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Rocca 1794 opens a flagship store in Catania

Published on November 20, 2019

Interno della gioielleria Rocca a Catania

The new Rocca 1794 boutique extends over 330 square meters, inaugurated in Catania ♦

Rocca 1794, a chain of high-end watch and jewelery boutiques (Damiani group) inaugurated the Catania flagship store, in Corso Italia 229 in the most elegant area of the city. The new Sicilian boutique has 330 square meters with large windows, a Rolex shop-in-shop, an internal watchmaking laboratory, in a refined and precious environment.

Due delle quattro vetrine della gioielleria Rocca a Catania

This boutique is in addition to those in the most prestigious streets of Milan, Turin, Bologna, Padua, Mantua, Bari, Lecce, Catania, Taormina, Lugano and in the airports of Malpensa and Fiumicino, in addition to the seasonal airports at Forte Village in Sardinia.

Rocca distributes prestigious jewelery and watch brands, including Damiani, Rolex, Patek Philippe, Cartier, Omega, Salvini, Calderoni, Bliss, Venini, Breguet, Vacheron Constantin Jaeger LeCoultre A. Lange & Sohne, Blancpain, Bulgari, Chopard Panerai Hublot, Tudor IWC, Tag Heuer, Roger Dubuis, Breitling, Ulysse Nardin, Zenith, Piaget, Montblanc, Longines, Tissot, Baume & Mercier.

Rocca is also a historical name: it was one of the first Italian importers of luxury Swiss watchmaking and over the years has had among its customers famous personalities such as Cavour, Garibaldi, D’Annunzio, Verdi, Pirandello and the royal family of the House of Savoy.
The next projects foresee the expansion both in Italy and abroad with the opening of new prestigious points of sale, such as the already planned opening in the spring of 2020 of the new boutique in Porto Cervo.

Jilavie, leather sculptures

Published on October 30, 2017

The leather sculptures to wear made by Jilenia Carrubba for her Jilavie ♦ ︎
Leather jewels for the skin. The idea is Jlenia Carrubba, an independent jewelry designer who in 2014 founded the Jilavie brand. Objective: to create leather sculptures to wear. In short, something different from jewelery, but also a different road to bijoux. Wearable sculptures are handcrafted, that is, they are hand-made entirely in limited edition. Among fashion and crafts, craftsmanship and design, Jlenia Carrubba works in Catania, Sicily. The pieces are made by assembling the skin always and only after having carved it, perforated and engraved by hand. Each piece, therefore, retains its uniqueness. Other elements such as French lace, decorative stones, feathers can then be added to the skin.
Examples of Jilenia’s work are the Joyas collection, a spanish term meaning jewels, or the Maghreb line, made of jewelery from the Maghreb people, where the skin is used with waxed wire. Lavinia Andorno

Antorà, art cufflinks

Published on October 14, 2017

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Antorà’s cufflinks, Catania’s brand that conquered the world ♦ ︎
Cufflinks? I’m no longer a jewel only for a man. There are women who wear shirts and show up glittering cufflinks on the wrist: they certainly do not go unnoticed. Among jewelers specialists in precious closures for shirts there is Antonio Rapisarda: he designs and produces cufflinks since 2001, when he decided to create Antorà. An unusual choice, as is not usual the location: Catania. The city of Sicily, just below the Etna volcano, has thus become a destination for the gentleman who wants to add a touch of elegance to his clothing, but also for women who want to get out of the scheme. Antorà’s twins are in gold and silver, enriched with enamel, diamonds or precious stones, and with imaginative shapes. Not only that: the designer jeweler Sicilian has also invented a very different line, Les Montres, which replaces cufflinks with small clock mechanisms. From Catania, the jeweler has managed to conquer half world: almost half of his twins are sold abroad, a quarter in the United States. Alessia Mongrando

Gemelli da matrimonio in oro e madreperla

Giada intagliata e rubini, finiture in oro

Irresistible Marlù

Published on March 27, 2017

The irresistible success of Marlù Gioielli, from San Marino the bijoux low cost in the world.
You can succeed with rings that cost 6 € in the shop? Not only is it possible, but this incredibly low price is a jewelery success story. And not just for big brands such as those that come from Denmark or Germany. It’s the case history of a small company in San Marino, Marlù Gioielli. Focusing on rings, bracelets and necklaces strictly in steel, but with a lot of variations, has gained more and more space. And, after to have opened ten stores in Italy in just two years he’s added an eleventh, in Catania. Apart from these, there is a store in the capital of Serbia, Belgrade was opened. In addition, the collections are also distributed Germany, France, Malta, Spain, Serbia and North America in the United States.
The brand created by sisters Fabbri in the small independent republic in central Italy, is aimed both to women, especially to the young, and to the men. The jewelry is an accessory to buy and use for a while ‘, without many problems. Apart from the rings from 6 euro, shaped like a letter of the alphabet, the rest of the list is always super accessible. A necklace € 15, a cuff 23 Euros or, at most, 48 euro. All sprung from the imagination of Morena Fabbri creative director at Marlù Gioielli. In addition to steel, they are also used materials such as wood, leather and semi-precious stones: aulite, turquoise, coral paste, tiger eye, lava stone. Lavinia Andorno

L’irresistibile successo di Marlù Gioielli, da San Marino i bijoux low cost puntano al mondo ♦

È possibile avere successo con anelli che costano 6 euro in negozio? Non solo è possibile, ma quella della bigiotteria a prezzo incredibilmente basso è una storia di successo. E non solo per i grandi marchi come quelli che arrivano dalla Danimarca o dalla Germania. Lo testimonia una piccola azienda di San Marino, Marlù Gioielli. Puntando su anelli, bracciali e collane rigorosamente in acciaio, ma con una grande quantità di varianti, ha conquistato sempre più spazio. E, ai dieci negozi aperti in Italia in soli due anni se n’è aggiunto un undicesimo, a Catania. Oltre a questi, è stato inaugurato un punto vendita nella capitale della Serbia, Belgrado. Inoltre, le collezioni sono distribuite anche Germania, Francia, Malta, Spagna, Serbia e in Nord America negli Stati Uniti.

Il brand creato dalle sorelle Fabbri nella piccola repubblica indipendente al centro dell’Italia, si rivolge sia al pubblico femminile, in particolare a quello giovane, che agli uomini. I bijoux sono un accessorio da acquistare e utilizzare per un po’, senza tanti problemi. A parte gli anelli da 6 euro, a forma di lettera dell’alfabeto, anche il resto del listino è sempre super accessibile. Una collana 15 euro, un bracciale 23 euro o, al massimo, 48 euro. Tutto scaturito dalla fantasia di Morena Fabbri direttore creativo di Marlù. Oltre all’acciaio, sono utilizzati anche materiali come legno, cuoio e pietre dure: aulite, turchese, pasta di corallo, occhio di tigre, pietra lavica. Lavinia Andorno

Bracciale in legno e acciaio. Prezzo: 48 euro

Bracciale rigido Marlù Gioielli. Prezzo: 23 euro

Collana con ciondolo in madreperla e acrilico

Giuseppe Caristia (al centro), gestore dello store di Catania, con due collaboratrici

The mysterious Sicily of Agalma Medusae

Published on May 17, 2016

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Dolce & Gabbana are not the only ones to reinterpret the myth of Sicily, land of contradictions and rare beauty: the brand Agalma Medusae, which we have already talked about here is intent on enhancing styles, atmospheres and matter ancient Trinacria. The latest concerns the cuff links, a kind of jewel also rediscovered by women. In this case they are set jewels from Catania artisans, made from black lava stone. They are volcanic twins, in fact. The stone is cut, processed, and then embedded in wet silver in gold, burnished or rosé. The jewel is ultimately decorated with designs that represent the history of Sicily. Not for nothing Giovanna Micali, the designer of the brand, is also a student of archeology, and passionate of his land. There are amazing decorations, with corals and shells, a cameo woman, the sacred heart of the baroque churches, but also designs that recall the Arab and Norman friezes. Margherita Donato

Gemelli con pietra lavica dell'Etna — Gemelli con pietra lavica dell’Etna