones. One of the most successful lines of the Maison de Genève is called St-Tropez. On the occasion of Baselworld (22-27 March 2018) Charriol presents Invisible, a jewel-watch with a white gold case enriched with 135 white baguette-cut diamonds. The watch uses an exclusive stone embedding technique that makes the frame invisible. The diamonds are placed next to each other so as to hide the gold meshes on which they are embedded, so as to create a seemingly compact surface of brilliant gems. The diamond circle encloses a white mother-of-pearl dial with 12 princess-cut white diamonds placed in place of the hour numbers. The bracelet is not lacking the classic twisted steel cables of Charriol, but next to a bracelet with diamonds. Rudy Serra

A chatbot for Baselworld

Published on January 31, 2018

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Modelle nel booth di Jacob & co a Baselworld. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Baselworld is renewed. And it starts with a chatbot that talks with companies and customers ♦ ︎
Every year thousands of people working in the world of luxury jewelry and watches, but also many enthusiasts, converge from all over the world to Basel, Switzerland. In March, in fact, the traditional fair dedicated to the world of luxury is held, Baselworld. This year, however, to welcome them there will be one more landlord: a robot. Or better, a chatbot, that is software that simulates a conversation between a robot and a human being. These programs work (if they work) as chats, or as experts who answer the FAQ (Frequently asked question) of people who access a site.
The news is that Baselworld tries to keep up with the times and will use the chatbot technology to provide news and updates to real and virtual visitors. The chatbot, Baselworld Live News, will allow the organizers to offer a more interactive, instant, direct and personalized communication. Also according to the company that organizes Baselworld, with the new channel the exhibitors will have a direct connection with current and potential customers. The idea is to offer an ad hoc communication channel for companies studied with personalized features in real time.
Not only that: the Baselworld Live News chatbot will be connected to the fair’s website, the electronic catalog and the Baselworld app. In perspective, each visitor will be able to select news based on their personal interests, for example by product segment or by brand.
How do you access at the chatbot? Simply subscribe to the corresponding Baselworld channel on Facebook Messenger, Wechat and Telegram from March 2018. Monica Battistoni

The hour is Allegra con de Grisogono

Published on January 26, 2018

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Allegra, the jewel-watch signed by de Grisogono 25 years after the debut of the Maison ♦ ︎
His name is Allegra. But, in reality, it is easier than it is an adjective, cheerful (means allegra in italian language), written with the small letter. And that the adjective refers to the lucky woman who will receive as gift (or can afford to buy) the de Grisogono watch-jewel. The piece is part of the “so de Grisogono” collection, the first jewel of the Maison de Genève, 25 years ago, and for this reason it holds a special place in the history of the brand.
The Allegra 25 jewel-watch is composed of a gold ribbon, delicately intertwined rings that create an elegant, fluid and continuous movement that lets light pass through the material. The 29 gold rings, polished or set with diamonds, surround the dial. The dial is in mother-of-pearl or with pavé diamonds. The jewel watch has a dimension of 41.7 mm, with 4.80 carats of stones in a dance of «serti neige» (diamonds are placed next to each other playing on their different diameters from 0.5 to 1.6 mm) and «serti clos» (a closed set). The strap is of galuchat, a classic of the Maison.
The Allegra 25 is available in five sets. Another will be presented at Baselworld (22-27 March 2018). Cosimo Muzzano

L'orologio-gioiello Allegra di de Grisogono — L’orologio-gioiello Allegra di de Grisogono

Baselworld reduces exhibitors

Published on November 11, 2017

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Baselworld changes: halves number of exhibitors (600-700) and more innovation ♦ ︎
This news is of interest to all the jewelers and enthusiasts who migrate every year to Switzerland to follow Baselworld, the world’s largest and most prestigious fair for jewelery and watchmaking. It changes. In essence, it notes that the market changes and adjusts. (Also read: A big farewell to Baselworld).
MCH Swiss Exhibition, the company that organizes the Basel fair event, says that “the watch and jewelery market is undergoing a period of profound transformation, first and foremost through the growing market consolidation in terms of production and marketing, but even through the challenges and opportunities of digital technology.” In response to this development, Baselworld 2018 will “in a more dense and more concentrated form in different aspects.” Duration will be reduced to six days. “The number of exhibiting companies will be between 600 and 700,” says Basel. The decision greatly reduces the number of companies: this year, there were 1,300 exhibitors from 45 countries on 140,000 square meters. And the number has already been reduced by more than 13% over the previous year. “The fair is not based on quantity, but will remain the main event for the world’s first brands. This is in all segments” the Swiss company reiterated, calling for the opinion of some top-brands.
According to MCH Swiss Exhibition, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, co-chair of Chopard, says that “Baselworld 2018 will be more coherent and more focused. I look forward to participating in the 2018 event and I think Baselworld’s decision has taken the right direction to start the change. “For Eric Bertrand, Chairman of the Baselworld Exhibitors Committee, are “the first steps in a very advanced future.”
The company also states that “to continue to meet the needs of the industry, all efforts will be made to develop the traditional trade fair in an extensive marketing and communication platform. From 2018 new forms of digital communication will be offered in real time. At the same time, conceptual approaches for future editions are already developing.” Words that suggest 2018 it’s a transition year for a new concept of fair. Monica Battistoni

L'ingresso della Messe — L’ingresso della Messe

Sempre secondo quanto comunica MCH Swiss Exhibition, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, co-presidente di Chopard, sottolinea che «Baselworld 2018 sarà più coerente e più concentrato. Non vedo l’ora di partecipare all’evento del 2018 e penso che la decisione di Baselworld abbia preso la direzione giusta per avviare il cambiamento». Per Eric Bertrand, presidente del Comitato Espositori Baselworld, sono «i primi passi in un futuro molto avanzato».

L’azienda fa sapere anche che «per continuare a soddisfare le esigenze del settore, saranno perseguiti tutti gli sforzi per sviluppare la fiera commerciale tradizionale in una piattaforma di marketing e comunicazione estesa. Dal 2018 saranno offerte nuove forme di comunicazione digitale in tempo reale. Allo stesso tempo, si stanno già sviluppando approcci concettuali per le future edizioni». Parole che fanno supporre per il 2018 un anno di transizione, in vista di un nuovo concept. Monica Battistoni

A heavy farewell to Baselworld

Published on October 7, 2017

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Baselworld, the largest watch and jewelery fair, loses another piece, Eberhard ♦ ︎
We deal with jewels, as the name of our headline says. But we must record a news that is related to the world of jewelery indirectly: Eberhard & Co., Swiss watchmaking company born in 1887, this year celebrating 130 years of history, announced that it will not be present in 2018 at Baselworld, the largest watch and jewelery exhibition of the world, where it has been exhibitor for 70 years.
It’s not a little news. What has been the world’s largest exhibition for watches, but also for jewelery, loses an important piece.
“Even during the last edition of the Basel Fair, despite the fact that the brand was one of the main protagonists of the event, thanks to its location in the prestigious Hall 1.0, it began to reflect on the possibility of a change, a decision not to entrust Baselworld with the introduction of brand new products, “says a statement from the Swiss company. “Eberhard & Co. then chose for 2018 to be no longer among the Salon brands, whose organization announced for the upcoming edition a further defect of exhibitors estimated between 30% and 60%, after the already remarkable reductions in recent years. It is clear that for independent brands such as Eberhard it is time to get away from the traditional contexts to seek closer proximity to markets and their needs. ”
Comment by Mario Peserico, managing director of Eberhard, is even more severe: “Baselworld has been a representative industry in the past, but this aspect is now disappearing without being replaced by a new project. I think many more will be defeats for 2018. ” Eberhard added that the presentation of its news 2018 will take place from March through dedicated activities and events.
It’s a tough hit for Baselworld. Already this year, the fair had seen the number of exhibitors drop: “It has been a difficult 12 months and forced some operators to abandon the watch or jewelery industry,” Sylvie Ritter, Baselworld’s managing director, admitted. “Our transformation process will always have to prefer quality to quantity. As a test, for this edition we have decided to reject some exhibitors. It’s a choice, our choice. ” An elegant way to justify the decrease in stands. The 2017 edition (it was the number 100) closed closed with 106,000 buyers (-4% over 2016, when they were 111,000 and less than 114,000 in 2015) from over 100 countries. And exhibitors fell 13.3%, from 1,500 to 1,300.
In the watch sector, for example, he had already announced the absence the Timex Swiss Luxury Division group, which operates luxury brands such as Salvatore Ferragamo, Versace, Versus and Nautica through licensing agreements. The watch sector, among other things, is suffering the spread of smart watches, such as Apple Watch, which has surpassed by revenues that of a giant like Rolex. And in jewelery for a long time no more middle-size brands such as Vhernier or Antonini aren’t in Baselworld, to say two Italians. Now the Basel Fair will have to try to use a lot of creativity to retrieve its actraction.

L'area di Crivelli a Baselworld — L’area di Crivelli a Baselworld

The novelty of VicenzaOro

Published on September 22, 2017

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The novelty of VicenzaOro September, the largest Italian appointment for jewelery ♦ ︎
Doubling of buyers (500 hosted ones) and doubling the hope of filing the crisis of recent years, which inevitably has also involved the jewelery world. VicenzaOro September (23-27 September) aims to get away pessimism and return to the splendor of the golden years, in the full sense of the term. Of course, times are difficult, as the differentes fortunes of the companies show. But Italian jewelery exports prove solid, especially in countries like the United States or Great Britain, where sales of made in Italy in gold and diamonds are a success. However, some of the brands in the pavilions (1,300 out of 35 countries) are the signal that nothing is fixed, including the participation in consolidated events such as VicenzaOro (“we have selected,” says Corrado Facco, general manager of the Italian Exhibition Group a group that includes Vicenza Fair). On the other hand, the same thing had happened in Baselworld.
Vicenzaoro’s new formula, in any case, has proven to be effective and is confirmed by areas with exhibitors divided by activity (Icon, Look, Creation, Expression, Essence, Evolution), to which a field dedicated to watches is added. This is Now, an inscription that stands for Not Ordinary Watches, within the Icon District of Hall 7. The niche Watches has 11 brands that belong to specific product categories and that are trendy. In short, it is better to point out that the idea is not a competition with Baselworld.
Appointments. In addition to the booths, for visitors, the fair also offers the opportunity to attend conferences and conferences (the full agenda can be found here), including the one on Monday, September 25th Make Brand to Save Made in Italy, organized by the Goldsmith’s Club. In addition to Gabriele Aprea, Club and Chantecler president, Emanuele Alliotti Visdomini, vice-president of Vhernier and Ieg’s vice-president, Matteo Marzotto, are speachs on the agenda. Other news are Lebanese jewels. The Bookrah collection, which was created in collaboration with designers Nadja Zerunian and Peter Weisz of the Austrian design company Zerunianandweisz and handmade by the goldsmiths of Bourj Hammoud, a neighborhood in Beirut, where he lives a community that has behind generations of craftsmen engaged in the gold processing industry. The designers took inspiration from the topography of Bourj Hammoud to create brooches, earrings, rings and bracelets divided into three lines, based on the same concept, but each with its own style.

Modella allo stand di pasquale Bruni a VicenzaOro January 2016

The fantastic world of Italian Design

Published on August 5, 2017

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Anello con Sherazade e Aladino nella fortezza di Granada

“I’m a painter, and color has a visceral effect on me: certain tones of blue reach the depths of my Self and move me to a place of beauty and happyness despite whatever else is going on in my life.” It’s a Fairy Tale by Italian Design, a company created by young Italians who have the goal of making the essence of Italian products known all over the world. The goal is to bring the excellence of Italian creativity together in search of unique jewelry, and the tradition of producing exceptional objects. The initiative is by the gemologist Alberto Prandoni, from Cuneo, to coordinate the administrative and the team of designers and creatives, while Silvia Prandoni manages the marketing and sales department. A tight-knit duo that, in fact, offers what it promises: a fantasy world of color and virtuosity of jewelry, carvings and elaborate designs. As stated in the official announcement of the company, it seems that the production of rings, earrings and pendants is the result of the creativity of an artist, rather than the cool design of a computer. The result: a festival of hues, shades and contrasts, of course, does not reveal imitations. Neither would be easy to imitate. Here the images of his whimsical jewelry.

ocean pendente — Pendente della collezione Ocean

mermaid ring 1 — Anello della linea Sirenetta

Collezione Coralia, anello con effetto spugna

Orecchini con opali della collezione Coralia

Retro dell'anello Sirenetta — Retro dell’anello Sirenetta

Anello Anemone di mare, con al centro un opale

alhambra ring rockroll 1 — Anello della serie Alhambra

Anello Lava, con opale, zaffiri arancioni, diamanti brown. Banda metallica interna regolabile

Orecchini Lava — Italian Design, orecchini Lava

Rarefied Etho Maria

Published on June 17, 2017

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Bracciale di Etho Maria indossato da Rihanna

The latest creations of Etho Maria, refined jewelery for very few ♦ ︎
The jewelery brand Etho Maria has a little known history. It was born by a Greek company in 2008, called EthO Lithos, and which is still today defined as the production tank of the new brand. The founder and designer is called Takis Etho. Maison is based in Athens, but also based in Miami, and has recently opened an office in Milan. Etho Maria participates in the relevant fairs, from Baselworld at Couture in Las Vegas, but without much communication: it points to a sophisticated audience, attracted by high jewelery, or jewelery for a few.
However, the production of the collections is partly made in Thailand, where the company manages a production site: for truth it is a common road to many other well-established Maison (but they do not like that you to know it). The brand is presented as a jewelery manufacturer, innovative, modern, precious. Jewelry often has irregular, complicated weaves, many colored diamonds, with a non-avant garde, but trendy style. Here are some examples. Giulia Netrese

Anello di Etho Maria in oro rosa e zaffiri. Prezzo: 6950 dollari

Orecchini di Etho Maria in oro rosa e zaffiri. Prezzo: 7200 dollari

Anello in oro rosa con diamanti taglio rose. Prezzo: 8300 dollari

Orecchini in oro rosa con zaffiri. Prezzo: 5690 dollari

Orecchini in oro rosa con topazi. Prezzo: 3990 dollari

Orecchini Everyday Pieces con diamanti neri

The roaring collection by Messika

Published on April 14, 2017

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High jewelery by Messika dedicated to women, the Twenties and to revolution of manners. And to the diamonds, of course ♦

Messika, a name that translates as diamonds. Valérie Messika, is the designer who in Paris continues her father’s tradition, most linked to the precious, brilliant, exclusive precious stone.
At Baselworld 2017, Messika presented a new exceptional collection of unique, fine jewelry, which she describes as “modern and emancipated, inspired by the irresistible charm of the festive Paris of the twenties.”
A period of history, the one from 1919 to 1929, the “Roaring Twenties,” which is also remembered for the changes culturally and socially, but also for the way of life, especially for women. “They mark the advent of modernity,” says Valerie.
Isadora
The jewels line has so called to tribute to a woman who has marked the time. As Isadora Duncan, the dancer and choreographer who invented modern dance. She has dedicated to her an extraordinary necklace, which required 600 hours of work for the construction. It is composed of 139 diamonds with pear cut for over 42 carats. The Isadora necklace is accompanied by a cuff, with a cascade of increasingly pear cut diamonds for 13.50 carats, and asymmetrical earrings.
Ritzy
At the Hotel Ritz in the Place Vendome they stopped all the greats of the last century. Its rooms overlook the most crowded square of the biggest names in jewelry. Not only: the word ritzy in English means elegant, glamorous, and derives from the atmosphere that is breathed in the hotel. Elegant as Ritzy line by Messika: a necklace with 89 diamonds, this time with emerald cut, which looks as a round neck with tie. And then earrings, and a toi & moi ring.
Swinging Paris
The Swing is not just a musical rhythm, but also that of the Roaring Twenties. Messika remembers them with a cascade of 127 diamonds oval cut and others 2,407 diamonds gathered on a necklace. The realization of this piece of fine jewelry has required more than 1,200 hours of work, even for the accuracy with which they were chosen stones. The largest, mounted as a pendant, it has a weight of 3.26 carats. The mount is almost invisible, a truly outstanding job. The set consists also a toi & moi ring, always with oval cut diamonds, and a pair of asymmetrical earrings, even those with oval diamonds.
Flappers
The line has a chocker and a pair of earrings with a very Art Deco design with well marked geometric lines. The diamond necklace with diamond and emerald cut that alternate in a play of light that brings out a central stone: an emerald-cut diamond 2.06 carat (EVS1) faceted. By the way, flapper is a term indicating the generation of young women in their early twenties began to wear shorter skirts, hold bobbed hair, listen to jazz music and to question the conventions.
Madeleine
Madeleine Vionnet was a French fashion designer, creator of one of the most prestigious haute couture houses all of France. Messika dedicates to her a series of jewelry, starting from the necklace composed of 446 (four hundred forty-six) marquise diamonds, ending with a bigger stone pear cut 4 carats. The series is defined as a foulard of diamonds, but it is a simplistic description. In this line also belong a earcuff, a bracelet and a double ring, always with marquise diamonds.
Roaring Diamonds
Roaring Twenties is a phrase used to indicate the decade that has revolutionized the costume. And this gave the cue to the Maison for congegnare a necklace with diamonds pear cut, but with the tip pointing downwards, next to marquise cut diamonds. Different sizes of diamonds are together with a very dynamic effect, not easy to achieve. Of this range also includes a pair of earrings and a bracelet. Margherita Donato

Lavorazione del collier Roaring Diamonds

Lavorazione del collier Madaleine. Photo: Pierre Vérez

Anello doppio Madaleine. Photo: Pierre Vérez

Lavorazione della collana Swinging Paris

Lavorazione del collier Isadora. Photo: Pierre Vérez

Dada Arrigoni, the ’80s are back

Published on April 10, 2017

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Collezione D-Band, Bracciale in oro rosa e diamanti

The new curves Dada Arrigoni, with a little nostalgia of eighties ♦
The designer in Bergamo Dada Arrigoni continues the race began in 1985 with a daring exploration of the curved shape. And also 2017 has started along a road full of ellipses and parabolic lines. There are many new jewelry and lodged among VicenzaOro and Baselworld: collections that retain their own style of the Maison, with pink gold and diamonds to punctuate the round lines of jewelry. One of the newcomers is the D-Band collection, which is a dip in the eighties, with the shape of wide bracelet to cover the entire wrist. The bracelets, or rings, are therefore constituted by a metal band, but broken by a form that resembles a comma, on which are embedded two rows of diamonds.
A style that also goes to DD Line collection, always centered on the visual waves triggered by the double curved metal or triple, again dotted with diamonds. The shape reminds the sign of infinity, but in three dimensions. Giulia Netrese

Collezione D-Band, anello in oro rosa e diamanti brown

Tous at Baselworld with Bonjour Señorita

Published on April 2, 2017

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Tous was back in Baselworld and greets with the new spring-summer collection: Bonjour Señorita ♦
Tous returns to Baselworld (it’s the third time) with His New spring-summer collection 2017. For the occasion the Barcelona brand specializing in affordable «luxury approachable» (it has more than 500 outlets around the world, in over 50 countries) presents Bonjour Señorita, “a story of hope and passion that invites us to explore and reflect on our experiences in order to ultimately find ourselves”. The story is in the middle between the colors of Cuba and the refined atmosphere of Paris, as the title Indicates two words in French and Spanish. The collection features a series of rings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches and earrings and multi-colored made with titanium, topaz, pearls and synthetic stones. The architecture, the nature and the people of Cuba are the basis of the inspiration of the collection, where does not lack the classic silhouette of the bear, symbol of the firm Catalan. Alessia Mongrando

Tous, pendente o Spilla in argento vermeil, sterlina, madreperla, smalti

Bracciale con pietra viola — Linea Ivette, bracciale con pietra viola

Linea Eloise, bracciale in vermeil con pietre

Orecchini in oro bianco, perle e diamanti — Orecchini you and me, in oro bianco, perle e diamanti

Anello in argento con fiocco della linea Jollie

Anteprima della collezione Bonjour Señorita

Roberto Coin is back in the Garden

Published on March 31, 2017

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Yellow gold ring with prasiolite and white diamonds. Yellow god ring with emerald and rock crystal doublet and brown and white diamonds. Yellow gold ring with blue topaz, natural green garnet and white diamonds

Roberto Coin is still flourish with Garden collection ♦
The Garden Collection “reinterprets the eternal fascination of secret gardens in precious and expressive notes. Rings and pendants elate the imagination towards an enchanted world that looks charming with rich details from unexpected and extraordinary forms”, and so on. Without detracting from the poetry of company announcements, certainly necessary, the truth is otherwise: the Garden collection was introduced in 2014 by the designer of Vicenza, now a citizen of world, and it was simply inspired by his garden where, with his wife, he likes to spend free time.
Trivial? Not at all: who has the gift of creativity is inspired by what surrounds him, then he turns it, transfigures it, interprets it. So, in contrast, it takes on even more value the ability to transfer to metal and stones floral aspects of nature in elaborate cocktail rings or earrings. The collection has received the right success and so, three years later, the jewelry line is further renewed with some new entries presented at Baselworld. Indicative prices: the less elaborate rings are less than 5,000 euro, a pendant with a topaz rises above 8,000. Giulia Netrese