The collection Armillas, one of the flagships of Chimento, is renewed. It is one of those evergreen collection, which returns year after year in the proposals of the distributors of the jewels of the brand of Grisignano di Zocco. For the few who do not know, the jewels of Armillas consist of metal modules that are repeated and which are joined together through a frame that guarantees tightness and durability. The collection uses three shades of gold: white, yellow and rose. A new line is called Armillas Acqua and presents a new texture inspired by soft, flowing forms of liquid that makes up 80% of our planet. Only that in this case the drops are of gold. Ever in the collection Armillas, here is the version Pyramis. In this case the modules are made in shades of yellow, white and pink and micro pavé diamonds. Pyramidal elements alternate on soft gold chains. The special closure allows you to adjust the length of the pendants and connect with each bracelet and necklace. Pyramis is declined in parure with gold, diamonds and gemstones such as citrine, topaz and amethyst. Giulia Netrese
Bluespirit loves Kate
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Jewels for all, but with some class, those of Bluespirit (group brand Morellato). In short, we are not near high jewelery, but in that price range that goes from 500 to a thousand euro, accessible to all, but that is a purchase or a gift of some importance. One of the new collections of Bluespirit is named Kate. The style is pretty classic. Among its features there are the use of color and rounded lines: are jewels that can be seen when you wearing. The materials used are 750% white gold, diamonds and precious stones such as blue or pink sapphires, and rubies. The collection includes earrings, rings and necklaces, combined in nuance. Here are pictures and prices of the collection. Lavinia Andorno
Unrivaled Yoko
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The goal of Yoko, big signature of jewelery based in London, is to show that the pearl is more modern than ever. And what can be more precious and refined of many gems that, it must be said, they are often not what they seem? To all jewelry by Yoko, by contrast, uses the best pearls in the world, often very large and rare, with gorgeous natural colors. Now the Maison has also meant the launch of new lines of jewelry with a very contemporary style, because a pearl necklace (perhaps long) is, in itself, an object that is enough to make even a princess wearing only a pair jeans. Sure, the quality is not cheap: an object of this type costs a few thousand euro. On the other hand, a necklace of pearls is an investment that lasts. In any case, the pearl touch of modernity also means the use of two fingers rings, earcuff, wide bracelets or jewelry convertible. The top is reached, however, with the masterpieces, jewelery using large pearls and diamonds. In these images some new jewels, in addition to the traditional collections of British brand. Matilde de Bounvilles
Cavalli, just brave jewels
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Roberto Cavalli is one of the most popular designers in the fashion world but, since 2001, also in the diverse sea of jewelry. Its brand, Just Cavalli, renews the collections true to his style: bold, flashy, loud. Perfectly in line, in short, with what is the hallmark of the company. Chains, pendants and large golden metal are the norm, as well as rings often in version chevalier. In short, it is likely that this jewels can please even the entourage of rapper 50 Cent, as well as the stalwart sailormen that ply the seas with large motorboats, or the lovers of sports cars, to young women with robust and experimental aesthetic. Anyway, judge for yourself: here are the pictures of the collection Just Fierce. G.N.
The Rosato icons
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Rosato, brand of Bros Manufactures specializes in bracelets, necklaces and pendants, introduces new pieces in his repertoire. This time the charms of the series named Icone include rocking horses, heart, horn, padlock. They are chosen at will in conjunction with her necklace: a long chain. The pendants are available in gold or silver. Polishing, welding, embedding stones are hand-made, specific Rosato. Which adds another detail: a further aspect of craftsmanship is the multiplicity of the drilling that are not watermark, but sharp angles, perfect geometries that to achieve them need innovation. Here are pictures and prices of line Icone. Giulia Netrese
By Mathon, the transformer turtle
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Created in the thirties in Paris, a stone’s throw from the Palais Royal, the Maison Mathon is one of the best signatures of the French jewelry. A VicenzaOro September, the Parisian brand has introduced a new piece in the style that made her famous. It’s the Galapagos collection, with ring and necklace, which can be turned into a brooch. It is made of white gold, 183 diamonds, peridot two, six green tourmalines, emeralds, 52 chalcedony, moonstone, 14 pearls. Not bad for a single jewel. The turtle is an animal there is from the Thirties in the bestiary of the House. Sometimes, the turtle shell is made of an opal, other times with a paved surfaces. The striking feature of the giant tortoise shell necklace Galapagos is transparency and color, with shades of mint green water, evoking the mythical coasts of the islands off Ecuador. Also the ring has tourmaline and peridot, carved to mimic the shape of the animal, giving volume to a delicate design. The eyes of the turtle are sparkling emeralds. Thanks to an ingenious system, the spindle can be worn on the moon stone center, as if the same turtle hatching a precious egg. The body of the ring, set with diamonds, reminiscent of coral swaying at the mercy of the waves.
The first 10 brilliant years of Messika
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Valerie Messika has been lucky enough to grow up with a father who was one of major player in the diamond trade. No wonder, then, that has learn from of her experience and was able to put it to good use. In 2005 he founded the House so that bears his name: ten years later can be said to have founded a small empire that has for subject stones the most fascinating in the world. Its collections are a great and wise use of diamonds, chosen with a quality and an absolute experience that few can boast. Not only: Valerie Messika, with its boutiques on rue Saint-Honoré in Paris, has also developed its own style: an important aspect in the crowded field of jewelery using gems to make jewelry. The designer uses the diamonds in a variety of cuts that are often linked without any visible support that combines the stones. As in these jewels celebrating, as appropriate, the first ten years of a brand that will surprise us to long time. M.d.B.
The necklace that changes by Stella McCartney
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After all, why a necklace should hanging from the neck? Can you couldn’t take unusual angles? Why not turn it into an object that can be shaped as desired, to create a custom shape whenever you wish? She must be started from this consideration the designer Stella McCartney, who designed this necklace of white pearls designed on a special wire, that can be twisted and worn in the manner that you want. The images show some of the possible effects. The necklace has a hook closure gold. Price (online): $ 785.
On the red carpet at the Film Festival in Venice, the parade is not only for the stars: even to jewels of Chopard has been reserved a place of honor. The Geneva brand launched five new fine jewelry pieces, which widen its famous collection Imperiale. The capsule collection, Empress Jewellery Box, includes a watch, earrings, ring, necklace and tiara. According to the House, it is a set essential for any self-respecting modern empress. You must take it more quickly, please… On the watch-jewel appears the silhouette Imperial plotted with diamonds on a mother of pearl dial, while the jewelry are made in rose gold and amethysts. The Imperiale collection, launched in 2011, is inspired by the iconographic motifs of the Roman Empire. A realm of luxury, perhaps a bit of Hollywood feeling. Surely with the refined appearance of the supermodel Hilary Rhoda, face of the next advertising campaign by Chopard, entrusted to the pair of photographers Luigi & Iango. For the record, during the presentation in Venice, Hilary Rhoda wore the ring and tiara. And, again for the record, at dinner presentation of new pieces of jewelry, were present Caroline Scheufele, co-president of Chopard, the French actress Juliette Binoche, and Elettra Wiedemann, granddaughter of Ingrid Bergman, who had a film to her life. G.N.
The flowers of Fiorella
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In her jewelry shop Orolo, in San Giovanni Valdarno, in the heart of Aretino country, one of the Italian goldsmith circuits, Fiorella Cappelli strives to combine 3D technology with the desire to create something new. “In my youth I start working in the jewellery business. I soon loved jewels and since then I never changed. All my life has been in the jewellery. During all these past years I have seen so many changes: fashion,increase and decrease of gold and silver price, technologies, way of marketing, new opening for exporting countries, crises”, says the designer himself. “Every time is like to start all over again but background, more acknowledge, the experience acquired makes possible more development, if you have an open mind.Nowadays to develop and produce in 3D gives a great opportunity to make designs come true; you almost have no limit to your fantasy”. Her experience led then the designer to develop and produce 3D. The result is jewellery in gold or silver made, like this necklace or bracelet, made with elaborate production technique, with rich embroidery and decorations. Scrolls and floral shapes intertwine with a studied art jewelry.
A Heritage in Bloom necklace
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Sometimes it’s nice to dream: a jeweler in Hong Kong, Chow Tai Fook, presented an extraordinary necklace, named A Heritage in Bloom, designed by Wallace Chan. The virtuoso designer created this piece with 24 D-color diamond internally flawless, cut from the Heritage Cullinan. Not only he made a single jewel with a diamond completely free of impurities from 507.55 carats, then divided into many different stones.
The rainbow of Roberto Brown
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Roberto Marroni presents in the Rue Saint Honore, in Paris, her collections for 2016. An event expected by fans of the designer who from more than 30 years has become a symbol of the jewelry that he married fashion. “Art, design, echoes of the past and nature are fundamental to create my luxury decorations, to become an exclusive jewel,” he says. He is the son of art: his father had opened a jewelry shop in Umbria, in the fifties. An imprint that brought him up to Valenza, where he established his own workshop where he founded and Marroni Design, the brand that accompanies his creations around the world. In the best tradition of the Piedmont district of the jewel, its proposals are of course are linked  with materials such as gold and precious stones as diamonds, but also to colored gemstones. Like the necklace presented to VicenzaOro September, which collects as in a rainbow hue different types of stones. Or like the classic ring Infinite, rose gold and diamonds, where the pursuit of form has given rise to an object by the unmistakable design and at the same time linear.
The second Premiere of Annamaria Cammili
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One of the most successful brands of jewelery design in Florence, Annamaria Cammili, has renewed one of its collections more voluptuous: Premiere. Launched in 2014 and renewed in 2015 with new bracelets and necklaces, the line is inspired by the petals of sinuous large flowers. Within the folds of the leaves it is set a diamond cut teardrop. Jewelery design is soft, round, with a sheen that is also added by of diamonds on the perimeters of all the jewelry, as if they were drops of dew on the petals cutlery. Many pieces of this line include moving parts that add precious sparkles. The gold is proposed in six different shades, obtained with the use of special alloys. The result is a nuance that characterizes the brand, with special shades of gold, such as that apricot-colored. In the style of Tuscan brand, the gold shows also the contrasts between matte and shiny. M.d.B.
A diamond’s guitar as necklace
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For many women (and men) the guitar is not only a musical instrument, but also a symbol of freedom. Now may also be a jewel, as evidenced by Coronet, a brand landed in the US a couple of years ago from the rib of Aaron Shum Jewellery from Hong Kong. Not to be underestimated: at Baselworld 2015 Coronet became the second Asian brand jewelry hosted in the prestigious Hall 1, after Mikimoto in 1996. The company, which has operations base in California, in VicenzaOro September brought a jewel to Guiness, after a world tour past from Switzerland to China: a Gibson guitar from 2 million dollars with diamonds (400 carats), the work of designer Mark Him. It is the result of 700 days of work of a team of 68 people and is the most expensive guitar in the world. But, next to guitar for musicians Aaron Shum Jewellery proposes other with the size of a pendant to be tied to a necklace. Have the silhouette of an electric guitar, are made of white gold and almost completely covered with small diamonds. They will appeal to those who love rock, but also the luxury.
It should be added another aspect: Coronet uses a special technique for cutting stones creates an impressive bright solitaire with only 30 points of diamond. The setting is patented: the diamond has no central peaks and boasts superior light refraction (says Coronet) to reach an optimal brilliance at about one third of the carat weight and a tenth of the price of a lonely equivalent. M.d.B.
Luxury yellow from Gucci
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You will not find in the catalog Gucci these three pieces of fine jewelry: the Italian brand of the group Kering realizes this set only on request. But look at it does not cost anything. The set includes necklace, bracelet and earrings. The jewelry are made with gold, diamonds, and a variety of beryl eliodoro (a stone that in the blue version is called aquamarine). It is a stone of dark yellow, with golden reflections. A choice that helps to make it even hotter the set of jewels. The shapes of the three pieces are geometrical and the center of the necklace is a stone from 36.2 carats of square-shaped, with one side, two white diamonds. The earrings are composed of a cascade of 100 white diamonds, ending two gems from 17.2 carats of beryl, faceted to increase the brightness. A good example of elegance combined with luxury. M.d.B.
Sotheby’s sells the Cowdray Pearls
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Sotheby’s will auction the Cowdray Pearls, a necklace described by the Swiss Gemological Institute as “exceptional” and deserving of a “special mention of appreciation.” The sale of this popular piece of jewelry in the auction is expected Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite, in Hong Kong on October 7. The estimated price for the necklace is 4.5 to 7 millions dollars. The necklace is composed of 42 saltwater pearls natural gray, strung and mounted by Cartier. The beads were part of the collection of the Viscountess Cowdray, Lady Pearson, collector of jewelry in England and dead in 1932. The pearls were sold at auction by Sotheby’s in London in 1937. In 2012, however, he was again been put to ‘auction, this time at Christie’s, and sold for 3.35 million dollars, a record price at auction for natural pearl gray. But it should be noted that at that point the series had only 38 pearls, because the family Cowdray had used four to create a pair of earrings, made by Cartier in London. After the auction in 2012, then, the series has been extended with two pearls original, plus two dismounted from another ancient jewel, in order to return the original design of 42 pearls. The earrings have remained at Cowdray family.
The rarity of the series is due to the nature of the pearls. Unlike the pearls cultivated, the most common, the natural pearls are very rare. Oysters with salt water usually produce only one or three pearls, usually white or cream. Why bring together 42 black beads natural salt water is apparently impossible. If you want to see the necklace them before they are purchased by a lucky (and rich) passionate about jewelry, know that the series will be exhibited in Singapore (12 and 13 September), Taipei (19 and 20 September), New York (24 September), London (Sept. 28), Geneva (September 29) and the Middle East (dates to be announced) before the auction in Hong Kong. Federico Graglia
De Lazzari gold is back
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Live from the Eighties, those who are now the rage: the brand De Lazzari-Oro Addosso is back in VicenzaOro. The company founded in 1982 by Lina and Vittorio De Lazzari has known a few decades ago a bright moment in which is jumped on the steps in the scale of the jewelry. Until it is confirmed itself. Now De Lazzari Oro Addosso is a recognized reality, which offers collections as Luxury, Ego and Fullcolor, with targeting a demanding woman who chooses machined parts with stones large, bright, with high-impact. A little ‘curiously, among other things, for his catalog the company has chosen to wear even a man some of his creations destined to the women. Maybe to bring out better the contrast between gold, gems and masculine toughness.
The Graff roses garden
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Graff, synonymous with diamonds and jewelry, loves roses. La Maison of New York has created Rosette, a series of necklaces and earrings with pendants that are inspired by the flower most loved, sang and cultivated. This rose garden is composed, as one might expect, with a series of eight pieces of the diamonds, the stone most used, but also emeralds, rubies and sapphires. The petals are composed of corollas with little round cut diamonds, with a central diamond bigger, always with the classic round cut. The pendants are linked to a chain of white gold, often ornamented in turn from precious stones, sometimes with the form of small ribbons. A rose garden full of lights, reflections precious, rarest of the Black Rose.
The Kamasutra necklace
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He comes the jewel with the Kamasutra. The strange idea is of Allumer, a British brand known for bringing jewelry with engraved messages. To Christmas 2015, the brand has decided to launch Allumersutra, a line of jewelry with pictures of Karmasutra, the book which (among other) suggests sex positions for the harmony of the couple. Allumer is a brand created in 2008 by Natasha Leith-Smith. He has so far received numerous awards. “My mother is a gemologist, and I helped her to put pearls in line at the age of five years,” she explained the designer to Professional Jeweller. Allumer sells directly to consumers online, as well in stores such as Harrods.
Talento Italiano for the circle
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The art of the jewel in Italy has spread throughout the country: the witness is a brand that emphasizes its belonging to the tradition, Talento Italiano. To begin with, the jewels of Talento Italiano not born nor in Valenza, nor in Vicenza, let alone in Arezzo or Tari (Caserta). La Maison, instead, is based in Legnano, a town between Milan and Varese. Perhaps for this reason, Antonio Sartori, who founded it in 1994, followed his own a path to composing his collections. So the classic family business has evolved to find its own place at the table of signatures of Italian jewelery. An example is the collection Ricami (Embroidery). The name might suggest something coy, a little vintage, with an eye to the past. Instead Embroidery is a modern collection, which is built around the repetition of the perfect shape: the circle. It includes rings in black and rose gold, paved with diamonds white, brown and fuzzy, earrings and necklaces with pendants. All with the round shape repeated in different sizes. And the idea works. Giulia Netrese