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Infinia passion with Jacob & Co

Published on May 7, 2018

The precious vortices of the Infinia collection by Jacob & Co: diamonds, rubies and emeralds that capture the attention ♦ ︎
Imagine vortexes that chain your sight. As if they were some pinwheels that catch the eye. Or, hypnotic spins that turn and become magnetic for those who see them. These are the aesthetic lines of the Infinia collection by Jacob & Co, a jeweler from New York with a passion for sparkling stones. Capturing the feeling of falling in love and embracing it forever is the declared objective of jewels. In fact, as the name suggests, the Infinia collection aims to bind to the sense of infinity. For a passion? Who knows. The colors, very bright, seem to communicate something that does not go out in time. Maybe. The collection includes jewelery with marquise-cut rubies, white or emerald diamonds, woven with round-cut white diamonds. The set is in 18k white gold and simply includes earrings and rings. Lavinia Andorno

Tiffany blossoms with Paper Flowers

Published on May 4, 2018

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Collana con diamanti bianchi e tanzaniti

Tiffany Paper Flowers, the first collection of the American Maison signed by the new design director Reed Krakoff ♦ ︎
A debut must always be observed carefully. Even more so if the debut has a stage like that of Tiffany, the largest group of jewelry. To debut as chief artistic officer is Reed Krakoff, who launched the new Tiffany Paper Flowers collection in the USA (will follow other countries). As the name suggests, the collection is inspired by paper flowers but, of course, pendants, earrings, bracelets and rings are precious. To make the idea, prices start at $ 2,500 to go up to 75,000. Among the most precious pieces stands a necklace with more than 68 carats of pear-shaped diamonds and brilliant cut, interspersed with platinum flowers. In short, the only card you will see is, in case, an American Express.
The Paper Flowers collection includes jewelry with platinum petals with diamonds. Together with these two basic elements, if we can call them that, there are gems like tanzanite, fancy diamonds, for example yellow. The idea is to add brushstrokes of color like iris and fireflies, according to Tiffany.
«Paper Flowers aims to eliminate all the rules associated with jewelery», is instead the comment by Krakoff. «Luxury should not always mean formalities, so we used precious stones and refined materials, but in such a way that we can live every day».
According to Tiffany, Paper Flowers is the biggest jewelry launch from the Tiffany Keys collection, in 2009. In fact, to celebrate the release of Paper Flowers on May 1, Krakoff and his team have painted in Tiffany Blue color some subway stations and taxi of New York. Lavinia Andorno

Anello aperto della collezione Tiffany Paper Flowers

Anello con pavé di diamanti bianchi e diamante fancy yellow

Pendente della collezione Tiffany Paper Flowers

Orecchini con diamanti bianchi e tanzaniti

Collana con diamanti cluster — Collana in platino con diamanti cluster

Collana in platino con diamanti bianchi brillanti e oro 18k, con un diamante giallo rotondo

The women as goddesses by Paul Wild

Published on April 21, 2018

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Set per collier con smeraldi colombiani e tormalina rossa

Spinels, tourmaline, emeralds, tanzanite … The incredible compositions of precious stones created by Paul Wild for women like dee ♦ ︎
There are people who have a gray life. There are others who have a color life. And there are others that see more nuances than others. Markus Wild, CEO of Paul Wild, is part of this small group of ultra sensitive to the invisible photon waves that determine what we see. Indeed, we often see without seeing. Because you have to have not only special eyes, but also a sensitivity out of the ordinary to choose, connect and compose strategies of gems in jewels that are not yet jewels. Which they will be.
Paul Wild is a German company that since the Twenties deals with buying and trading precious and semi-precious stones. But it is also a unique case in which buying and selling stones is accompanied by the ability to tune in to the tastes of the market and, often, to precede trends and evolutions in demand. Furthermore, the company’s proposals are always contextualized by an idea.
For 2018, for example, Paul Wild thinks to the “growing awareness of women’s issues is sounding a call to action that is empowering women in the workplace, in government and in their public and private lives”. Perhaps it is a unique case of social sensitivity towards women in the jewelry world.
As goddesses

Alongside these good principles there is, of course, the work of the company, that is, the choice and the proposal of the stones, this year associated with the goddesses of Greek mythology. For example, the red «dramatic, warm and captivating». Imagining jewelry that suits the goddess of love and passion, Aphrodite, Paul Wild created patterns with red and pink spinels from Tanzania. The most notable is a set of nine red heart-shaped spinels for a total of over 112 carats; an earring inspired by flowers with 80 mauve spinels weighing 21 carats with two tanzanites for a total of 9.78 carats; and two single red spinels: a 17.15 carat marquise-cut spinel and a 11.67-carat heart-shaped spinel.

Set per orecchini con tanzanite e tormalina rossa

The second color is blue, that of the sea and the sky, associated with open spaces, freedom, imagination and inspiration. Inspired by Amphitrite, goddess of the sea, Paul Wild created tanzanite designs from lilac blue to deep purple blue. As an exceptional group of 31 pieces, earrings and rings of natural tanzanite for a total of almost 252 carats. Equally noteworthy is a bracelet of four rows of tanzanite and rubellite composed of 78 pieces for a total of about 144 carats.
Thinking of Artemis the goddess of the earth, however, the Maison has designed a necklace with 208 emerald cabochons from Zambia and nine faceted pink tourmalines totaling almost 358 carats; a multi-row organic bracelet with 113 Zambian emerald cabochons weighing about 315 carats with a 25.65 carat rubellite. In the Pantone palette there are shades like Spring Crocus and Pink Lavender. In this spectrum of colors, Paul Wild has brought together outstanding sapphires and amethysts. Like a necklace with an earring with amethyst cabochon and navette cut stones for a total of about 190 carats with a 139 carat-shaped amethyst rose pendant. Or a suite of old cut amethyst and morganite of 47 pieces for a total of over 189 carats.
Finally, the Paraiba tourmaline. Here, then, different layouts with tourmaline: a necklace of earrings, earrings and imaginative rings consisting of 60 pieces for a total of over 108 carats, as well as a 30-carat cabochon frog carved that would have been pleasant, unique ring of its kind. From Brazil, an organic necklace and earring composed of 160 pieces for a total of about 58 carats, and a dreamy pear-shaped Paraiba of 5.7 carats for an excellent solitaire. Unique, beautiful and confident, perhaps there is no better gem than the Paraiba tourmaline for a woman who shakes her inner goddess. To watch and admire. Alessia Mongrando

Set per orecchini con 80 spinellii e due tanzaniti

Set per orecchini con tanzaniti, tsavoriti, tormalina e spinello

Set per bracciale con tanzaniti e rubellite

Set per collier, anello e orecchini di spinello

Set per collier e orecchini di tormalina paraiba

Etho Maria, diamonds in red

Published on April 9, 2018

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Diamonds and white gold colored red: an amazing collection of the Greek Maison Etho Maria ♦ ︎
Among the novelties seen at Baselworld there was also a collection of jewels that stood out clearly from the others. It’s called Diamonds in Red and is a daring creation of Etho Maria, Greek Maison of international level (also has several locations around the world). As the name indicates, in this collection diamonds marry a decisive color: red. The stones have pear cuts, marquise, oval and round cut. Certainly it is a line of jewelry that will appeal to those who are attentive to fashion, to trends, to show something that is not forgotten. Not only is the combination of white gold glazed in red and the sparkle of diamonds surprising, but also the design of earrings and rings that make up the collection seek, and find, a very outlined identity. It is no coincidence that Etho Maria was been recently crowned the Diamond Classic award, the Centurion Design Awards 2018 and the Editor’s Choice award at the Centurion Design Awards 2017 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Lavinia Andorno

Etho Maria, anello della collezione Diamonds in Red

Anello con tre diamanti taglio brillante

Etho Maria, orecchini della collezione Diamonds in Red

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

The diamond of Cardinal Mazarino

Published on October 23, 2017

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The diamond of Cardinal Mazarino, from the four Musketeers to Christie’s auction ♦
Cardinal Mazarino, in addition to being a character used by Alexandre Dumas in his novels with the four Musketeers, was really a great statista. Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino, born in Pescina (Abruzzo, Italy) in 1602, also known as the Franch name of Jules Raymond Mazarin, was a kind of Prime Minister of Louis XIV and, at the death of the king, became in practice the regent of France. He left as inheritance to the mortals not only an intense and important political life, but also a diamond. And now this diamond is auctioned out by Christie’s on November 14 in Geneva. The stone is called Grand Mazarin and was part of the jewelery of the Crown of France.
The name sparks the fantasy, but in any case the stone is of value: it is a fancy pink diamond of 19.07 carats. It was extracted in the now depleted mines of Golconda, India, and was part of the crown treasure. Hand by hand, in 1810 the diamond was worn by Empress Maria Luisa, mounted on a tiara on commission by Napoleon I at jeweler François Regnault Nitot. Napoleon III then handed it over to Empress Eugenia. The Grand Mazarin was auctioned in 1887 and bought by the great jeweler Frédéric Boucheron. In 1962 he came back to the fore, until he was bought by a private person in Europe. The same one that now sells the diamond from Christie’s. The estimate varies between 6 and 9 million dollars. Federico Graglia

Il Grand Mazarin (in basso) in un catalogo d'epoca — Il Grand Mazarin (in basso) in un catalogo d’epoca

Il Grand Mazarin, diamante rosa da 19,07 carati

Philippe de Champaigne, il cardinale Mazarino

Messika with Gigi Hadid

Published on September 16, 2017

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From Messika capsule collection Move Addiction with supermodel Gigi Hadid ♦ ︎
Messika is a jewelery Maison among the most famouses in Paris. Gigi Hadid is a front-page supermodel. Together they sign a collection that is a variation on the classic theme in Messika: jewels with small moving elements. In fact, the collection is called Gigi Hadid Move Addiction and celebrates the tenth birthday of Move’s mother collection, designed by Valerie Messika.
Originally the collection was designed by Valerie in mind the memory of when, as a child, she played with diamonds: her father is a stones merchant. But with time, the collection has evolved, as to the capsules conceived with the model: Gigi Hadid is, of course, portrayed with wearing bracelets, rings and earrings of the new line. As in the now-historical Move collection, the pieces are made of 18 carat gold and diamonds, the home’s specialty. The four basic shapes are varied on the basis of the color of gold and the addition of diamonds, with or without pavé. Jewelery also has a close relationship, with a punk style, as in paper-shaped earrings. Alessia Mongrando

Messika Move Addiction, collana in oro bianco, diamanti

Gigi Hadid con bracciale, orecchini e anello di Messika

Anello Move Addiction in oro rosa e diamanti

Bracciale con fermaglio graffetta in oro bianco e diamanti

Orecchini a graffetta in oro rosa e diamanti

Anello in oro rosa e diamante Move Addiction

The ribbons by Cindy Chao

Published on July 16, 2017

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Anello con grande smeraldo a forma di cuore, diamanti bianchi e gialli

The flying ribbons by Cindy Chao, high jewelery of extraordinary achievement ♦ ︎
Cindy Chao said out to be a granddaughter of an architect and daughter of a sculptor. With this she wants to point out that her art, her jewelery collections, are not the fruit of any school opened in Taiwan, where she was born. Cindy Chao, on the other hand, has drank from she was child the ability to build, to see total. Her grandfather, for example, designed temples that had to take into account every smaller architectural detail that had a symbolic and aesthetic meaning.
From her father, more, she inherited love for craftsmanship, forging volumes with her own hands. Look at Cindy Chao’s jewels: they must be made by experienced hands, one by one. Like in the Ribbons collection, metal stripes that seem to fly driven by the wind, with rippling surfaces and pavé of stones following the contour. They are the latest creations of Asian artist-designer who well represent his virtuous ability to create. Lavinia Andorno

Cindy Chao, collezione Ribbons, titanio e diamanti

Anello con un raro diamante blu fancy intense, diamanti bianchi

Collezione Ribbon, anello con un diamante fancy vivid yellow

Cindy Chao, anello con diamanti bianchi e gialli della collezione Ribbon

Orecchini con diamanti e due zaffiri blu. Immagini da Facebook

Garavelli on the podium of the Couture Design Awards

Published on June 5, 2017

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Garavelli wins the Couture Design Awards with a gold jewel and diamonds ♦ ︎

Last year at the Couture Design Awards there was no Italian name either. This year is different. Among the winners, in fact, there is also Garavelli, a historic company in Valenza, which was first in the category of Diamonds under $ 20,000. Gaining points at Garavelli was his bracelet in gold and diamonds, certainly a jewel of great impact. Black color is the result of a process called nanoceramic, but it has nothing to do with ceramic productions: it is a finish, a color, that is gold.
Elisabetta and Stefano Molina, designer and gemmological soul of the brand that is going to be one hundred years (in 2020) can be legitimately satisfied. The process has already been used for one of Garavelli Aldo’s most successful collections (the full name of Maison), such as the Dragon Jewelry line, where aesthetics combines technology. In the case of the prize jewel, the jewel has a wavy volume, defined by squares that are delimited by thin lines made up of diamonds. Lavinia Andorno

Garavelli, bracciale in ceramica nera e diamanti — Garavelli, bracciale in oro e diamanti

Il bracciale vincitore ai Couture Design Awards 20017

Garavelli, collier della collezione Drago, in oro rosa e ceramica

Anelli della collezione Dune di Garavelli

Garrard, precious birthday

Published on December 31, 2016

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Anello della collezione Tudor Rose, in oro bianco, spinello rosso circondato da tormaline, zaffiri rosa e rubelliti

What could be more reassuring than a cup of tea with a cloud of milk, two pastries, a double-decker bus and Queen Elizabeth? Let’s face it: the good old Great Britain retains its charm and, in part, its tradition, even in jewelry. This is attested by Garrard, who boasts of being “the oldest jewelery in the world”: in fact, was founded in London by George Wickes in 1735. Garrard Garrard has offices in Albemarle Street in Mayfair, London, but the flagship store the company is in New York, and more the shops in Tokyo, Dubai, Moscow and Hong Kong. Garrard was the jeweler of the Crown, in charge of maintenance of the jewels of His Majesty from 1843 to 2007. Of course, it is one of the most popular (and expensive) jewelers, with pieces from the very traditional design. No coincidence, by Garrard was the engagement ring with sapphire donated by Prince William to Kate Middleton, which had belonged to Diana.

Anello con tormalina verde, circondata da peridoti, tormaline verdi e tsavoriti

The Maison celebrated 280 years in business with valuable pieces, such as the Ventiquattro ring, with gold and diamonds, or a ring with large central sapphire mounted on platinum, or bow double ring. From 2013 the collections are the work of the new head of Garrard designer, Sara Prentice: Tudor Rose, which is traditionally known as the floral heraldic emblem of England, for example, consists of about 30 pieces is inspired by the classical heritage the Maison. “I wanted to offer our customers the opportunity to not only wear these jewels for special occasions, but with the different outfits that are in a closet,” said Prentice when he presented the collection. But, of course, it is not about balances acquired from H & M.

The necklace, in any case, can be mounted in five different ways: for example, as a pendant or brooch with a removable staple. “The idea is for a set that can be worn in different ways,” adds Prentice. “The necklace can be disconnected and adjusted by hand, without the use of tools or a laboratory.” Become a collector’s item that can be passed down for generations, because the tradition is, indeed, an important concept for the old England. Not surprisingly, to homage to the history of the royal family, Garrard in his Tudor Rose collection has introduced two tiaras. The British home proposes, in addition, the Wings collection with a new set of 18-carat gold jewelery and diamonds. Includes pendants, earrings, bracelets, cuff links and rings: launched in 2003, Wings ideally represents the concepts of peace, purity and protection. Margherita Donato

Bracciale Tudor Rose, in oro bianco, diamanti e perle

Bracciale Tudor Rose in oro bianco, perle e rubino circondato da diamanti

Orecchini Tudor Rose in oro rosa e diamanti

Garrard, anello doppio Bow, oro bianco e diamanti

Anello con zaffiro e diamanti su platino

Anello Ventiquattro, oro rosa e diamanti Anello Ventiquattro, oro rosa e diamanti — Anello Ventiquattro, oro rosa e diamanti

Anello in oro bianco e diamanti della collezione Wing

A valuable idea in the head

Published on November 8, 2013

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Valuable ideas for the head. They are the ones who proposed the super London jeweler Graff. The result is Hair & Jewel , with a model wearing half a billion dollars in precious gems in your hair. The result is spectacular . In fact it is the repetition of a recreation of 1970, an advertising campaign Graff black and white , as you can see from the photo. In that case, however , the model wore a more modest value : £ 1 million in jewelry, the hair drawn up by the famous fashion designer Harold Leighton . Then the advertising made a certain impression . “It was a very original idea ,” says today Laurence Graff, founder of the fashion house in London. “Until that point, the images of the jewelery were typically in a more conservative style . That photo has broken the habit and created the idea of diamonds also desirable for younger women . ” The new images were instead taken by David Slijper , while the stylist is Eamonn Hughes. The campaign was proposed to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Laurence Graff in the jewelry industry .

Among the model’s hair Dalia Gunther there are 22 jewels worth 500 million dollars. A value that is a consequence of the stones used . In particular, two diamonds of 51.53 and 50.76 carat heart-shaped , in addition to necklace and earrings. There is also the Letšeng Star , one of the largest diamonds ever discovered blacks , and purchased by Graff in 2011. Then there is a Fancy Vivid Blue briolette pendant from 10:47 carats in a spectacular spectacular ring 52.73 carat Fancy Vivid , and a Fancy Intense pink 6.51carati . The whole thing is a bit ‘ expensive , fine, but do not pass unnoticed.