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Mikimoto’s Marine High Jewelry

Published on July 20, 2023

Collana Praise to the Sea in oro bianco, perle, zaffiri, diamanti, acquamarina, granato e una tormalina di oltre 41,5 carati

Mikimoto = pearls. This simple equation remains valid at 130 years in the anniversary year of the founder of the Japanese Maison Kokichi Mikimoto. Who is also the one who understood that pearls can be cultivated, precious spheres that were once very rare because they were the result of the whim of the sea. Mikimoto is also a jewelery brand that offers surprising high-end collections. Like Praise to the Sea, which is inspired by the natural environment in which pearls are formed. The jewels recall the foam, the waves, the billows, the marine flora and fauna, but do not use only the precious pearls of the South Seas or the Akoya selected by Mikimoto.

Anello Shool of Fish con diamanti taglio rosa, perle, zaffiri — School of Fish ring with rose cut diamonds, pearls, sapphires

Praise to the Sea fine jewelry also includes rose-cut diamonds, beryl, tanzanite, tourmaline, amethyst, garnet, sapphire, spinel, alexandrite and aquamarine. One of the most interesting jewels, for example, is a necklace of white gold and Akoya pearls that evokes a mother and child blue whale swimming together. In the center is a 41.54-carat tourmaline that symbolizes the aura of the creature, around which schools of fish are depicted, composed of sapphire, aquamarine, garnet and diamond gems. Or the ring with a South Sea pearl in the center, with a corolla depicting the waves with sapphires and diamonds, in a shade that refers to the depths of the sea.

Orecchini School of Fish con perle SOuth Sea, alessandrite, zaffiri — School of Fish earrings with South Sea pearls, alexandrite, sapphires

Orecchini Sea Graduation con perle, diamanti, acquamarina, tanzanite — Sea Graduation earrings with pearls, diamonds, aquamarine, tanzanite

Orecchini Water Surface, con perle, diamanti, acquamarina — Water Surface earrings, with pearls, diamonds, aquamarine

Collana School of Fish con spinello, alessandrite, zaffiri, ametista, granati, tanzanite, diamanti, perle — School of Fish necklace with spinel, alexandrite, sapphires, amethyst, garnets, tanzanite, diamonds, pearls

Collana Water Surface com perle, acquamarina, diamanti — Water Surface necklace with pearls, aquamarine, diamonds

Why Boucheron offers revolutionary high jewellery?

Published on July 19, 2023

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Between classic and avant-garde, between tradition and innovation, between past and future: Boucheron is one of the great jewelery Maisons which, alongside the rings, necklaces and earrings that are part of its historic heritage, manages to offer surprising collections. Like the new high jewelery collection, Carte Blanche, More is More. The creative director, Claire Choisne, has chosen a communication format and a stylistic interpretation that recalls sixties pop graphics, with models portrayed with photographs cut out against a background of bright colors. But also the geometries of the Memphis movement founded by the Italian architect Ettore Sottsass in the late seventies. But the iconographic presentation must not deceive: at the heart of Carte Blanche, More is More there are jewels.

Il gioiello-tasca applicabile In The Pocket — In The Pocket

Above all, the surprises are here, starting with the huge (29 centimeters) Tie the Knot bow hair ribbon. It is red on one side, with black and white stripes. The jewel-ornament is described as flexible like a cloth and fairly light: it weighs 94 grams. It is made with diamonds and white gold: it is considered a technical feat. The collection also includes rings reminiscent of the Rubik’s cube. Like This is Not a Ring, made with Murano glass, diamonds and lacquer on a resin band. Or supermaxi necklaces and In the Pocket, a pocket made up of diamonds and onyx on a lycra and titanium fabric, which can hold a smartphone and attaches to any item of clothing with magnets.

This is Not a Ring, in vetro di Murano, diamanti e lacca su banda di resina — This is Not a Ring, in Murano glass, diamonds and lacquer on a resin band

Many inventions seasoned in a menu of high jewelery that amaze those who consider the couture of jewelery in the classic interpretation of a variety of necklaces or rings in gold and diamonds, more or less precious unique pieces, but faithful to a tradition that comes from centuries-old habits. Instead, Boucheron’s high jewelery wants to attract the attention of digital natives and entire categories that have never approached traditional stylistic models. But who obviously have enough money to buy high-end jewels.

Collana Question Mark, nata nel 1879, rivoluzionaria per essere priva di fermagli e simbolo di una liberazioneella collezione Carte Blanche, More is More — Question Mark necklace, born in 1879, revolutionary for being without clasps and a symbol of liberation

Anelli indossati della collezione Carte Blanche, More is More — Worn rings from the Carte Blanche, More is More collection

Collana oversize Just An Illusion, con elementi piatti pensati per sembrare tridimensionali, con lacche dipinte — Just An Illusion oversized necklace, with flat elements designed to look three-dimensional, with painted lacquers

Collana composta da 21 cubi preziosi, con spinelli grigi e rosa, zaffiri rosa e diamanti — Necklace composed of 21 precious cubes, with gray and pink spinels, pink sapphires and diamonds

Pomellato high jewelry inspired by Milan

Published on July 10, 2023

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Girocollo Castello in oro, diamanti di diverso taglio cinque pietre di rubellite

Born in 1967, at the same time as the success of the great Italian fashion houses, the Milanese Pomellato has climbed the steps of success by bringing the concept of prêt-à-porter into jewelry. Luxurious, yet understated. Design, but without exaggerating. Simple shapes but not simplistic. Jewels that immediately appealed to the Milanese ladies and, later, to those of other cities. over the years the ability to interpret a fashion without excesses has crossed the Italian borders in parallel with the identification of Milan as one of the world capitals of design. Pomellato was bought by the French group Kering about ten years ago for this reason.

Anello Castello in oro rosa, diamanti, rubellite — Castello ring in pink gold, diamonds, rubellite

Something has changed since then. Pomellato, thanks to the thrust of the Parisian luxury giant, has been brought to international markets and, in part, has added to its sobriety an increasingly marked flavor of high-end jewels. Now the creative director, Vincenzo Cataldo, has decided to combine the high jewelery line, introduced three years ago, with the echo of the brand’s roots. For this reason, the new collection is inspired by Milan.

Orecchini Terrazza Duomo in oro giallo e diamanti — Terrace Duomo earrings in yellow gold and diamonds

The pieces in the range, which combine precious stones with design tradition, are named after places known to tourists too, such as the Duomo (the neo-Gothic cathedral) or the city’s Castle, but also to the most modern skyscrapers. The collection consists of four lines: Vertical Landscapes, Contemporary Heritage, Creativity on Stage and Terrazza Duomo. One of the most striking pieces is probably the Castello necklace, made up of pink gold plates connected by links studded with diamonds of different shapes: over 28 carats of brilliant, baguette, princess and round cut gems, plus five rubellites for 29 carats. A chain, attached to the choker is removable.

Catena body in oro rosa e diamanti — Body chain in rose gold and diamonds

Collana con catena Lariat in oro e diamanti — Lariat chain necklace in gold and diamonds

Collana Lirica, oro diamanti — Lirica necklace, gold diamonds

Girocollo Terrazza Duomo in oro rosa e diamanti — Terrace Duomo necklace in rose gold and diamonds

Orecchini Castello con diamanti e tanzanite — Castello earrings with diamonds and tanzanite

Orecchini Terrazza Duomo in oro bianco e diamanti — Terrace Duomo earrings in white gold and diamonds

Orecchini Terrazza Duomo in oro rosa e diamanti — errace Duomo earrings in rose gold and diamonds

Piaget high jewelery with Metaphoria

Published on June 27, 2023

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Piaget’s new high jewelery collection tells something in different words. The collection is called Metaphoria. And if a metaphor is a word or definition used to express something other than the literal sense, likewise Metaphoria dips its pen in this ancient art of expression. A metaphor used by Metaphoria? Here it is: the collection is made up of rivers of precious stones. A pure metaphor (precious stones are not liquid, but the comparison works). Alongside this dialectical game there is, of course, fine jewelry, which is the result of the industrious Genevan craftsmanship.

Piaget - Villa Salviatino — Piaget – Villa Salviatino

The collection consists of 52 pieces, entirely made in the Maison’s ateliers and presented in Florence, in the Renaissance villa with Italian garden (today a hotel) Il Salviatino, on the hills of Fiesole, just outside Florence. Also a metaphor of architectural meanings. Now the collection.

Piaget, presentazione di Metaphoria — Piaget, presentation of Metaphoria

In 1969, Yves Piaget presented its 21st Century Collection, with jewel-watches of very unusual shapes and with ornamental stones set in their dials, as well as engraved gold sautoirs and bracelet watches. Collection which, according to the Maison, laid the foundations for Piaget’s unmistakable style. Metaphoria is 2023 a reworking of that 21st Century Collection. It is divided into 41 jewels and 11 watches, in two chapters, Azureia and Beautanica. Names that evoke an equally metaphorical nature.

Experimentation, innovation and cheerfulness are part of the Maison’s DNA. Since the 1960s, Piaget has dared to introduce coral, turquoise and lapis lazuli into watchmaking and unique jewellery. This desire to use unexpected materials in pieces created to high jewelery standards is still at the core of our identity.
Benjamin Comar, CEO of Piaget

Collana Aqua Summa indossata — Aqua Summa necklace worn

Mineralis
The highlight of the collection is the Mineralis set. It is made up of jewels which, again using a metaphor, seem to have come out of the waters of a mountain river. An asymmetrical necklace is made with diamonds, sapphires, aquamarine and rock crystal. Piaget jewelers combine the transparency of rock crystal (representing the brilliance that lines the edges of rivers), with intensely blue sapphires, whose inverted settings give the piece an ultra-modern look. A 13.25-carat lagoon-blue cushion-cut aquamarine sparkles at the center. The piece is paired with earrings and rings, one of which is set with a 4.1 carat Sri Lankan sapphire.

Mineralis, collana asimmetrica realizzata con diamanti, zaffiri, acquamarina e cristallo di rocca — Mineralis, asymmetric necklace made with diamonds, sapphires, aquamarine and rock crystal

Our goal was to emphasize details that bring to mind natural phenomena, such as the flow of a waterfall or the sun’s rays, while at the same time arousing a particular emotion. The materials we use, from the insect elytra to the precious wood, have been selected to give an unpredictable and alive element to a 21st century piece of fine jewelry.
Stéphanie Sivrière, creative director of Piaget

Aqua Summa
With the Aqua Summa set, the Maison intends to convey a vision of frost and ice with the unusual combination of aquamarine with Akoya pearls and diamonds. The collar necklace, fully articulated with an invisible closure, features pear-shaped cerulean aquamarines, the largest of which weighs over 4 carats. The piece can be paired with earrings and an exquisite cocktail ring, the white gold body of which is paved with a frost of shimmering diamonds and set with a 12.48-carat cushion-cut aquamarine.

Alata
With the Alata set, Piaget transforms leaves into gold, mother-of-pearl and diamonds on rich and unstructured pieces, in the shape of a necklace, earrings and a watch. A gold and titanium earcuff has gold leaves engraved with the Decor Palace pattern, golden mother of pearl, white gold flecks and diamonds come together to dress the outer edge of the ear in a spectacular piece. Piaget jewelers have also created an engagement ring. On this piece, the center of the leaf is accented with a 2.23 carat pear shaped diamond. The set is completed by a cuff watch, the body of which is embellished with an inlay of mother-of-pearl and engraved gold, mixed with marquise-cut diamonds. A piece that demonstrates Piaget’s perfect mastery even in the smallest details.

Orologio con oro e madreperla del set Alata — Watch with gold and mother of pearl from the Alata set

Terrae
The Terrae parure has a bold design, inspired by the colors of the forest. The brown of tiger’s eye and rutilated quartz is used together with the green of tourmaline. The pair is accented with vertical rows of square tourmaline beads and features a cushion-cut tourmaline weighing approximately 16 carats at its center. A ring, bracelet and earrings complete the set.

Collana Terrae, quarzo occhio di tigre e rutilato con tormalina verde, file verticali di perline quadrate di tormalina, al centro una tormalina taglio cuscino di circa 16 carati — Terrae necklace, whit tiger-eye and rutilated quartz with green tourmaline, vertical rows of square tourmaline beads, at its centre a cushion-cut tourmaline weighing close to 16 carats

Essentia
Goldsmith skill is at the heart of Essentia, which includes jewels in rose gold and diamonds, defined by natural lines. An iconic piece of this set, the flat-knit necklace is made up of oversized links, whose irregular shapes recall those of driftwood found on the beach. Earrings and wristwatch complete the set.

Adrivea
Following the tradition of secret high jewelery watches, the Maison now unveils one of its greatest signature pieces, Adrivea, a ring that tells the time. Beneath a 10.88-carat aquamarine cabochon, its dial sparkles with diamonds, joined by waves of lustrous stones and blue sapphires that adorn the setting of this oversized piece.

Adrivea, un anello che indica l'ora. Sotto un cabochon di acquamarina da 10,88 carati, c'è un quadrante con diamanti, uniti da pietre e zaffiri blu che adornano la montatura di questo pezzo oversize — Adrivea, a ring that tells the time. Under a 10.88-carat aquamarine cabochon, there is a dial with diamonds, joined by of stones and blue sapphires that adorn the setting of this oversized piece

Foliatura
Another unique piece is Foliatura, a jewel-watch set with a magnificent cushion-cut Colombian emerald weighing 6.59 carats. Its white gold body reveals incredible craftsmanship, fusing stylized chrysoprase leaves and intertwined diamonds on a background of engraved gold Decor Palace. Ingeniously positioned at the bottom of the strap, the face of the watch allows the wearer to discreetly read the time.

Foliatura, a jewellery watch set with a cushion-cut Colombian emerald weighing 6.59 carats. Its white gold body reveals incredible craftsmanship, blending stylised chrysoprase leaves and intertwining diamonds against a backdrop of Decor Palace engraved gold. Ingeniously placed on the lower part of the band, the watch dial allows the wearer to read the time discreetly

Watches
Alitura features a mosaic dial composed of ornamental stones, reminiscent of the precious damask fabric. The dial of the Undulata watch, on the other hand, was created by the Parisian inlay specialist Rose Saneuil. The dial is iridescent green, with an inlay of straw, wood, leather, parchment and elytra, and houses an ultra-thin tourbillon, caliber 670P, all made entirely by Piaget. It is surrounded by two circles of baguette and brilliant cut diamonds. Last, but not least, Piaget watchmakers present an ultra-jewellery version of the famous cushion-shaped Black Tie watch, made famous by one of the Piaget Society’s most loyal customers, Andy Warhol. The piece combines a petrified wood dial with a baguette-cut emerald bezel and hour markers. It is a one-of-a-kind piece powered by the Manufacture’s ultra-thin mechanical caliber 534P.

Alitura è creato da Rose Saneuil, il quadrante verde iridescente porta un intarsio di paglia, legno, pelle, pergamena ed elitre, e ospita un capitolo delle ore e un tourbillon extra-piatto, calibro 670P, tutti interamente realizzati da Piaget. Con i suoi due cerchi di diamanti taglio baguette e taglio brillante, questo capolavoro irradia precisione — Alitura is created by Rose Saneuil, the iridescent green dial bears a marquetry of straw, wood, leather, parchment and elytra, and houses an hour chapter and an extra-thin tourbillon, calibre 670P, all entirely made by Piaget. With its two circles of baguette-cut and brilliant-cut diamonds, this masterpiece radiates precision

Allegoria is the new Gucci high jewelry

Published on June 22, 2023

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According to the dictionary, an allegory is a rhetorical figure through which the author expresses and the reader recognizes a hidden meaning, different from the literal one. Gucci has used this idea for the new high jewelery collection, which follows by only six months the one presented in January with the second part of the Hortus Deliciarum line. The new collection made up of 135 unique pieces is called, instead, Allegoria. What is it alluding to? At the four seasons. Also in this case it is the seasonal mutations of nature that inspire the jewels. But sometimes they use the classic Gucci clamp at the center of the jewel.

Orecchini con diamanti, smeraldi, tormalina Paraiba — Earrings with diamonds, emeralds, Paraiba tourmaline

For example, spring, which inspires jewelery with the iconic Flora motif. The collection makes extensive use of tourmalines, a stone that can take on different colors. There are, for example, a 226-carat cushion-cut green tourmaline with an openwork setting and adorned with star motifs and baguette-cut diamonds and a necklace with a 161-carat pink tourmaline, surrounded by diamonds and multi-layered colored enamel, all set in a chain with 72 88-carat multicolored tourmalines that create a degradé effect.

Ring in white gold, diamonds, paraiba tourmaline

The other seasons are just as colorful. With the red of spinels, the intense green of emeralds, the blue-green of Paraiba tourmaline, as well as yellow sapphires, mandarin garnet. Naturally, the collection also includes the classic diamonds, including some with an old cut, less faceted than those normally used today.

Anello con smeraldo e tormalina paraiba — Emerald, diamond and paraiba tourmaline ring

Collana con ciondolo a morsetto Gucci — Gucci horsebit pendant necklace

Collana con tormalina verde taglio cuscino di 226 carati — Necklace with a 226-carat cushion-cut green tourmaline

Collana con tormalina rosa taglio cuscino — Cushion cut pink tourmaline necklace

Orecchini con diamanti taglio antico e opale taglio floreale — Earrings with old cut diamonds and floral cut opal

Orecchini in oro, diamanti, gemme — Earrings in gold, diamonds, gems

Austy Lee’s psychedelic high jewelry

Published on June 21, 2023

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Anello con acquamarina, smalto, diamanti, zaffiri, tormalina, abalone. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Austy Lee makes high jewellery,, but psychedelic. It is not a usual combination. Psychedelic art, which flourished in the late 1960s, referred to the abstract and surprising use of colors to represent the hallucinations caused by taking drugs such as LSD or DMT. Over time, the psychedelic style is no longer linked to those specific experiences, but has taken on its own independent characteristic. A style that does not hinder the imagination and that always manages to amaze. Like Austy Lee’s high jewelry. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Austy Lee is a high-end jewelery designer with nearly 20 years of experience in the industry who started out as a graphic designer before focusing her creative mind on the world of jewellery.

Anelli con acquamarina, smalto, diamanti, zaffiri, tormalina, abalone. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Rings with aquamarine, enamel, diamonds, sapphires, tourmaline, abalone. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

But to further broaden her perspectives, and mostly out of curiosity, she decided to get a diploma in Product Design, to learn the art of gemstone setting and chiselling, bone and jade tooth carvings, artifacts and restorations ancient. Due to his exceptional drawing and design technique, he was offered the opportunity to work as a jewelry design apprentice at Adler Jewelery in Hong Kong.

Anello con tanzanite di 47 carati, diamanti, zaffiri, abalone. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Ring with 47-carat tanzanite, diamonds, sapphires, abalone. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

Experience in Adler Jewelery increased experience as a jewelery designer and gemstone buyer. Austy was then Chief Designer for Wendy Yue. His designs are worn by many Hollywood and international celebrities and famous personalities around the world.

His style is unique. It is the representation of new age, graphics and fashion in jewellery, but which he himself also defines as industrial, pop-punk, angular, rigorous, audacious, symbolic and colourful. The jewels use many colored gemstones often carved such as sphene, paraiba, padparadscha, star sapphire, indigolite, pink diamonds and the different colors of jade, as well as less usual materials, such as abalone.

Il suo stile è unico. È la rappresentazione in gioielleria di new age, grafica e moda, ma che lui stesso definisce anche industriale, pop-punk, spigoloso, rigoroso, audace, simbolico e colorato. I gioielli utilizzano molte pietre preziose colorate spesso intagliate come sphene, paraiba, padparadscha, star sapphire, indigolite, pink diamonds e i diversi colori della giada, oltre a materiali meno usuali, come l’abalone.

Anello con tanzanite, retro. Copyright: Gioiellis.com — Ring with tanzanite, back. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

Orecchini con giada bianca, diamanti, smalto blu. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Earrings with white jade, diamonds, blue enamel. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

austy lee bracciale tanzanite 47 ct diamanti smalto giallo diamanti copyright gioiellis — Bracelet with tanzanite, diamonds, yellow enamel, diamonds. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

Bracciale con tanzanite, diamanti, smalto giallo, diamanti, lato Copyright: gioiellis.com — Bracelet with tanzanite, diamonds, yellow enamel, diamonds, side Copyright: Gioiellis.com

Anello con acquamarina, lato. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Aquamarine ring, side. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

La lavorazione dell'anello con acquamarina, smalto, diamanti, zaffiri, tormalina rosa, abalone. Copyright: gioiellis.com — The workmanship of the ring with aquamarine, enamel, diamonds, sapphires, pink tourmaline, abalone. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

Anello con acquamarina, smalto, diamanti, zaffiri, tormalina rosa, abalone. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Ring with aquamarine, enamel, diamonds, sapphires, pink tourmaline, abalone. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

Il pendente Blue Divine, la collezione di luci psichedeliche. Oro bianco 18 carati, zaffiro birmano blu reale non riscaldato, zaffiri birmani non riscaldati, opali australiani, zaffiri e diamanti — The Blue Divine pendant, the psychedelic light collection. 18k white gold, unheated royal blue Burmese sapphire, unheated Burmese sapphires, Australian opals, sapphires and diamonds

Bracciali di Austy Lee Art Jewellery — Bangle by Austy Lee Art Jewellery

Viren Bhagat: the genius of Mumbai

Published on April 2, 2023

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Ricca collana con smeraldi e diamanti di Viren Bhagat

The extraordinary jewels of the Indian master Vivren Bhagat.
If you like the jewelry you see on this page you don’t look for the website of Viren Bhagat. There is not. And if ever there is a luxury most luxurious of others in the age of ever-network connection is just to not have a website. It can mean two things: you’re nobody and you do not feel the need, or you are so famous as you can snub the usual web brochure. Viren Bhagat, as you may have guessed, is part of this second species of human beings, those who do not need a business card to represent them. It is considered by some the Cartier India but from others has approached to Jar. Maybe it’s a bit ‘of both: he make a few pieces, fifty, a year, but with a lot of genius.

Spilla con diamanti e smeraldi venduta da Christie's — Spilla con diamanti e smeraldi venduta da Christie’s

His headquarters is in the affluent district of Mumbai. Heir to four generations of a jewelry business, he open in 1991 his store along with his two brothers. He has an ability to interpret the jewelry that sends in the attic of the Maharajah the myths of the past, poetry and Mughal tradition. It is not that India is not present: is felt in all its creations. But it’s not a jewelry store that proposes the old days, if anything is a fusion between Indian style and art deco. “I’m not really inspired by art deco, I grew up with her,” said the jeweler. But perhaps it is the power of tradition that makes him bend metal lightly, with stones that seem to live its own life. Transparencies and thin conjunctions between different parts of a jewel are the constant stylistic. Sure, it takes time and perseverance: to create the bracelets may take six months, including research of the stones, cutting, embedding.

Collana a cinque fili di perle di Viren Bhagat, venduta da Christie's per 1,6 milioni di dollari — Collana a cinque fili di perle di Viren Bhagat, venduta da Christie’s per 1,6 milioni di dollari

Anello con zaffiro taglio pan di zucchero e diamanti

Anello in oro 18 carati con diamante giallo di 3,82 carati taglio europeo antico e diamanti bianchi

Collana con rubini cabochon e perle naturali

Orecchini con perle naturali montate a forma di conchiglia — Orecchini con perle naturali

Karen Suen, high jewelery in Hong Kong

Published on February 27, 2023

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Anello con rubellite cat's eye, tormalina, smeraldi, zaffiri e diamanti

At the 2019 Couture Design Awards, Karen Suen won the Best in Pearls category award. The designer, among other things, has a predilection for rare conch pearls. But the jewelry designer does not need this recognition to get on the jewelery stage. Karen Suen made her debut in 2007, and has been very successful since then. The elements of the recipe are those typical of fine jewelry: excellent stone, scrupulously executed goldsmith’s, attractive design. But in addition, Karen puts her own personality into it.

Orecchini con diamanti, perle e conch pearl

A creativity that allowed, in 2013 and 2014, to get another award, this time at the Outstanding Greater China Design Awards. Her brand was renamed Karen Suen in the same year. Between glam and classic jewelry, the design of the brand based in Hong Kong is popular in China, but also in the US and Europe. And there is a reason: her Maison was created in the likeness of the European ones of the early twentieth century, where each jewel is unique in its kind and produced according to the standards of fine jewelry.

Anello con diamanti e granato demantoide

Orecchino pendente con smeraldi e diamanti, Emerald Collection

Collana con smeraldi, diamanti e grand e perla

Anello con diamanti e perla naturale orange

Design, gems, Etcetera

Published on February 8, 2023

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Edmond Chin’s extraordinary and rare jewelery, from as expert manager for Christie’s to jeweler for collectors ♦

For five years, Edmond Chin managed the department of jewelry at Christie’s in Hong Kong. The experience and knowledge of the market has suggested, in the 2000, to found his own brand: Etcetera. The Latin word, which means “and other things”, has become a brand in the jewelry world, thanks to the recognition during the best appointments, as years ago in Baselworld. Edmond Chin has focused on two aspects: technical innovation and the quality of the stones used. But now Chin, who was born in Singapore, has become creative director of Boghossian: Etcetera’s jewels have therefore become collector’s items.

Orecchini con smeraldi di 9,12 e 8,84 carati e perle naturali

According to experts polled by Gioiellis, Etcetera collections often use new methods of assembly to expose the gems. A skill that can surprise more than once. And even if the headquarters of the brand remained in his native Hong Kong, the jewels of Mr. Chin are becoming increasingly popular in Europe and America from private collectors. Like is demonstrates by the auction where his jewels are sold.

Anello con smeraldo di 38,51 carati e diamanti

Collana con un rubino star centrale di 19,53 carati, rubini taglio ovale, diamanti taglio brillante e pera

Anello con rubino di 6 carati con petali di diamanti taglio cuscino

In the design of L’Dzen

Published on December 13, 2022

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Anelli in oro bianco e diamanti, indossati

An international background, a family tradition in jewelry, a great desire to enter the Olympus of luxury designers: with these premises Payal Shah founded L’Dzen. The designer’s mother and father worked as consultants for the diamond market in Singapore and Hong Kong, where Payal Shah established his Maison (but sells worldwide). This training started when she was a little girl served her to combine the commercial aspect with the creative one. By the way, the name L’Dzen literally means The Design By Payal Shah. Before creating jewelry, in fact, Payal Shah obtained a degree in architecture and design from the University of Westminster, London, and a diploma in Interior Design, also obtained in the English capital. Not only that: she started working as a designer for luxury hotel furniture.

Orecchini in oro rosa 18 carati, diamanti e pietre di colore — Orecchini Vera in oro rosa 18 carati, diamanti e pietre di colore

Until the desire to merge the cultural roots of India with the Chinese tradition emerged: the result is L’Dzen Jewelry, founded in 2011, when Payal Shah was 21 years old. But, in reality, the style of the Maison has nothing of the traditional Indian and Chinese elements, except an explicit desire to offer luxury jewelry. One of the most recent collections, for example, is called Gun’s N ‘Roses, like the Californian rock band. One of the aspects that distinguishes L’Dzen jewels is lightness: even with larger earrings you can barely feel the weight. Michelle Obama, Katy Perry, Rihanna and Nick Jonas were spotted on the red carpet with L’Dezen jewels.

Anello in oro 18 carati, diamanti e zaffiri rosa

Orecchini Briar in oro giallo e diamanti

Il brand produce anche borse, come questa Brenda Fleur Headband

Luxury flies with Diacolor

Published on December 2, 2022

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Orecchini in oro bianco 18 carati con 18,68 carati di diamanti

Rishabh Tongya traveled alone by plane for the first time at age 11. Destination: New York. Since then he has never stopped visiting airports around the world, starting from Delhi, the capital of India where Diacolor, the family business, is based. Rishabh Tongya is the creative director of the brand and is a frequent flyer, with 150-180 flights per year between Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and Africa. He made one exception when he met the girl who would become his wife, Divya: he postponed a trip to Bahrain for her. Rishabh is a citizen of the world: as a city he loves London, Sardinia for the beaches, the reserves between Tanzania and Kenya for nature and fauna, the Alps for the mountains. Without ceasing to love India, of course.

The Tanzan Enigma, collana di diamanti con una tanzanite di 148,58 carati

Starting with a small team of five members, Diacolor has grown over the years into an internationally renowned jewelry production house, and also produces on behalf of global jewelry brands.

Diacolor’s jewels reflect Rishabh Tongya’s relentless search for precious stones, often large gems, which are cut and set into jewels that fascinate American sheikhs and billionaires, wealthy Asian tycoons and Russian oligarchs. All jewels of super luxury and also super visible, with generous dimensions. Years ago, for example, Diacolor bought a 5655-carat raw emerald from Zambia, a Guinness record stone.

Anello con zaffiro taglio ovale e diamanti

Harakh high jewelry

Published on November 17, 2022

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Diamonds and not only in the collections of Harakh, a new high jewelery brand ♦ ︎

There is a new high jewelery brand in America. It’s called Harakh and, to tell the truth, it is new only for the United States, because in Bombay they have known it since 2017. The name is that of its founder, Harakh Mehta, who represents the fourth generation of a family of jewelers. But in India the word Harakh also has the meaning of joy: which is also that of those who can afford to buy a jewel of the Maison, which has prices ranging between 20,000 and 100,000 dollars. Among the latest creations of the Maison there is, for example, a set of 150-carat diamonds, specially created to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Bloomingdales luxury department in New York.

Orecchini a cerchio in oro bianco e diamanti

Diamonds are one of the strong points of Harakh’s jewels, also because the activity of a jeweler comes after that of a gemstone merchant, and also thanks to his studies at the Gemological Institute of America. Use only diamonds classified D, E or F and clarity VS / VVS and IF. Each piece is handmade by the 15 artisans who work with ancient jewelery techniques. But this does not prevent a quality control particularly attentive also to the use and pleasure of wearing rings, bracelets and earrings. As in the Cascade collection, which is made with a blaze of stones. The shapes of the jewels are modern, but in some cases they reflect the traditional Indian figures, such as the elephant or the peacock.

Collana con diamanti bianchi su oro bianco

Collana con pendente in oro giallo e diamanti bianchi

Anello Frangipani in oro bianco e rosa, diamanti

Orecchini Haveli in oro bianco e diamanti

Orecchini Peacock in oro bianco e diamanti

Colorless Diamond Bypass Ring in 18K White Gold — Anello in oro bianco 18 carati e diamanti

The waves of the sea for Chaumet high jewelery

Published on July 26, 2022

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Anello Gulfstream in oro bianco, ornato di uno smeraldo ottagonale verde brillante da 3,52 carati proveniente dalla Colombia, zaffiri tondi e baguette, smeraldi tondi, tormaline Paraiba e diamanti taglio brillante

For over a century, Chaumet has been a pillar of Place Vendôme, the Parisian square that is the temple of high jewelery. The Maison, famous among other things for its tiaras, however, has an even older date of birth: in 1802 it was already Napoleon’s official jeweler. Chaumet is also one of those Maison that can present extraordinary collections of high jewelery once a year. That of 2022 is called Ondes et Merveilles and is dedicated to the sea. And, indeed, there are jewels with a wavy movement and wonderful gems that embellish the refined design of the jewels. Like the other collections of high jewelry, Ondes et Merveilles is also composed of chapters that also divide the jewels aesthetically.

Anello À- leur d'Eau in oro bianco, con un diamante D VVS2 taglio ovale da 3,03 carati — Anello À- leur d’Eau in oro bianco, con un diamante D VVS2 taglio ovale da 3,03 carati

The lines of the collection are three: Ondes animées, Rivages vus du ciel et Mille et un habitants des mers. Each is characterized by a design and the stones used. There are, for example, rings such as Escales, which features a pear-shaped Paraiba tourmaline framed by diamonds and spinels, which evokes the idea of a tiara, Chaumet’s signature piece.

Collana e orecchino indossati. Oro bianco e rosa, spinelli rossi, zaffiri, tormalina paraiba, diamanti. Courtesy Chaumet

The À Fleur d’Eau ring, on the other hand, is in white gold and uses only diamonds: a 3.03-carat oval-cut D VVS2 gemstone, together with three 1.92-carat marquise-cut diamonds. There are many variations: the Gulfstream ring in white gold is adorned with a 3.52 green octagonal brilliant emerald from Colombia, round and baguette sapphires, round emeralds, Paraiba tourmalines and brilliant-cut diamonds.

Orecchini Chant de Sirènes in oro bianco, con tormaline Paraiba, perle di Tahiti grigie e diamanti taglio brillante

Spille in oro bianco e. diamanti. Possono essere utilizzate anche come ferma capelli

Orecchini À Fleur d'Eau in oro bianco, con un diamante ovale D VVS1 da 2,10 carati, un diamante ovale D VVS2 da 2,08 carati, 4 diamanti taglio marquise per un totale di 3,28 carati, diamanti taglio marquise e taglio brillante — Orecchini À Fleur d’Eau in oro bianco, con un diamante ovale D VVS1 da 2,10 carati, un diamante ovale D VVS2 da 2,08 carati, 4 diamanti taglio marquise per un totale di 3,28 carati, diamanti taglio marquise e taglio brillante

Anello Escales in oro rosa e bianco, tormalina paraiba, diamanti

Among the stars with Chanel in 1932

Published on July 18, 2022

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Spilla Soleil Doré in oro bianco, oro giallo, diamanti e diamanti gialli

Time travel has always been a human being’s dream. Together with another fantasy, that of space travel, among the stars. Put these two aspirations together and you can understand the meaning of 1932, haute joaillerie collection by Chanel. Because the high jewelery presented in Paris during the haute couture week is a tribute simultaneously to the founder of the Maison, Coco Chanel, and to her passion for high jewelery and the stars. Bijoux de Diamants was the name of the first Chanel high jewelery collection: they were jewels inspired by the constellations and marked an era. Some of those jewels were exhibited in Paris, at the Grand Palais Éphémère on the occasion, almost a century later, of the launch of 1932, which revisits the founder’s debut, instilling new ideas.

Allure Céleste, collana con diamanti taglio brillante, uno zaffiro ovale blu intenso di 55,55 carati e un diamante colore D, FL, taglio a pera da 8,05 carati

The collection is the result of the creativity of Patrice Leguéreau, director of Chanel Jewelery. In all there are 77 unique pieces, 12 of which are transformable (a trend now common to all the great Maison), which use gold adorned with diamonds, sapphires, yellow diamonds, rubies, spinels and tanzanites.

Comète Volute, collana con un diamante ovale di 9,32 carati

It is high jewelery and, therefore, a collection with pieces that compete with each other for richness, design and, of course, price. Like the Allure Céleste necklace, which uses brilliant-cut diamonds, a 55.55-carat deep blue oval sapphire and an 8.05-carat pear-cut D, FL color diamond. The two diamond elements detach and turn into brooches, while the central part can be worn as a bracelet. Another necklace, Comète Volute, has a spiral shape that encloses a 19.32-carat white oval diamond.

Anello in oro bianco e diamanti Lune Silhouette

Anello Soleil Mademoiselle in oro bianco e diamanti

Collana Comète Saphir. Oro bianco, diamanti e zaffiri. La pietra centrale è uno zaffiro taglio cuscino di 6,56 carati

Collana Soleil Doré in oro bianco, oro giallo, diamanti e diamanti gialli

Orecchini Lune Talisman in oro bianco, diamanti, tanzaniti

A natural woman for Boucheron

Published on July 17, 2022

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Bracciale Feuillage in alluminio, diamanti, tormalina verde da 37,97 carati

A natural woman is not only impervious to prejudices and prepackaged roles, but also sensitive to the elements of nature. The basic ones: wood, sand, wind. Starting from here Boucheron, through the hand of the creative director Claire Choisne, presented the new high jewelery collection called Ailleurs, that is places that are not Paris. Deserts, mountains, oceans, other worlds to be explored through combinations of new materials. For example, rattan combined with white gold and diamonds. But, beware: it is not a simple revival of traditional jewels made with a new material.

The large necklace used for the Femme Sable (Sand Woman) line refers to the desert, to the large spaces represented by the soft curves of wicker. Wood, on the other hand, serves as a starting point for a brooch. It was called Bois Diamant (diamond wood): the rosewood and diamond flower petals were scanned from authentic petals, so that every detail could then be rendered in rosewood. Not only that: some parts of the perforated gold brooch, surmounted by pistils embellished with diamonds made of titanium are en tremblant, they move like in a real flower.

Anello Eléphant in oro bianco, con diamanti per 9,76 carati e onice

Animals are also part of nature, which in the collection become rings or bracelets with surprising combinations of materials. As in the case of the titanium snake bracelet with lacquer, tsavorite and onyx. Or the Magpie ring in white gold, studded with diamonds and rock crystal. Or, again, the Feuillage bracelet in aluminum that looks like woven wood, with a 37.97-carat green tourmaline and diamonds.

Anello con ciottoli naturali, oro bianco, diamanti taglio pera

Anello Magpie in oro bianco, cristallo di rocca, diamanti

Bracciale Serpente in titanio, tsavorite, onice, lacca

Spilla Bois Diamant in palissandro e diamanti

Spilla Rotin in oro bianco e rosa, tempestata di diamanti per un totale di 17,14 carati

Bracciale Tucano in titanio, citrini, rubellite, diamanti, spinelli

The Indian Song by Lydia Courteille

Published on July 11, 2022

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L'anello dedicato a Madurai Gapuram dedicato a Shiva aperto. Il serpente in zaffiro rosa simboleggia la semi divinità Naga

In 1300 there was Marco Polo. Today, there is Lydia Courteille. With one fundamental difference: the first was a merchant who had gone to the East with the aim of bringing spices and fabrics to Venice. The second, on the other hand, brought sensations, images, emotions of India to Paris, in this case through the memory of a 17th-century traveler, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. Ingredients used by Lydia Courteille to create sculptures which, among other things, can also be considered jewels.

Anello dedicato al tempio Madurai Gapuram, con smeraldo intagliato

The new stage of the French designer’s world tour was India. After touring Guatemala, China, Turkey and many other places, the new collection is dedicated to Gandhi’s homeland and is called Indian Song. Name that adds a touch of musicality to the symphony of colors that make up the collection. India is, in fact, a fascinating mystery for Westerners and, perhaps, also for those born there. Hindu mythology and religion reserve surprises that are not always immediately understandable, but that involve.

The jewels of the Indian Song collection cover some of the stages of Indian culture. Like the Khajuraho temple, built between AD 950 and 1050, which is located in Madhya Pradesh and is famous for the erotic sculptures that surround it. Because spirituality doesn’t have to be far from the joy of the body. The same sculptures, but made of sandalwood, surround a ring with a large red tourmaline, also inspired by the heart of the Indian temple. In an era permeated by a return of Puritanism, Lydia Courteille’s ring is a cry for freedom, cheers.

Anello ispirato al tempio Khajuraho. Le figure intagliate sono in legno di sandalo, che circondano una tormalina rossa

Another temple, Madurai Gapuram, this time in the state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the god Shiva and the goddess Parvathi: it offered the inspiration for another ring that is reductive to define a jewel. It is, in effect, a small temple, with one side that opens and offers the view of an elaborate interior that features the face of the deity. The whole is made up of cabochon sapphires, rubies and spinels, as well as a carved emerald evoking the splendor of the Mogul era. It should be added that the references to the pantheon of Hinduism are also precise. For example, a red tourmaline snake represents the semi deity Naga, who rules the underworld.

La collana dedicata al Taj Mahal con uno smeraldi intagliati per 175 carati, cristallo di rocca, zaffiri

Could the Taj Mahal be missing on the trip to India? Of course not. The monument erected by Shah Jehan, Mughal emperor, in memory of the deceased bride, in the Indian Song collection is transformed into a necklace with sapphires and emeralds. Another monument, the temple dedicated to Shiva Mahabalipuram, a Unesco World Heritage Site located near Chennai, is famous for its bas-relief sculptures that surround it. They represent the descent of the Ganges which is intertwined with the epic of the Mahabharata, which tells the story of the gods.

Anello Peacock realizzato con tanzanite, smeraldi, tormaline

For example, Sarasvati, Brama’s consort traditionally depicted accompanied by a swan and a peacock. The two birds are used by Lydia Courteille to form an elaborate jewel. Furthermore, the peacock is the decorative protagonist of a palace in Jaipur, the Peacock Gate of the City Palace, and the subject of a gold necklace with 11 tanzanites, ten opals, 11 emeralds, 40 apatite pearls, 60 emerald pearls and tanzanite, 39 yellow sapphires, diamonds. An opulence that would be appreciated by a maharaja. A ring, on the other hand, is dedicated to the temple of Karni Mata, where thousands of mice are considered sacred and are fed by devotees.

Anello ispirato al serpente cobra, simbolo di saggezza e guarigione. Mix di pietre preziose colorate per 175 carati: tormalina verde, tanzanite, zaffiri, rubini, ametista

Gioielli in sandalo intagliato, rubellite, zaffiri

Collana Peacock, composta da oro 18 carati, vetro, 11 tanzaniti, 10 opali, 11 smeraldi, 40 perle di apatite, 60 smeraldi e perle di tanzanite, 39 zaffiri gialli grani, 14 apatiti, 4 gialli tormalina, 238 grani di zaffiri, 585 zaffiri 30 diamanti bianchi, 330 tsavoriti, 92 zaffiri gialli

Orecchini con smeraldi intagliati, zaffiri, diamanti

Orecchini con smeraldi intagliati e rubellite

Collana dedicata alla semi divinità Naga

Orecchini Humming Bird con smeraldi, tsavorite, granati, spinello rosso, turchese, oro rodiato nero

Anello dedicato alla festa di Diwali e alla divinità Ganesha

The wonderful nature according to Mikimoto

Published on July 10, 2022

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Africa. Spilla in oro bianco, perla naturale conch, zaffiro, granato, onice, diamanti

Geography lesson according to Mikimoto. What are the five continents of the world? Africa, America, Australia, Eurasia, Antarctica. The new high jewelry collection of the Japanese Maison, famous for its pearls, is called a Wild and Wonderful, and redesigns the map of the globe, with a free geographical interpretation. The result is exceptional. The jewels, for the most part brooches, are grouped in series that correspond to the continents and represent motifs that connect to flora and fauna. For example, antelopes for Africa, a parrot for America, penguins for Antarctica, a turtle for Australia or pandas for Eurasia.

Nature, Mikimoto points out, has been a source of inspiration for the Maison since its foundation in 1893. Wild animals reproduced with surprising details always use pearls, but of different origins and types. They can be natural freshwater pearls, Akoya cultured pearls, or baroque, while a brooch uses the rare conch. Together with pearls, the collection is made with a careful choice of precious gems, such as diamonds, rubies or sapphires, and semi-precious stones, including alexandrite, beryl, spinel, peridot or aquamarine.

Africa. Spilla in oro giallo, perla coltivata Akoya, berlillo, granato, onice, diamante, madreperla, rodio nero

Africa. Perle dei Mari del Sud, perle Akoya, alessandrite, spinello, rodio nero

America. Spilla in oro bianco, acquamarina, zaffiro, smeraldo, spinello, rubino, granato, tormalina, onice, peridoto, diamante

America. Spilla in oro giallo, perla coltivata dorata del Mari del Sud, rubino, zaffiro, granato, onice, diamante

America. Spilla in oro bianco, oro verde, oro rosa, diamante, granato, tormalina, zaffiro, rubino, peridoto, onice

Antartide. Spilla in oro bianco, oro rosa, perla naturale di acqua dolce, berillo, acquamarina, spinello, zaffiro, diamante

Antartide. Spilla in oro bianco, perle coltivate Akoya, zaffiro, acquamarina, spinello, diamante

Australia. Spilla in oro bianco, acquamarina, granato, tanzanite, spinello, onice, diamante

Australia. Spilla in oro bianco, oro giallo, perla coltivata Akoya, granato, onice, diamante

Aurasia. Spilla in oro bianco, oro giallo, perle Akoya, alessandrite, spinello, rubino, onice, diamante

Aurasia. Spilla in oro bianco, perla bianca del Mari del Sud, smeraldo, tormalina, granato, spinello, onice, diamante

Piaget celebrates a luxurious Solstice

Published on June 24, 2022

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In times when sustainability has an increasingly important value, and in which light becomes a precious tool for generating energy, Piaget is on the right wavelength. Okay, that of the Swiss Maison is a poetic interpretation of light, which is reflected in its high jewelry. But the fact is that for years Piaget has been offering collections all inspired by the sun and light. After Sunlight, Sunlight Escape Sunlight Journey and Wings of Lights, presented in previous years for 2022, here comes Solstice, which celebrates the longest day of the year, obviously presented on 21 June.

Flamboyant Nightfall Ring transformable, set with 1 cushion-cut sapphire (Madagascar - approx. 7.89 cts), pear-shaped diamonds, marquisecut diamonds and brilliant-cut diamonds — Flamboyant Nightfall Ring transformable, set with 1 cushion-cut sapphire (Madagascar – approx. 7.89 cts), pear-shaped diamonds, marquisecut diamonds and brilliant-cut diamonds

Also in this collection, the super jewels composed of super precious stones are made with the idea of enhancing the reflections at different times of the day, such as dusk. A subject that, as in romantic poetry, triggers fantasies, sensations and images. And, above all, the Ateliers de l’Extraordinaire, the workshop of Piaget’s goldsmiths, uses special stones: blue and pink sapphires from Sri Lanka and Madagascar, Australian black opals, unique Zambian emeralds.

Voluptuous Ribbon necklace, white gold necklace Set with 1 cushion-cut pink sapphire (Madagascar - approx. 6.06 cts), 2 pear-shaped diamonds (FIF and FWS2 - approx. 0.72 et each) and brilliant-cut diamonds — Voluptuous Ribbon necklace, white gold necklace Set with 1 cushion-cut pink sapphire (Madagascar – approx. 6.06 cts), 2 pear-shaped diamonds (FIF and FWS2 – approx. 0.72 et each) and brilliant-cut diamonds

As for the Voluptuous Ribbon and Generous Laces parure, inspired by Haute Couture dresses, with a design that reproduces the delicate asymmetry of elegant fabric ribbons. But here it is white gold, with delicate pavé diamonds and with the addition of pink sapphires to give the idea of a soft movement.

Voluptuous Ribbon earrings. White gold earrings set with 1 pear-shaped diamond (FWS2 - approx. 1.03 cts), 1 cushioncut diamond (FWS1 - approx. 0.72 et), pear-shaped diamonds and brilliant-cut diamonds — Voluptuous Ribbon earrings. White gold earrings set with 1 pear-shaped diamond (FWS2 – approx. 1.03 cts), 1 cushioncut diamond (FWS1 – approx. 0.72 et), pear-shaped diamonds and brilliant-cut diamonds

The articulated Precious Adornment necklace, from which hangs a 9.21 carat Zambian emerald, takes on a more regular geometry. The winning idea of the jewel is the possibility of breaking it down in three different ways, to use it with or without the pendant emerald.

Precious Adornment. White gold necklace Set with 1 no-oil emerald-cut emerald (Zambia - approx. 9.21 cts), square-cut emeralds, square-cut diamonds, triangle-cut diamonds and brilliant-cut diamonds — Precious Adornment. White gold necklace Set with 1 no-oil emerald-cut emerald (Zambia – approx. 9.21 cts), square-cut emeralds, square-cut diamonds, triangle-cut diamonds and brilliant-cut diamonds

As always, Piaget high jewelery also includes haute horlogerie: they are unique pieces that, needless to say, are more ornaments than accessories so as not to be late for an appointment. The proposed bracelet-watch is called Extravagant Touch and is really unusual. It is made with diamonds, emeralds, sapphires and feathers that come off and can be worn as earrings. Have you ever seen one like it? The collection also includes Dazzling Swirl, a special piece of watchmaking, with a flying tourbillon movement and embellished with a design that recalls the twirl of a sumptuous dress.

Extravagant Touch Watch. White gold watch set with marquise-cut sapphires, marquise-cut emeralds, marquisecut diamonds and brilliant-cut diamonds, black opal dial 356P Manufacmre quartz movement. Feathers compositions by Nelly Saunier

Another excellent piece of the collection can also be dismantled: the Flamboyant Nightfall necklace. Also in this case there is a pendant, made up of diamonds and a Sri Lankan sapphire of over 15 carats. And this pendant can be detached from the necklace to be attached to a ring.

Flamboyant Nightfall earrings. Set with 2 cushion-cut sapphires (Madagascar - approx. 5.06 cts and 4.89 cts), marquise-cut diamonds, pear-shaped diamonds and brilliantcut diamonds — Flamboyant Nightfall earrings. Set with 2 cushion-cut sapphires (Madagascar – approx. 5.06 cts and 4.89 cts), marquise-cut diamonds, pear-shaped diamonds and brilliantcut diamonds

Voluptuous Ribbon ring. White gold ring Set with 1 pear-shaped pink sapphire (Madagascar - approx. 3.86 cts) and brilliant-cut diamonds — Voluptuous Ribbon ring. White gold ring set with 1 pear-shaped pink sapphire (Madagascar – approx. 3.86 cts) and brilliant-cut diamonds

Precious Adornment ring. White gold ring set with 1 emerald-cut diamond (FVY_Sl - approx. 1.50 cts), squarecut diamonds, triangle-cut diamonds, square-cut emeralds triangle-cut emerald and brillia~tcut diamonds — Precious Adornment ring. White gold ring set with 1 emerald-cut diamond (FVY_Sl – approx. 1.50 cts), squarecut diamonds, triangle-cut diamonds, square-cut emeralds triangle-cut emerald and brillia~tcut diamonds

Gucci’s journey to the Hortus Deliciarum

Published on June 22, 2022

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Jessica Chastain con collana e orecchini Gucci

The Garden of Earthly Delights, Hortus Deliciarum, was a medieval manuscript written by Herrad of Landsberg an Alsatian nun from Hohenburg Abbey, better known today as Mont Sainte-Odile. It was perhaps the first encyclopedia, begun in 1167 as a pedagogical tool for the young novices of the convent. Today, however, it is a Gucci high jewelry collection. The third collection that takes its name from the work of the medieval nun (the first was presented in 2019). In fact, the new collection is inspired by something else: in Rome, first of all, which is also the city of the creative director of the Maison, Alessandro Di Michele.

Bracciale con diamanti, topazio, acquamarina, della collezione Hortus Deliciarum

And, instead of the Middle Ages, Hortus Deliciarum makes a leap of about seven centuries to land between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when neo-classicism made us rediscover the vestiges of the past. In Europe for the rich, noble and intellectual young people of the Northern countries, the use of the Grand Tour spread through Italy, to discover the past of the classical era. The collection is divided into five chapters.

Orecchini in oro giallo, diamanti, peridoto, rubellite, tormalina

For this reason, some jewels of the new Hortus Deliciarum collection use medallions made in micro mosaic between 1850 and 1870 and which depict monuments and architectures: the Colosseum, St. Peter’s Square, the Pantheon as it was in the nineteenth century, the Roman Forum, the Temple of Vesta, the Temple of Hercules in Cori, the Tivoli waterfalls, the Pyramid of Cestius. These medallions are applied to necklaces or bracelets which prove to be a grand tour of gemology. Rubellite, imperial topaz, yellow beryl, tourmaline, garnet, in addition of course to precious stones, make up the palette used by Alessandro Di Michele.

Bracciale in oro, diamanti, ametista, rubellite, tormalina

Who, however, in addition to the Grand Tour also thinks of art deco, the 1940s, up to the youth travels of the 1970s, with a journey through time together with Jessica Chastain, the face of the advertising campaign. One of the chapters of the collection concerns, for example, pearls, brought to the West with trips to the East via Indonesia, Australia or Polynesia.

Collana con granato mandarino, perle South Sea e diamanti

Collana con diamanti e ametista intagliata

Collana con diamanti, peridoto, topazio e medaglione in micro mosaico

Orecchini con diamanti, topazio, granato, rubellite, tormalina

Jessica Chastain con una collana della collezione Hortus Deliciarum

The world is small for Alexander Laut

Published on June 19, 2022

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Anello in platino con tsavoriti e granato mandarino

The vocation for colors and a strange mix between the free spirit of Hawaii and the soul of Russia in the jewels of Alexander Laut ♦ ︎

From Moscow (Russia) to Hawaii (USA) is a very long jump. It is not only a geographical distance, but also a cultural one. And it is the step taken by Alexander Laut, a designer born in the capital of Russia, at that time the Soviet Union, in 1967, but who in the early nineties chose to move to the archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. To study jewelry? No, before becoming a designer of precious world Laut worked as a journalist, photographer and gallery owner. Gems and jewels, however, had always found them interesting. And now jewels are her full-time vocation.

The turning point in the life of the Russian jeweler was the meeting with Ronald Winston, son and heir of the great Harry Winston, who encouraged him to become a designer and to found the brand that bears his name, in 2003. The Maison Alexander Laut is reserved to true jewelry lovers, scattered all over the world, from Brazil to Japan, from the United States to the Arab countries.
His Russian soul has remained a passion for brightly colored stones, such as tourmalines, sapphires, rubies, Alexandrites. His experience in the Pacific has instead added to his knowledge of pearls. But the jewels in which it is best expressed are the cocktail rings, colorful, large and imaginative, along with the large dangling earrings.

Anello con spinello a forma di cuore e zaffiri

Orecchini in oro bianco, diamanti, acquamarina e tsavorite

Bracciale in oro bianco, rubini, zaffiri e tsavorite

Orecchini in oro con diamanti e rubini ovali