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Wallace Chan invents the super porcelain

Published on July 23, 2018

Wallace Chan qualche anno fa. Photo: Christie's

Wallace Chan invents a super porcelain for his high jewelry ♦ ︎

The jewelery? An activity for hard people. With hard materials, of course. Its knews also by jeweler-artist Wallace Chan, who revealed to the New York Times that he has succeeded in inventing an even harder material than steel: porcelain. But not the porcelain that is used for teacups. In fact, it is a porcelain created to be used in jewelry and with a greater resistance than metal.
Do you have to believe him? Yes, Wallace Chan is a Hong Kong jeweler who does not stop at any technical difficulty. His jewelry-sculptures are examples of the creative virtuosity of which he is capable. As a testament to his invention, the designer showed a large blue porcelain ring surmounted by a diamond and hit him violently on the table. The jewel has not even to go through a scratch. To make this material Chan took seven years, but he obtained a porcelain five times harder than steel. The jeweler also gave him a name: Wallace Chan Porcelain.
How did made it? It’s an industrial secret, he says. It is only known that this jewelry porcelain is made in two German furnaces at about 1,650 degrees Celsius (3,000 degrees Fahrenheit), a temperature that is about 200 degrees Celsius higher than the traditional process. The super-resistant porcelain is Chan’s second major innovation, which introduced the Wallace Cut in the 1970s, a method for carving precious gems like cameos and making it famous.

L'anello di porcellana realizzato da Wallace Chan — L’anello di porcellana realizzato da Wallace Chan

Chan uses super porcelain together with titanium, the metal that has often been used for his elaborate jewels, so much so as to represent a characteristic of his style. Now porcelain could be the new frontier, because according to Chan, besides being resistant, it can be colored. The jeweler has told to undergo the charm of the porcelain since he was a child. He was born in a very poor family, where the adults shared a single porcelain spoon, while he and his brothers used one of plastic, shared. One day, Chan wanted to experience the thrill of holding the porcelain spoon, but he dropped it and broke it. An emotion that, he says, was a stimulus to invent super porcelain. Although now the spoons are not lacking him. Giulia Netrese

A tale of two dragons, spille. Periodo Qianlong (1736-1795) bianco, gancio Jade Dragon cintura, smeraldo, rubino, zaffiro, zaffiri rosa e diamanti fancy

A Lyrical Moment, bracciale con zaffiri colorati, granat,i tsavorite, diamanti bianchi e giali, rubini e ametiste — A Lyrical Moment, 2016. Bracciale con zaffiri colorati, granat,i tsavorite, diamanti bianchi e giali, rubini e ametiste

Ruby Castle, anello. Rubino birmano di forma esagonale, zaffiri rosa, titanio

Stilled Life, spilla scultura. Spilla: giadeite imperiale, giada lavanda, rubino e diamanti fancy. Scultura di bambù: cristallo, diamante giallo, zaffiri rosa, granati, tzavorite

Van Cleef & Arpels tells the tales of the Grimms

Published on July 20, 2018

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Oiseau d'or in zaffiri gialli, granati spessartine, onice e diamanti

Four tales by the Grimm brothers told through the high jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels ♦ ︎

Once upon a time, and there is still now, a jeweler capable of making magic. A fairy tale? No, it is the story of Van Cleef & Arpels, a brand of jewelry that still manages to amaze, especially when it engages with high jewelry. And, in the latest collection, the fairy tale becomes double, because the Maison was inspired by the stories of the Grimm brothers. Fables and brothers, like the Arpels, Claude and Pierre, who went hunting for gems in India. But this is another fairy tale.
The new collection of fine jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels, instead, is inspired by four stories written by the famous brothers Grimm, who at the beginning of the nineteenth century collected and reworked the fairy tales of the German folk tradition. The four fairy tales turned into jewels are The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Golden Bird, The Three Feathers, Town Musicians of Bremen. If you do not remember the stories, the jewels of the collection will probably make you want to read them again. By the way, the fantasy world of children’s stories must have a special appeal for the Maison, since four years ago Van Cleef & Arpels was inspired by the fairy tale Peau d’âne (Leather of Donkey) by Charles Perrault.

With these four fairy tales, the knights, ladies and enchanted objects, like the feathers, are transformed with as much magic into necklaces, brooches, rings. As in the tradition of Van Cleef & Arpels also these fabulous jewels have been created with the most scrupulous attention in the choice of gems and in the subsequent creation of jewels. Diamonds, emeralds, sapphires really seem to come out of a precious casket, like those found in fairy tales. Only these are absolutely real. Alessia Mongrando

Collana Sous la Lune, con clip staccabile. Smeraldo taglio cabochon di 29, 44 carati della Colombia, 464 zaffiri birmani per un totale di 647,02 carati, smeraldi, diamanti

Il principe della fiaba «L'uccello d'oro». Clip con zaffiro viola taglio ovale del Madagascar, oro, diamanti, onice — Il principe della fiaba «L’uccello d’oro». Clip con zaffiro viola taglio ovale del Madagascar, oro, diamanti, onice

Collana e spila con diamanti bianchi e fancy vivid yellow-orange, condiamante taglio smeraldo di 3,31 carati. Clip della collana intercambiabile

Collana ispirata alla fiaba delle principesse danzanti. Oro, diamanti a taglio pera. Alla collana sono abbinati orecchini con diamanti a pera

Bracciale ispirato alle Tre piume, con smeraldo, diamanti, zaffiri

Bracciale Lumière ispirato a I musicisti di Brema. Diamanti bianchi e rosa giustapposti contro onici e spinelli neri

La clip di Panache Mystérieux presenta la tecnica del set misterioso di Vitrail

De Beers, legendary jewelry

Published on July 19, 2018

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Medaglione di diamanti bianchi e gialli della linea Ra

De Beers presents Diamond Legends: four myths of antiquity inspire four lines of jewelry ♦ ︎

De Beers is synonymous with diamonds. Diamonds are synonymous with myth. And what is more mythical than ancient mythology? From this reasoning started the brand for its Diamond Legends collection, presented during the Paris haute couture week. The collection has been designed in four different chapters. As the legends that accompany the myths, in fact, each jewelry line is a story in itself.
The first line of the Diamond Legends collection is dedicated to Cupid, the smallest of the Greek gods, a symbol of love. The jewels inspired by Cupid have opposing rows of princess and marquise diamonds, which come together, as if they were lovers. Naturally, a moi et toi ring could not be missing, which with pointed diamonds alludes to the arrows shot by Cupid. Ra’s suite, on the other hand, borrows the mythology of ancient Egypt. Here there are many yellow diamonds that form a sun, the star symbol of the god Ra. With another line, Celestia, we return instead to the ancient Greeks, who saw the diamonds as tears of the gods: in this case the celestial compositions are more regular, with the alternation of round and pear-cut diamonds. Finally, the last line was called by De Beers with the name of the god Vulcan. Colored diamonds, brown, pink, green, allude to the boiling magma given off with lava. But do not worry: you can wear them without fear of burning yourself. Alessia Mongrando

De Beers, bracciale della linea Celestia

Orecchini della linea Vulcan, con diamanti bianchi e fancy

nello vulcan — Anello della linea Vulcan, con diamanti bianchi e fancy

Bracciale della linea Vulcan, con diamanti bianchi e fancy

Anello con diamanti bianchi e gialli della linea Ra

Anello con diamanti bianchi e gialli della linea Ra, lato

Orecchini di diamanti bianchi e gialli della linea Ra

Alessio Boschi poet of Venus

Published on July 18, 2018

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The waves of the sea, Venus, the pearls, the shell of a shell that holds a secret: here are the latest creations by Alessio Boschi ♦ ︎

The Thalassa collection by Alessio Boschi takes the Greek name of the sea. And like the waves of the ocean reserves surprises, mysteries, wonders. Given that it is inspired by the sea, but that of an ancient fantasy, even the high jewelery of this collection offers exciting discoveries. On the other hand, this is the specialty of Alessio Boschi, who has established himself internationally as an interpreter of a sort of humanist goldsmitherie, of a Renaissance jewelry, and more with the typical virtuosity of the Baroque sculptors. In short, it has a complex and elaborate style that can easily be compared to that of the rare gurus of the world jewelry.
In 2017 the Thalassa collection has monopolized the attention with the great shark with the body composed of a gigantic keshi pearl. The following year Alessio Boschi added, next to extraordinary rings inspired by the inhabitants of the waves and brooches in the shape of fish, also a ring, Venus Heart, which is a tribute to both the sea and Venus painted by Botticelli and kept in the Uffizi Florence. The sea and the Renaissance, this time, are combined. Also in this case the irregularly shaped pearls are used to build the shell of a shell that hides a surprise: it opens to make room for a thin chain with small fish that transforms the pendant ring. While the shank of the ring is an irregular pavé reminiscent of a coral reef, the pearls on the shell are surrounded by a pavé of blue sapphires and white diamonds: the waves of the sea and the foam of the waves that is refracted. Do you still think that Alessio Boschi is a simple jeweler? Macché is a poet.

La trasformazione in collana con pendente

Venus Heart 1 — Il segreto di Venus Heart

Alessio Boschi con Venus Heart a Baselworld

Alessio Boschi, spilla pesce con perla e zaffiri — Alessio Boschi, spilla pesce con perle e zaffiri

Anello con gambo a forma di pesce, spinello rosa e zaffiri

Dior, high-jewelry three time

Published on July 14, 2018

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Anello in oro rosa con diamanti, zaffiri blu e rosa, tormalina e tanzanite al centro

A new collection of high jewelry by the Maison: lace, gold and stones with Dior Dior Dior ♦ ︎

After the gardens of Versailles and the baroque decorations of the great residence of the French kings, here is another noble inspiration from Victoire de Castellane, who leads Dior’s fine jewelry with great expertise. The new collection, in fact, is inspired by the art of lace. After all, it was a type of fabric widely used by those who lived in the court of Versailles. The high jewelry collection includes 65 pieces. And, to testify that the maximum of the novelty is what has already happened, Victoire de Castellane has used Christian Dior’s archival images, choosing between embroidery and arabesques to make necklaces, rings, bracelets and earrings rich in emeralds, blue sapphires and rose, rubies, tanzanites, diamonds, etc.
Presented in the Paris haute couture week, the collection had an unusual stage: the Museum of Modern Art, where it was visible for three days by the public, together with a exhibition of Dior’s jewelery production, which celebrated its 20th anniversary: in fact, it was created in 1998. In short, from the aristocratic past to the democratic present.
The decision to draw inspiration from embroideries and lace, however, is also linked to the other soul of Dior, that of fashion. In fact, the effect of the lace recreated with gold threads is present throughout the collection and recalls Christian Dior’s atelier. And the collection underlines this “diorism”: it is not by chance that it has been entitled Dior, Dior, Dior. In short, Dior three times.
Large cocktail rings with colored stones of appropriate size, bracelets with shimmering stones, bracelets where flowers appear among the embroideries and integrate with the light gold embroidery. Jewels worthy of the Dior tradition and the most noble haute couture. Matilde de Bounville

Orecchini in oro bianco, diamanti e zaffiri rosa

Bracciale double dentelle velours, in oro bianco, con opale e diamanti

Orecchini Organza, in oro bianco, tormaline menta

Bracciale Tulle in oro rosa, con zaffiro rosa

Dior, oro giallo, diamanti, smeraldi, tormalina tipo Paraiba, granato, tsavorite

Bracciale Popeline in oro rosa, zaffiri, ametista, smeraldi e tanzanite

Cartier’s Coloratura

Published on July 13, 2018

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Anello Holika in oro bianco, con rubellite al centro, crisoberillo, tormalina

Coloratura collection by Cartier: 240 incredible pieces of high jewelery ♦ ︎

What is more infinite than a nuance? Unable to count the individual points that make up a hue. On the other hand, it is possible to paint with colors a maxi collection of fine jewelry, as Cartier did: 240 pieces, each a world in itself. The collection is called Coloratura, an Italian word that refers to the virtuosity of lyrical singers. In Italian, in fact, it is a term that is used for a particular kind of singing, those variations, virtuosities, often improvised by the singer with vocalizations, trills and vocal preciousness. In short, something exceptional and pleasant. If you carry this concept into the world of high jewelery, the coloratura of the Coloratura collection turns into a kind of hyper virtuosity of contrasts between Asia and the West, references to Japan, the complexity of India and even the European imaginary of Africa. In this way it is also a universal collection, which meets the taste of different people, with different cultures and sensibilities. And where the coloring is, of course, that of the stones.
For example, there is a choker called Yoshino, reminiscent of sapphires and diamonds with cherry blossoms in Japan. Or a bracelet, Holika, inspired by the famous Holi Indian feast, where everyone is colored, with a 65 carat rubellite in the center, but also tourmaline and crisoberillo pearls, mounted on voluminous circle earrings. Or, again, the Chromaphonia necklace, which is composed of 22 Baroque emeralds from Afghanistan (very rare), and which is inspired by the typical costumes of Hungary. Inspired by Africa is the Kanaga suite, with triangular cut and baguette diamonds, which can be found at the end of a necklace with strands of small spinel pearls. Really a collection for specialists in coloratura, the divas. Margherita Donato

Anello Yoshino in oro bianco, opali, zaffiri rosa, diamanti, morganite di 172 carati

Choker Yoshino con zaffiri e diamanti senza pendente

Choker Yoshino con zaffiri e diamanti più pendente

Collana Chromaphonia con 22 smeraldi afgani, spinello, granato mandarino, onice, diamanti

Collana Kanaga con perle di spinello e diamanti

Collana Matsuri in platino con diamanti, opali, tormalina, onice

Anello in oro bianco con tormalina, onice, diamanti

Anello in oro bianco, diamanti, onice, corallo

Orologio segreto Orienphonie in oro bianco, diamanti, onice, corallo

Orecchini con perle di corallo, oro bianco, diamanti, onice

Round of the world with the Chopard high jewelery

Published on July 12, 2018

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Orecchini con diamanti a pera di 3 e 10,3 carati

The collection Red Carpet 2018, by Chopard, a festival of precious gems and exotic inspirations ♦ ︎

Chopard in 2018 has reached the 21 years of sponsorship of the Cannes Film Festival. It is Chopard’s, among other things, the golden palm given to the winners. On the occasion of the film festival Chopard presents new jewelry ideas. But above all, Chopard presents new collections of high-end jewelery at the same time as the Paris-Haute-Haute-Couture Week 2018-2019 which are inspired by the Cannes Film Festival. It is called, in fact, Red Carpet 2018 the collection consists of 71 jewels created under the artistic direction of Caroline Scheufele. The number 71 is not accidental, because it is also the age just completed of the Festival that is celebrated on the Croisette.
Some of the necklaces, earrings and rings made of emeralds from Colombia, diamonds, rubies, blue apatites, purple garnets, red jasper, sapphires and many other precious elements, deviate from the classic style of high jewelery: they are inspired by the travels around the artistic director’s world. It is also a way of remembering the times when the family members of Caroline Scheufele were traveling with suitcases of valuables from one royal court to another. The jewels seem to be inspired by an exotic, Central American, Asian or African style, with unusual designs and bright colors that look like macramé fabrics. The effect is really impressive: they also deserve a Golden Palm. Lavinia Andorno

Collana in platino con 17 eccezionali smeraldi non trattati per 52 carati, un diamante a pera colore D di 20,5 carati e diamanti taglio brillante per 29,6 carati

Anello con smeraldo taglio ottogonale e diamanti

Collana in oro giallo e titanio con tormaline per 142 carati, rubellite, spessartite, granati, tanzanite, ametista, tsavorite — Collana in oro giallo e titanio con tormaline per 142 carati, rubellite, spessartine, granati, tanzanite, ametista, tsavorite

Collana in oro bianco con smeraldo taglio ottagonale e diamanti taglio a pera per 61 carati

Anello in oro bianco e un rubino taglio ottogonale di 12 carati

Orecchini in oro giallo e titanio con spessartine (mandarino granato)

Orecchini in oro bianco e titanio, jada, opale nero, zaffiri, lapislazzuli

Orecchini in oro bianco e alluminio, rubi taglio briolette, diamanti, rubini per 25 carati

High jewelery, the Régalia of Vuitton

Published on July 11, 2018

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Anello in oro bianco, diamanti e spinello

Louis Vuitton presents the new collection of high jewelry, Régalia, which marks the debut of Francesca Amfitheatrof ♦ ︎

It was a surprise to many the release of Francesca Amfitheatrof from Tiffany and the subsequent landing at Louis Vuitton, in April. And, still, many they were curious to observe the first steps of the new creative director for jewelry. Here they are satisfied, even if the new collection of fine jewelry, Conquêtes – Régalia, is likely to be the result at least in part of the previous work, since jewels of that type are made in long weeks of work, preceded by an equally long selection of stones.
Régalia is, therefore, a new chapter in the Conquêtes collection, and is inspired by the signs of kings and emperors, that is to say, to the heraldry (the codes of the coats of arms) and the study of the honors, orders and decorations. That said it looks like something a little dusty. But it’s just an inspiration. In reality it is the classic collection of high-end jewelry typical of Vuitton, where the emblem refers to the Maison, the letter V that repeats itself in the form of gold covered with diamonds and becomes the design around which the jewel rotates, or the four lobes of the flower of the Vuitton logo, always mentioned, but without the brand overwhelming the balance of the jewel.
The collection is quite large: Régalia consists of seven sets and around 60 pieces. A falls of diamonds, of course, but also an accurate research of the colored stones, around which the different pieces are composed. Large emeralds, but also red spinels, mint green tourmalines, large yellow sapphires, tsavorite. They are the same stones to be an emblem, of luxury and wealth. Giulia Netrese

Louis Vuitton, anello della collezione Conquêtes - Régalia — Louis Vuitton, anello della collezione Conquêtes – Régalia

Bracciale in oro bianco, diamanti e spinello

Collier in oro bianco, diamanti e tanzanite

Anello in oro bianco, diamanti e zaffiro giallo

Orecchini della collezione Conquêtes - Régalia con tormalina Paraiba — Orecchini della collezione Conquêtes – Régalia con tormalina Paraiba

Orecchni in oro bianco, diamanti e spinello

Bracciale con diamanti e tormalina Paraiba

Louis Vuitton, orecchini pendenti in oro bianco e diamanti

Louis Vuitton, orecchini in oro bianco e diamanti

Messika, fairy-tale jewelry

Published on July 10, 2018

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Particolare della collana Collana Bright Falcon

High jewelry by Messika: traditional fairy tales are transformed into incredible pieces. Indeed, fabulous ♦ ︎

Being raised with a menu of bread and diamonds is certainly a diet that only a few can say they have followed. But, probably, it is the perfect diet for a jeweler, judging by the result obtained by Valérie Messika. Diamonds were her childhood playmates and, now, they are her working tools. Better, they are tools for the composition of jewelry that are comparable to works of art.
During the Paris Haute Couture Week, Messika presented other high-end jewelery pieces from the Once Upon a Time collection. “Combining my passion for diamonds with my love for fashion, I rewrote some of the stories that once enchanted me when I was a child,” explained the queen of diamonds. “I reinterpreted the stories of these old tales with an ultramodern vision and avant-garde style inspired by the latest fashion trends”.

Eternal Soul necklace, The Little Mermaid inspired

The Little Mermaid
This is the case, for example, of the Little Mermaid, a large necklace with a large emerald-cut diamond in the center. Also the other diamonds, arranged on about fifty fringes, have the same cut. The fringes move and dance just like the waves among which the Little Mermaid lives.
Another exceptional chapter in the series is the Undine Set. It takes the name of a story from the Romantic period, written in 1811 by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. The story tells the tragic story of an Undine, aquatic female spirit of Nordic folklore. Messika interprets it as a tribute to the world of high fashion, inspired by the most exclusive trends in the world of catwalks. The set consists of a necklace with emerald and brilliant-cut diamonds, a pair of earrings, a bracelet and a ring. The set inspired by the Snow Queen, however, prefers the pear-cut, to pay tribute to the heroine of the fairy tale, who uses his courage to free himself from the hypnotic winter queen.
Another chapter: The Bright Falcon, which refers to an ancient Russian fairy tale. The necklace of this series is nothing short of spectacular. By eye, more than 300 marquise cut diamonds will be used with an overall design that alludes to the wings of a falcon. For this necklace Messika has used various colors and cuts of diamonds (in the middle there is an emerald cut) and a technique specifically studied in the Maison’s laboratory that allows flexibility and ergonomics.
The collection also includes special pieces such as a ring with marquise cut diamonds, or the Radiant ring, with an amazing fancy yellow diamond of over 7 carats. It is appropriate to say that they are a fairy tale jewelry. Giulia Netrese

Persian Drops necklace, indossata da Beyoncé

Anello Radiant Firebird, con un diamante fancy yellow di oltre 7 carati

Collana che fa parte dell'Undine set — Collana con diamanti taglio pera e brillante che fa parte dell’Undine set

Boucheron true flowers

Published on July 9, 2018

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Anello in titanio, oro rosa, zaffiro padparscha, spinello nero, zaffiro viola e arancio, petali naturali

Boucheron flowers from the Nature Triomphante collection: extraordinary high jewelery ♦ ︎

Despite the coexistence between flowers and jewels is difficult, continuing over time, almost like the one between Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Where is the difficulty in this marriage is soon said: first of all to interpret a flower is not simple, if you want to propose something original. Secondly, a jewel that does not limit itself to making just a simple idea of the flower, meets great technical difficulties. If, then, the goal is a jewel of great quality as well as precious, only a few designers succeed.
Claire Choisne, creative director of Boucheron, has succeeded it. And during the week of haute couture she presented the new high-end jewelry collection of the Maison. The jewels of the Nature Triomphante collection are a triumph not only for the refined selection of the materials used, but also for the complicated, difficult choice of construction. For example, in some cases the rock crystal was carved from the inside to accommodate diamonds and gold. The floral rings, moreover, were made with a touch of unusual naturalism, which at first glance could make the jewel exchange for an authentic flower. Also thanks to the processing technique of titanium, which takes on color and a finish that makes them become small masterpieces. More: true flower petals are applied, without pigments or chemicals to titanium surfaces. Thus a flower becomes eternal.
To achieve this level Boucheron has carefully studied the plants: as in the case of the necklace with ivy leaves that has been reproduced, including veins, after a digital scan of the foliage of a real plant. Or Nuage de Fleurs, a necklace of small hydrangea flowers in rose gold, with mother-of-pearl in pale pink, gray and cream, with petals with diamonds similar to drops of dew. In short, a true triumph of high jewelry. Giulia Netrese

Anellodi Boucheron in titanio, diamanti e petali naturali

Collana Nuage de Fleurs in oro rosa, tormalina rosa, madreperla e diamanti

Collana Lierre Givre in titanio, diamanti e cacholong

Collana rivière in stile art déco in oro bianco, tormalina, malachite, onice e diamanti

Collana Cigales de Neiges in oro bianco e calcedonio, diamanti

The nature of Mikimoto

Published on July 9, 2018

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Collana con acquamarine, perle, zaffiro e diamanti

Nature is queen in the high jewelery collection of the Japanese Mikimoto ♦ ︎

Mikimoto is the best known name of the Japanese high jewelry. La Maison specializes in pearls and is known for its refined choice, from Akoya to those of the South Seas. But, in addition to pearls, it can also offer pieces of high jewelery. And he does it with his special sensitivity, all Japanese. For 2018, for example, the high jewelery collection is called Praise to Nature, and is obviously inspired by the natural, floral and marine world. Pearls and diamonds are combined in light and versatile structures, almost like watercolor drawings by an artist from the Meiji period. In total, the new collection includes 12 necklaces, pendants, earrings, bracelets and brooches. Some pieces are truly extraordinary, like the necklace with a big sapphire, with Akoya pearls and navette-cut little aquamarines that look like small fish swimming in the middle of the waves. Or the necklace with five strands of pearls to climb and a large Paraiba tourmaline, which represents the purity of the water, surrounded by butterflies made of pavé diamonds. Giulia Netrese

Collana in oro bianco 18 carati, perle coltivate Akoya, tormalina, zaffiri, smeraldi, tanzanite, alessandrite, ametista, diamanti

Anello in oro giallo 18 carati, perla coltivata bianca del Mare del Sud, perla coltivata Akoya, granato, peridoto, spinello, diamante

Orecchini di perle del Mare del Sud, diamanti

Anello in oro bianco 18 carati, perla Akoya, zaffiro, granato, diamante, quarzo

Anello in oro bianco 18 carati, perla dei Mari del Sud, giada, zaffiro, granato, diamante, calcedonio

Perle del mare del Sud, oro bianco, diamanti

Wendy Yue’s flowers

Published on July 7, 2018

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Bracciale a forma di fiore con un granato al centro, diamanti, rodolite

Wendy Yue’s flower-shaped jewels have enchanted Moda Operandi ♦ ︎

Those who have never been to Hong Kong, but know Wendy Yue’s artisan jewelry, can imagine that the Asian city is a species of Earthly Paradise. Flowers and leaves grow lush, the colors shine in the clear air. Hong Kong, instead, has another kind of charm, but not the one related to flora. The designer, however, manages to imagine a private garden, with plants not exactly similar to those found in nature and, perhaps for this reason, even more fascinating.
Imaginative cocktail rings, bracelets and earrings are made of precious and colored stones that form a non-replicable world. This is also why his unique pieces of jewelry are prey to collectors who do not let them escape. As evidenced by the recent trunk show on Moda Operandi, which saw Wendy Yue’s jewelry go sold out. But of course, like all the flowers, the jewels of the Chinese designer will also grow back. Cosimo Muzzano

Orecchini a forma di foglie con zaffiri, giada nera, turchesi

Anello con foglie di opale, diamanti, zaffiri, tsavorite

wendy yue 2017 — Anello di Wendy Yue con giada nera, smeraldi, tsavoriti e diamanti bianchi

Chanel, Coromandel high jewelry

Published on July 4, 2018

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Bracciale Évocation Floreale, in oro bianco, rubini e diamanti

High jewelry by Chanel: the Coromandel collection inspired by Chinese panels decorated with lacquer designs ♦ ︎

If you do not know where the name comes from, here’s the explanation: it’s called Coromandel a type of Chinese lacquer produced primarily for export. It is so called because once it was shipped to European markets through the Coromandel coast of south-east India.
This type of screen was loved by Gabrielle Chanel, who used it in her apartment on Avenue de New York and that of Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, in Paris, and then her suite at the Ritz, in her villa in Lausanne, in Switzerland, in 1968.
It is not surprising, therefore, that Coromandel has become over time also a line of jewelry signed Chanel. Thet it has now become a high jewelery collection, on the occasion of the Paris haute couture week.
From the panels with sailing ships, palaces, flowers and birds, in the typical style of Chinese art, the Coromandel collection’s jewels are grouped into four different lines, mixing oriental style, with stylized mother-of-pearl designs, with the rich western tradition, which features cascades of diamonds. Certainly some pieces seem designed for the public of the new rich of China, like the earrings Fleur de diamant, while the Évocation Florale collier seems to evoke the art deco style. Margherita Donato

Orecchini Vibration Minerale, in oro giallo, platino, perle coltivate, lacca, madreperla, diamanti

Collier Évocation Floreale, in oro bianco e diamanti

Orecchini Fleur de diamant, in oro bianco e diamanti

Bracciale Fleur de Nacre, in oro bianco, madreperla e diamanti

Collier Horizon Lontain, oro giallo, platino, diamanti, madreperla

Bulgari Wild Pop

Published on June 30, 2018

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Happy Leaves in oro bianco con 14,63 carati di diamanti e 5,60 carati di smeraldi

The new Bulgari high jewelery collection is called Wild Pop and is inspired by the eighties ♦ ︎

Revival is not new in fashion. Indeed, all the epochs, sooner or later, rediscover how beautiful it was 20 or 30 years ago, how good it was and what a wonderful style it was in vogue. Know that it will also happen the nex thirty years, when your nephews will find adorable what today seems to be tacky to you. This is how the world goes.
After the boom of the art deco, for example, today likes the day before yesterday, ie the seventies and eighties. Of course, the reasons to remember or imagine the liveliness of those years is not lacking: the TV series like Dinasty and Miami Vice, the stars of the era, such as Madonna and David Bowie, but also Andy Warhol. That Bulgari, however, designed a necklace of high jewelry with the shape of the leaves of marijuana it was difficult to imagine. On the other hand, the new high jewelery collection will scandalize those who consider cannabis leaves a sin and a danger. Perhaps it is precisely what the Italian brand wants, which is part of the LVMH group. Although, probably, the intention of Bulgari is not to encourage those who buy their jewelry to smoke, perhaps to forget the price.
In any case, the new Bulgari high jewelery collection is called Wild Pop and comes from an idea of the creative director of the Roman Maison, Lucia Silvestri, after visiting the Andy Warhol Foundation for the visual arts in NY. There, among the papers of the artist symbol of Pop Art, he discovered the catalogs of Bulgari of the eighties. A wedding invitation, which also explains the transgressive side of the collection, which is not by chance called Wild Pop.

“It’s not just the themes of the collection that are wild, like the delicate parure of marijuana entitled Happy Leaves in white gold with 14.63 carats of diamonds and 5.60 carats of emeralds, inspired by the film Desperately Seeking Susan, where Madonna shares a joint with a friend “, explained Lucia Silvestri. “Its kaleidoscopic colors and maxi dimensions are also wild. Wild Pop is a tribute to an era marked by the desire to have everything and at the same time celebrates the bond between Bulgari and Warhol “.
While the list of sources of inspiration, from Ronald Reagan to Jane Fonda, from disco music to the return of the tubogas, can continue for a long time, the description of the jewels is more interesting. The Queen of Pop necklace reinterprets in platinum a typical form of the Eighties, with a central 24.80 carat sapphire surrounded by baguettes, tourmalines and sapphires. Supreme Diamond Light evokes the Manhattan skyline by combining onyx and diamonds. The Magnificent Green Ruffles necklace with a 34.12 carat emerald is inspired by Alexis Carrington, iconic character from the Dinasty TV series. Flamingos is a necklace in rose gold, onyx and diamonds. Palms is in yellow gold, agate, carnelian and diamonds that draw tropical palms tribute to the Miami Vice TV series. The Synthesizer jewels are inspired by Madonna and David Bowie. Perhaps today’s jewels are better than the style of those years. Giulia Netrese

Bracciale con diamanti e smeraldi della collezione Wild Pop di Biulgari

Bracciale in oro rosa, diamanti, spinelli, turchesi

Orecchini in oro rosa, diamanti, turchese, rubini

Collana Queen of Pop in platino, zaffiro centrale da 24,80 carati contornato da baguette, tormaline e zaffiri

Bracciale The Wall, ispirato al muro di Berlino. Mattoncini di pietre e diamanti e la scritta Freedom

Collana Butterflies, oro rosa, diamanti, pietre di colore come ametista, peridoto, spinello

News in London with Cindy Chao

Published on June 24, 2018

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Cindy Chao at the London Masterpiece with new high-end jewelery pieces ♦ ︎

In addition to the jewels we have already presented here at the Masterpiece London (28 June – 4 July 2018) new pieces by Cindy Chao will debut. The Taiwanese designer will show “between eight and 12” new Black Label masterpieces, her most intricate and elaborate jewels. In addition to the Peony brooch, in 18-carat white gold, 18-carat yellow gold and titanium with rubies, diamonds and lacquer, the other Cindy Chao jewels of the Black Label line are part of the designer’s most visible collections.

The jewels will be inspired by nature, but seen with the traveler’s glasses, anticipated Cindy: “The new jewels were inspired by one of my trips to Canada last year, where I was completely immersed in the infinite wonder of nature. The new collection will allow collectors and connoisseurs to experience the world through my eyes”. “Cindy is an artist and the attention she deserves to make her pieces and the beauty that is exemplified by the exceptional works of art that we see in all disciplines at the Masterpiece London: be it a piece of art, design or furniture , made in antiquity or today. We look forward to presenting the unique pieces of Cindy Chao to our international visitors”, commented Masterpiece London president Philip Hewat-Jaboor. Cosimo Muzzano

Nuova spilla della collezione Black Label

Disegno preparatorio per nuove piume della collezione

Cindy Chao, spilla in titanio con rubini e smalto, 2018 — Cindy Chao, spilla Peonia in oro bianco, titanio con rubini e smalto, nuovo pezzo della linea Black Label

Orecchini con zaffiri e diamanti di Cindy Chao

Piuma di Cindy Chao della collezione Black Label presentata due anni fa

Farfalla con zaffiri e diamanti, del 2012

Piaget Dancing Nights

Published on June 22, 2018

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Green Aurora Orecchini in oro rosa 18K con 1 tormalina verde-blu taglio coussin (circa 3,81 carati), 1 tormalina verde-blu taglio coussin (circa 3,61 carati), 2 tormaline verdi taglio coussin (circa 2,90 carati) e 82 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 2,51 carati). Lavorazione a intarsio con legno

The lights of Dancing Nights, theline of high jewelry by Piaget’s Sunlight Escape collection ♦ ︎

The warm morning light, the endless sunrises and the eternal sunsets of the northern countries. But in the Piaget Sunlight Escape collection, which we have already described the Warming Lights and Exalting Sights lines, there is also space for a bright, exciting and overwhelming night. This is the music that accompanies Dancing Nights’ high jewelry, where darkness is more colorful than ever.
The aurora borealis, but also the intermittent lights of an elegant evening, more generous than ever thanks to the jewels expertly elaborated by Piaget with an equally generous use of precious gems. As in the necklace that shows a generous heart formed by a red spinel oval cut from which pink and red spinels, Paraiba tourmaline, spessartite and white opal.

Collier Blazing Sky, in oro rosa 18K con 1 spinello rosso taglio ovale dell’Africa orientale (circa 9,38 carati), 1 tormaline Paraiba a goccia del Mozambico (circa 4,97 carati), 12 spinelli rosa taglio marquise (circa 7,45 carati), 14 granati spessartite taglio marquise (circa 2,24 carati), 32 tormaline Paraiba taglio marquise (circa 4,44 carati), 32 zaffiri rosa taglio marquise (circa 5,96 carati), 36 opali bianchi (circa 175,80 carati), 41 diamanti taglio marquise (circa 6,56 carati) e 225 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 3,15 carati). Creazione unica — Collier Blazing Sky, in oro rosa 18K con 1 spinello rosso taglio ovale dell’Africa orientale (circa 9,38 carati), 12 spinelli rosa taglio marquise (circa 7,45 carati), 14 granati spessartite taglio marquise (circa 2,24 carati), 32 tormaline Paraiba taglio marquise (circa 4,44 carati), 32 zaffiri rosa taglio marquise (circa 5,96 carati), 36 opali bianchi (circa 175,80 carati), 41 diamanti taglio marquise (circa 6,56 carati) e 225 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 3,15 carati). Creazione unica

Emeralds in the form of a kite
For these lines of jewelry, Piaget used the trapezoidal emerald also known as “kite-shaped”. For this distinctive model of the Sunlight Escape collection, all the gems have been carefully selected and cut to create a harmonious whole, a long and scrupulous process that required the collaboration of the best gemmologists for over a year, but which produced an absolutely exceptional result.

Collier Green Borealis, in oro bianco 18K con 1 smeraldo a goccia della Colombia (circa 7,50 carati), 33 smeraldi della Colombia taglio trapezoidale (37,39 carati), 8 diamanti taglio trapezoidale (circa 8,97 carati) e 760 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 17,46 carati). Creazione unica

Imaginative marquetry
More generally, for the Sunlight Escape collection, Piaget underlines also the collaboration with Rose Saneuil, Maître d’Art of marquetry, who has worked for the first time in the creation of three high jewelery creations. Rose Saneuil has developed a surprising combination of straw and wood. Specifically, to make these inlaid creations, he used some fine chaff and wood of European carmine and sycamore trees. Element after element, each small piece was cut to size before being meticulously positioned to create a harmonious whole.

Confronto tra la creazione in fase di realizzazione e il disegno originale prima dell’assemblaggio finale

Orecchini Blazing Sky, in oro rosa 18K con 1 opale bianco cabochon taglio ovale (circa 4,53 carati), 1 opale bianco cabochon taglio ovale (circa 4,31 carati), 2 spinelli rosa taglio coussin (circa 2,70 carati), 20 spinelli rosa taglio marquise (circa 4,44 carati), 20 zaffiri rosa taglio marquise (circa 3,20 carati), 16 granati spessartite taglio marquise (circa 1,28 carati), 24 tormaline Paraiba taglio marquise (circa 1,92 carati), 58 diamanti taglio marquise (circa 5,38 carati) e 60 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 2,01 carati)

Collier Blazing Sky, in oro rosa 18K con 1 spinello rosso taglio ovale dell’Africa orientale (circa 9,38 carati), con una tormaline Paraiba a goccia del Mozambico (circa 4,97 carati), 12 spinelli rosa taglio marquise (circa 7,45 carati), 14 granati spessartite taglio marquise (circa 2,24 carati), 32 tormaline Paraiba taglio marquise (circa 4,44 carati), 32 zaffiri rosa taglio marquise (circa 5,96 carati), 36 opali bianchi (circa 175,80 carati), 41 diamanti taglio marquise (circa 6,56 carati) e 225 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 3,15 carati). Creazione unica

Piaget, Exalting Sight

Published on June 21, 2018

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Anello Infinite Blue in oro bianco 18K con 1 tormalina Paraiba del Mozambico taglio fancy (circa 24,73 carati), 28 diamanti taglio rosa forma rotonda (circa 1,42 carati) e 383 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 6,69 carati). Creazione unica

The line of high jewelery by Piaget which is part of the new Sunlight Escape collection ♦

The large Sunlight Escape collection, Piaget’s high jewelery, consists of three lines: Warming Lights, Exalting Sights, and Dancing Nights. Here we talked about the first, Warming Lights. Now we can take a look at Exalting Sights.

Exalting Sight
It celebrates the jewels by celebrating the pleasure of observing them. Here is Exalting Sights that, in Piaget’s intentions, is also a praise to nature. It should not be forgotten that this high-end jewelery line is part of the Sunlight Escape collection, linked to images of elusive, ambiguous, crepuscular lights. Like those of the countries of the North, where in summer the day never sets and in winter the light is fleeting. In Piaget’s gaze there is, therefore, a collier with an abstract graphic design that presents gems with different shades of blue (lapis lazuli, Paraiba tourmaline and aquamarine), which collide with waves of brilliant cut diamonds. Always in a winter atmosphere is conceived the watch in white gold and diamonds is colored by a coarse cut emerald of 1.8 carats and marquise cut emeralds, while two waves of diamonds close around the blue night sea created with lapis lazuli that form the dial of another timepiece. Remember an iceberg ring with brilliant cut diamonds on white gold embellished with a large fancy cabochon cut by 24.73 carats.
Other exceptional pieces of Exalting Sight: an 18.88 carat emerald is the heart of a necklace surrounded by diamonds of various sizes and worked gold. The green also shines in a cascade necklace with drops and satin elements embellished with a 7.50 carat emerald. Another model with brilliant-cut, fancy-cut pavé embraces the neck, displaying a deep blue sapphire.

Collier Emerald Star in oro bianco 18K con 1 smeraldo taglio smeraldo della Colombia (circa 18,88 carati), 4 smeraldi taglio coussin della Colombia (circa 7,85 carati), 28 diamanti taglio baguette (circa 0,76 carati), 4 diamanti taglio princess (circa 0,84 carati), 19 diamanti taglio quadrato (circa 3,68 carati), 26 diamanti taglio esagonale (circa 8,88 carati), 3 diamanti taglio triangolare (circa 0,21 carati) e 698 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 5,75 carati). Creazione unica

Collier Green Borealis trasformabile, in oro bianco 18K con 1 smeraldo a goccia della Colombia (circa 7,50 carati), 33 smeraldi della Colombia taglio trapezoidale (37,39 carati), 8 diamanti taglio trapezoidale (circa 8,97 carati) e 760 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 17,46 carati). Creazione unica

Orologio in oro bianco e diamanti viene colorato da uno smeraldo taglio coussin di 1,8 carati e smeraldi taglio marquise

Anello Blue Ice in oro bianco 18K con 1 zaffiro blu taglio smeraldo dello Sri Lanka (circa 16,01 carati), 7 diamanti taglio baguette (circa 1,10 carati), 5 diamanti taglio princess (circa 0,15 carati), 7 diamanti taglio triangolare (circa 0,93 carati) e 208 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 5,79 carati). Creazione unica

Infinite Blue Collier in oro bianco 18K con 1 acquamarina a goccia (circa 14,52 carati), 10 tormaline Paraiba taglio fancy (circa 67,34 carati), 7 lapislazzuli scolpiti taglio fancy (circa 24,15 carati) e 1.264 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 8,03 carati). Creazione unica

Collier Blue Ice in oro bianco 18K con 1 zaffiro taglio smeraldo dello Sri Lanka (circa 18,07 carati), 12 diamanti taglio baguette (circa 2,76 carati), 6 diamanti taglio quadrato (circa 0,48 carati), 7 diamanti taglio trillion (circa 1,05 carati), 5 diamanti taglio triangolare (circa 0,45 carati), 5 diamanti taglio fancy (circa 1,34 carati) e 1.124 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 90,34 carati). Creazione unica

Manchette Blue Ice in oro bianco 18K con 1 zaffiro blu taglio smeraldo (circa 31,70 carati), 16 diamanti taglio baguette (circa 4,89 carati), 8 diamanti taglio fancy (circa 2,36 carati), 3 diamanti taglio triangolare (circa 0,36 carati) e 992 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 58,71 carati). Creazione unica

Orologio con diamanti che si chiudono intorno a un quadrante creato con i lapislazzuli

Sunlight Escape, high jewelery by Piaget

Published on June 20, 2018

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Sunlight Escape, a new large collection of fine jewelry from Piaget. First part ♦ ︎

Let’s start from here: Piaget owns the largest jewelery workshop in Geneva. Thus, when the Swiss Maison presents its collections of fine jewelry, also the expectation is high. As high as the sun shining in the sky and suggesting the theme of the new collection of fine jewelry. in 2017 the super jewelry collection was called Sunlight Journey. In 2018 here is Sunlight Escape. Rays of the sun, light, brilliance. But also sunset, fugitive light, bright night. In short, around the concept you can embroider and, above all, create a high-end jewelry that is at the top of the world rankings. Sunlight Escape, in its radiant ambiguity, is embodied in the Piaget collection in a series of exceptional jewels and jewelry-watches.
The Sunlight Escape collection consists, in fact, of three lines of jewelry: Warming Lights, Exalting Sights, and Dancing Nights. From Piaget the three lines are defined as follows: Warming Lights, light captured and diffused through shapes and materials such as pink and yellow gold and diamonds. Exalting Sights focus on what is truly spectacular through the unique skills of the Maison Piaget. Dancing Nights, a whirlwind of asymmetric forms united in a fascinating fluid movement. Processing and result are of each of the three deserves its own space. In this page, so, let’s look at the first one, Warming Lights, and will consider the other two separately.
Warming Lights
This line, part of Sunlight Escape, is made up of jewels reminiscent of the warm color of the first lights: pink gold, yellow and white diamonds, which capture light and transform it through a multitude of reflections and refractions. They are part of Warming Lights a necklace brilliantly shows dozens of strips engraved in rose gold decorated with marquise cut diamonds. Like a sun, there is a central stone, a 6.02 carat emerald, which shines bright green. A rose gold bracelet with an inlaid motif of feathers and gold leaves is also part of Warming Lights. Then there is a ring with brilliant cut diamonds and a large cut diamond of 2.3 carat cushion. Also part of this line is a watch with diamonds and white gold, complemented by a rose cut and brilliant cut diamond bracelet , “Similar to small drops of snow just melted”.

Orecchini Midnight Sun in oro rosa 18K con 1 smeraldo della Colombia taglio smeraldo (circa 1,86 carati), 1 smeraldo della Colombia taglio smeraldo (circa 1,77 carati), 16 smeraldi taglio marquise (circa 1,84 carati), 28 smeraldi taglio rotondo (circa 1,96 carati), 12 diamanti taglio marquise (circa 1,62 carati) e 58 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 0,94 carati)

Anello Midnight Sun in oro rosa 18K con 1 smeraldo della Colombia taglio smeraldo (circa 5,43 carati), 12 smeraldi taglio marquise (circa 0,72 carati), 8 diamanti taglio marquise (circa 0,03 carati) e 52 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 1,20 carati)

Piaget, orologio in oro bianco e diamanti — Piaget, Orologio Mirror of Lights. Cassa in oro bianco 18K con 24 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 1,8 carati). Quadrante bianco in madreperla
Movimento al quarzo di Manifattura Piaget. Bracciale in oro bianco 18K, con 636 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 6,48 carati), 5 diamanti taglio rosa (5,84 carati), 21 diamanti taglio ovale (circa 10,95 carati).
Creazione unica

Piaget, collier della collezione Sunlight Escape — Piaget, collier Midnight Sun. Oro rosa 18K con 1 smeraldo della Colombia taglio smeraldo (circa 6,02 carati), 35 smeraldi taglio marquise (circa 4,43 carati), 119 smeraldi taglio rotondo (circa 15,47 carati), 42 diamanti taglio marquise (circa 4,67 carati) e 219 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 4,69 carati). Creazione unica

Bracciale della collezione Sunlight Escape — Manchette Golden Sunlight in oro rosa 18K con 771 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 13,32 carati)
lavorazione a intarsio con piume e foglia d’oro. Creazione unica

Anello della collezione Sunlight Escape — Anello Golden Sunlight in oro rosa 18K con 1 diamante taglio smeraldo (E-VVS2, circa 2,30 carati) e 212 diamanti taglio brillante (circa 1,26 carati)

The gem setting
Piaget, rightly, puts the accent on the goldsmith technique used for these jewels. The setting of the gem, explains Piaget, for example, is a demanding technique that requires patience, precision and dexterity. The task must be carried out perfectly to ensure that the setting of the precious stone is strong and stable. “An art form in the true sense of the term implies transcending techniques to create an absolute impression of brilliance”. A particularly refined technique is the “serti descendu” or “reduction setting”, which provides a particular shine to the stone. With infinite care, those who place the jewel fix the stone inside the chisel claws, before cutting them back to offer a clear view of the stone. Applied to the diamond contour of each rose cut diamond, it provides a halo of light that captures and projects the sheer beauty of jewelry.
Feather marquetry
“In its incomparable delicacy and harmony, there is something transcendental in the work of the feather artist, Nelly Saunier,” explains Piaget. Winner of the Prix Liliane Bettencourt for the Intelligence de la Main, she was a natural choice for Piaget to collaborate on Sunlight Escape. For this collection of fine jewelry Nelly Saunier has created a series of four exceptional creations in the form of earrings and hoses that evoke a snowy landscape illuminated by the penetrating rays of the sun. As only a Maître d’Art can do, Nelly Saunier brings together the art of feathers and the art of gold. A composition of pure white feathers is brilliantly contrasted with rose gold leaves, creating the sparkling effect of the icy snow that shines in the warm rays of the sun.

The Palace decoration
The Palace decoration is an engraving technique inspired by the Haute Couture and which provides a handmade guilloché process with veins that give the surface the appearance of raw silk. The result is, in fact, similar to a fabric with an inimitable radiance capable of accentuating the brilliance of precious stones. This engraving process is a traditional Piaget technique for which the Maison has been famous for a long time. With the combination of diamond polishing and setting, these High Jewelry creations move the boundaries of skills and creativity. An essential element of the Sunlight Escape collection, the Midnight Sun necklace shows the Palace decoration in all its splendor with marquise cut diamonds that naturally guide the gaze towards the deep intensity of the green of a large central emerald.

Piaget, gem setting. Confronto durante la fase di realizzazione con il disegno originale

The great scam of Nirav Modi

Published on June 12, 2018

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Nirav Modi fled to London seeking asylum in Britain. The biggest scam ($ 2.2 billion) linked to the jewelery world ♦ ︎

When summer comes, you can read more books with thriller stories. But sometimes you do not need to buy a book, just read the news. Which, in this case, concern the world of jewelry. And we do not talk about the usual theft in a jewelery store or in a house. This booty is much higher: 1.77 billion dollars, maybe 2.2. Other than Ocean Eleven or similar. And the most shocking aspect is that the alleged perpetrator is not just any robber, but one of the stars of fine jewelry: Nirav Modi.
Indian billionaire with a passion for diamonds, stones thats he knows well why he has lived many years in Antwerp, in order to follow the family’s trade, he has created one of the most exclusive high jewelery Maison. But at the beginning of 2018 he was the protagonist of a clamorous case of fraud. Now he claims political asylum in the United Kingdom, to escape the trial in India. Nirav Modi, in fact, disappeared already in February after the accusations emerged, which he called a “political persecution”.

The great deception
The accusation, however, is heavy. India’s second largest state bank, the Punjab National Bank (Pnb), claimed that two jewelry companies led by Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi with the Gitanjali Group had defrauded the bank for about $ 2, 2 billion. After this alarm, frauds arose towards other credit institutions such as State Bank of India, Union Bank, Axis Bank and Allahabad Bank, all exposed to the rich man and always smiling (now you understand why) Nirav Modi. The charges have led to an investigation that led to the closure of boutiques in India, starting from the Mumbai store, bank accounts and luxury cars. What’s more, it seems that Nirav Modi has played dirty even with the budgets of his company. An expert opinion on precious stones in stock, for example, has established that their value is only 27% of what was declared in the balance sheet. In short, Nirav Modi would have inflated the accounts of his precious empire by more than 70%.
The mechanism of fraud
But how did Nirav Modi and his uncle have $ 2 billion? The scam, from what has emerged, seems almost incredible. In essence, three companies linked to Modi and Gitanjali have asked for funds to pay for purchases of precious stones abroad. Fake purchases, though. Some bank officials let themselves be duped by the rich jeweler without following the right verification process. The loans, in short, were granted without checking whether they were covered by an insurance policy to cover a possible default. The scam went on from 2011 to January 2018, until a more diligent bank manager was not satisfied with the word of Nirav and associates. And a more in-depth check brought out the scam. Although it must be admitted that the strategy was brilliant. Like the diamonds. Federico Graglia

Bracciale in oro bianco e rosa con diamanti

Orecchini di diamanti e rubini di Nirav Modi

Collana di diamanti e rubini, composta da oltre 100 pietre, presentata alla Biennale di Parigi

Roberto Coin unique

Published on May 30, 2018

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Ring in yellow and black gold with brown diamonds and citrine.  Ring in rose gold with citrine and diamonds. Ring in rose gold with citrine, black sapphire, topaz, ruby, colourless and brown diamonds

Unique pieces: the rings of Roberto Coin with gold and large precious stones color ♦ ︎
Roberto Coin is rightly famous for his fine jewelry, that is for the precious collections, but also that they are worn without problems, day or night, without it being necessary to rob a bank to buy them. But the Venetian designer is able to propose, every year, even special pieces, unique jewels, which reveal the ability of the Maison to deal with high-jewelery and top-of-the-range brands. This is the case, for example, of these jewels brought together under the definition of Unique Collection, although in reality each one makes a separate story. They are rings that in common have the genre cocktail, that is they are sufficiently vivacious and with generous dimensions. In addition, next to the white gold, blackened or pink, they show off stones of great impact, such as tourmaline, blue topaz, tanzanite, alternating with classic diamonds. In short, one more chance to admire the lively fantasy of Roberto Coin applied to the aesthetics of high jewelery. Giulia Netrese

Ring in white gold with diamonds, blue sapphire and tanzanite. Ring in white gold with diamonds, blue sapphire and tanzanite.- Ring in white gold with diamonds, blue sapphire and tanzanite

Ring in white gold with diamonds and pink tourmaline. Ring in white gold with diamonds and indigo tourmaline. Ring inn white gold with diamonds, London topaz and blue sapphires. Ring in white gold with diamonds and citrine

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Wallace Chan invents a super porcelain for his high jewelry ♦ ︎

Four tales by the Grimm brothers told through the high jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels ♦ ︎

De Beers presents Diamond Legends: four myths of antiquity inspire four lines of jewelry ♦ ︎

The waves of the sea, Venus, the pearls, the shell of a shell that holds a secret: here are the latest creations by Alessio Boschi ♦ ︎

A new collection of high jewelry by the Maison: lace, gold and stones with Dior Dior Dior ♦ ︎

Coloratura collection by Cartier: 240 incredible pieces of high jewelery ♦ ︎

The collection Red Carpet 2018, by Chopard, a festival of precious gems and exotic inspirations ♦ ︎

Louis Vuitton presents the new collection of high jewelry, Régalia, which marks the debut of Francesca Amfitheatrof ♦ ︎

High jewelry by Messika: traditional fairy tales are transformed into incredible pieces. Indeed, fabulous ♦ ︎

Boucheron flowers from the Nature Triomphante collection: extraordinary high jewelery ♦ ︎

Nature is queen in the high jewelery collection of the Japanese Mikimoto ♦ ︎

Wendy Yue’s flower-shaped jewels have enchanted Moda Operandi ♦ ︎

High jewelry by Chanel: the Coromandel collection inspired by Chinese panels decorated with lacquer designs ♦ ︎

The new Bulgari high jewelery collection is called Wild Pop and is inspired by the eighties ♦ ︎

Cindy Chao at the London Masterpiece with new high-end jewelery pieces ♦ ︎

The lights of Dancing Nights, theline of high jewelry by Piaget’s Sunlight Escape collection ♦ ︎

The line of high jewelery by Piaget which is part of the new Sunlight Escape collection ♦

Sunlight Escape, a new large collection of fine jewelry from Piaget. First part ♦ ︎

Nirav Modi fled to London seeking asylum in Britain. The biggest scam ($ 2.2 billion) linked to the jewelery world ♦ ︎