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Ileana Makri’s golden Cascade

Published on October 6, 2022

Il bracciale vincitore al Couture Awards 2022 in oro giallo e diamante quadrato al centro

Her bracelet from the Cascade Collection won the Couture Award 2022 in the Best in Gold Jewelry category. It is an imposing jewel, obviously in 18-karat gold, which is inspired by the shiny jewels of the roaring twenties. It has a square white diamond in the center. The rest of the extensive Cascade collection by Ileana Makri also follows the same style, adding references to the fluidity of water, which meets the geometry that precedes the art deco style. Alongside 18-karat gold and diamonds, jewels are often combined with emeralds, with some variations in rubies and sapphires. Earrings, necklaces and bracelets are the most present shapes in the line, even if there are rings, quite simple.

Orecchini della collezione Cascade in oro 18 carati e smeraldi

Ileana Makri, a Greek jewelry designer, made her debut with her Maison in Athens in 1996. She has an international profile and her jewels are also sold through the major online platforms. Yet, before becoming a jewelry designer, Ileana Makri graduated in Business Administration. But then she followed her true passion of hers and studied jewelry design at Gia, in Santa Monica, California. In addition to her travels, Ileana continues to draw inspiration from multicultural symbols and their meaning.

Orecchini Frozen Stream in oro bianco, diamanti e smeraldi

Orecchini in oro giallo e diamanti baguette

Bracciale Waterfall Bridge in oro 18 carati, diamanti e smeraldo

Collana Waterfall Bridge in oro giallo, diamanti e smeraldi

Guide to new trendy earrings

Published on November 27, 2021

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Strange forms, new names: learn to recognize the different types of trendy earrings. Quick guide ♦

Have you ever wanted to buy earrings on Etsy, Asos or eBay and feel a bit confused between earcuff, wrap-around and wire? Blame vocabulary: once there were only three models of the jewel more loved by women, stud, hoop and pendant. Then, came the chandelier, an elaborate variation of cascading earrings, but nothing has been the same again after the appearance of the ear cuff.

Orecchini della collezione Eyes, indossati di Cora Sheibani

And so for a few years every season here comes a new version, with a few more details, maybe a little wire on the back of the lobe, or an item that dangles in front and behind, or chains that make the first earcuff seem a traditional object. Here is a glossary with the explanation of each style, taking into account the real novelty are ear jackets, while the most embellishing are climbing earrings. If they are also a bit pendant, is the ultimate trendy.

Earcuff band Will appeal to those who faints at the sight of the needle because it is the only model of earrings that does not require piercing: in fact it comes to bands decorated with stones or thin opened circles to overlap along the top of ear. And often they cost less than all the others.

1 Stone, oro rosa 18 carati e diamanti. 2 Maria Francesca Pepe, ottone placcato oro e perla. 3 Bjørg, argento placcato oro. 4 First People First, ottone con tre coni.

Ear chain Modern bohemian, is very Coachella style (the musical event that takes place in late April in Indio, California) with its chain that starts from the top of the lobe and goes to end in the piercing. You can match it with more ear band cuff stacked on cartilage.

1 Ileana Makri, orecchino ear cuff in oro rosé 18kt con diamanti, zaffiri e tsavorite. 2 Lara Bohinc, orecchini con rodio.

Ear jackets Similar to wrap around as a concept, these earrings are focused in the lobe and have a front end that can be a stud or a horizontal bar and something more intricate and the real highlight comes out from the back and hugs the curve of the lobe as a semicircle.

1 Niko Koulis, oro nero 18 carati diamanti blu. 2 Perlota, oro bianco e giallo18 carati e ovali con diamanti bianchi pendenti. 3 Sidney Evan, accessorio per ear jacket in oro giallo 14 carati e diamanti grigi. 4 Ca&Lou, metallo e strass colorati.

Ear stud double sided Variation on the theme: the form is replicated on the back in a bigger size. Wear it with other models.

1 Vita Fede, ottone placcato oro e cristalli Swarovski. 2 Yoko London, orecchini in oro rosa e diamanti con due perle Tahiti grigie. 3 Dior Tribale, orecchini in palladio con pavé di cristalli grigi e perla ricoperta in resina rosa.

Ear stud hoop Neither fish nor fowl, you might say. And, instead, are a combination of the two that makes a classic hyper modern: the button front and the unfinished circle that extends from the back.

1 Luxory Fashion, metallo e cristalli Swarovski. 2 Maria Francesca Pepe, ottone e strass. 3 CZ by Kenneth Jay Lane, ottone e zirconi.

Ear wire It is a jewel that requires a piercing with a wire which passes behind the ear to be well positioned along the cartilage. The result is a jewel looking ethereal, delicate and floating.

1 Perlota, oro bianco 18 carati e diamanti bianchi. 2 Cristina Ortiz, oro rosa 9 carati e diamanti brown. 3 Sophie Bille Brahe, oro giallo 18 carati e pietre multicolore.

Ear wrap-around More elaborate than their cousins, is wrapped behind the ear with an end hanging from the front on top of the ear and another, often more conspicuous or larger and with a greater amount of stones, which comes out from the back at the bottom of the earlobe.

1 Vickisarge, metallo placcato palladio con Swarovski. 2 Delfina Delettrez, oro 9 carati, 9 topazi multicolore e un peridoto. 3 Vibe Harslof, metallo dorato con due perle bianche. 4 Emanuele Bicocchi, argento con strass.

Ileana Makri’s amulets for Reinstein Ross

Published on August 25, 2020

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Orecchini in oro e turchese di Ileana Makri

Greek designer Ileana Makri will work in New York for the Reinstein Ross jewelry brand. And she has already debuted with her first collection for the American brand. The collection is called Greek Eye and played on the ancient symbol of the eye as an amulet against bad luck or, more generally, evil. A not casual allusion in times of pandemic. Turquoise, hematite, malachite or lapis lazuli carved in the shape of an eye are set on satin gold surfaces for rings, earrings, bracelets and pendant necklace.

But it is only the first step, because in the autumn the Greek designer is preparing to launch a new collection, which will use cameos representing the gods of Greek mythology. Maison Reinstein Ross was founded in 1985 by designer Susan Reinstein and gem expert Brian Ross, and has two storefronts in New York. Ileana Makri, who began experimenting with jewelery when she was 13, was born in Athens, but has been based in New York for some time. She combines art deco, traditional Greek and classical motifs in her style much appreciated by jewelry lovers.

Ileana Makri’s blades of grass

Published on April 16, 2019

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Orecchini a cerchio in oro giallo lucido e smeraldi

Green and the Greek sun in the Grass collection by Ileana Makri: gold and emeralds with a pinch of champagne diamonds ♦ ︎

The Greek islands, immersed in an intense blue of Mediterranean Sea, seem burned to the tourists who crowd their sunny beaches during the summer. But actually they are green the rest of the year. The summer sun and the green of the trees inspired jewelry designer Ileana Makri to design the Grass collection. The grass, in fact, gives shape to jewels, with long strands covered with emeralds, or in gold like those burned by the summer sun, with some sparkle of champagne diamonds, like the foam of the waves that break on the shoreline.

Ileana Makri, in fact, has a great passion for travel, but in the first place still remains the land where Western culture was born, Greece. After graduating in Business Administration, the designer chose to follow her true passion and studied jewelry design at the Gia (Gemological Institute of America in Santa Monica). It was a successful choice: from Athens, her jewelry was immediately sold by Barneys in New York. So many collections later, Ileana has won fans like Uma Thurman, Jennifer Lopez, Heidi Klum, Lenny Kravitz, Faith Hill, Rita Wilson, Ashley Olsen, Courtney Cox and Debra Messing.

Orecchini con smeraldi e diamanti champagne

Ileana Makri, anello della collezione Grass

BRacciale in oro, diamanti e smeraldi — Bracciale in oro, diamanti e smeraldi

Orecchini a mezza luna della collezione Grass

A Baguette for Ileana Makri

Published on April 28, 2017

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Collezione Baguette, anello in oro bianco e diamanti

The Baguette Collection by Greek designer Ileana Makri, among archaic icons and modern shapes ♦
She graduated in business administration. But instead the career of manager, she has preferred that of designer, between Athens and New York. The her most loved school achievement is, in fact, the Gia, in Santa Monica, California, where she learned the secrets of the stones. For more than 20 years since its debut (1996), she continues to be considered a flag carrier of the rock chic style, since its jewels are precious but also very cool, also adopted by Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Rihanna and Halle Berry.
Her style also includes the use of gold, diamonds and precious stones, archaic, mystical, traditional symbols, along with simple geometries, but which seem to have that classicity that has been the key to the success of the monumental architecture of ancient Greece.
For example, the shape of the evil eye (the jewels of the Evil Eye and Crying Eye series), but also the Baguette collection, which adopts diamonds with linear shape. Her success, however, is also linked to the idea of to have precious jewelery, ok, but also to wear without too much trouble: “I do not care about jewels that are worn three times a year, but pieces that always accompany the woman,” she said. Prices range from $ 800 to $ 20,000, and are also purchased online. Giulia Netrese
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Collezione Baguette, anello in oro giallo e 11 diamanti

Collezione Baguette, anello in oro bianco e diamante

Collezione Baguette, anello in oro giallo e diamanti

Collezione Baguette, collana in oro bianco e diamanti

Collezione Baguette, orecchini in oro bianco e diamanti

Pendente della collezione Evil Eye, con turchesi e perle

Orecchini in oro bianco, diamanti e zaffiri

Irresistible Lieana Makri

Published on May 10, 2016

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Anello in oro giallo con diamanti champagne e diopside verde

I wonder why Greece, of whom we read for years that is in crisis, it is so fertile in the jewelry world: one of his signature of excellence, for example, is Ileana Makri. Even if, for the sake of truth, we must add that more than the city of Athens, Ileana attended New York, where she moved. She’s one of those people who have had great luck and, at the same time, capacity to do what they wanted to accomplish when were children. She tell that she went to a goldsmith to make his first object of jewellery at the age of 13 years. Since then she has never stopped designing, even when opposed a “no” in front of her proposals. “I like the color scheme and experimentation,” said the Huffington Post, who presented his latest collection, Deco. Stones and gold, are composed of Ileana in a blaze of geometry, perhaps by association with the origins of the designer, often reminiscent of the classic forms of architecture of ancient Greece. She loves choose the stones, she hates those who think to jewelry as objects for special occasions instead of companions for every occasion and for every hour of the day. How to blame her? Lavinia Andorno

Orecchini in oro 18 carati, diamanti neri e zaffiri gialli

Orecchini in oro rosa, com tanzanite, zaffiri rosa, verdi, arancio

Oro rosa con con zaffiri rosa, arancio su argento rosa

Oro rosa con zaffiri multicolori, diamanti champagne

Anello doppio dito con zaffiri orange, gialli e verdi

Orecchini in oro giallo con diamanti champagne e diopside verde

Anello in oro rosa con zaffiri gialli e verdi ossidati

18 gioielli sotto i 500 euro

Published on November 19, 2014

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Adorable, anello in vendita su Artistar. Prezzo: 230 euro

[wzslider]Ecco 18 gioielli da mettere sotto l’albero con un budget un po’ più ampio, dai 100 ai 500 euro: la scelta si allunga. Vi abbiamo già proposto una rassegna di gioielli fino a 100 euro (https://gioiellis.com/14-regali-meno-100-euro/), ma oggi puntiamo più in alto. Tra 100 e 500 euro si trovano gioielli che possono accontentare tutte (o quasi). Ci sono, per esempio, i grandi nomi del settore, come Tiffany, o della moda, come Alexander McQueen. O, ancora, nuove scoperte, come l’italo americano Anthony Vaccarello, tanto dorato, un pizzico d’argento, qualcosa di classico e molto design. Insomma, non resta che scegliere, ecco immagini e prezzi della nostra selezione. Matilde de Bounvilles

Pensieri Felici, orecchini. Prezzo: 185 euro

Dallas and Carlos, bracciale. Prezzo: 160 euro

Lele Sadoughi, bracciale. Prezzo: 370 euro

Daniela De Marchi, collana. Prezzo: 340 euro

Aurélie Bidermann, bracciale. Prezzo: 240 euro

Alexander Mc Queen, anello. Prezzo: 245 euro

Katie Hillier, orecchini. Prezzo: 375 euro

Jennifer Fisher, anello. Prezzo: 300 euro

Dori Csengeri orecchini — Dori Csengeri, orecchini. Prezzo: 380 euro

Anthony Vaccarello bracciale — Anthony Vaccarello, bracciale. Prezzo: 455 euro

yvone Christa orecchini — Yvone Christa, orecchini. Prezzo: 479 euro

calestani anello — Claudio Calestani, anello. Prezzo: 195

18 jewels under 500 euros

Here we have 18 jewels to put under the Christmas tree and the budget is a little larger, from 100 to 500 euro: the choice is extended. We have already proposed a series of jewelry up to 100 € (https://gioiellis.com/14-regali-meno-100-euro/ ); but today we aim higher. In the range from 100 to 500 Euros there are jewels that can satisfy all (or almost). There are, for example, the big names, such as Tiffany, or fashion, like Alexander McQueen. Or, again, new discoveries, such as the Italian-American Anthony Vaccarello, a lot iof golden, a hint of silver, something classic and so much design. So, you just have to choose, here we have pictures and prices of our selection.

18 bijoux de moins de € 500

Ici, 18 bijoux pour mettre sous l’arbre de Noël et si le budget est un peu plus grand, de 100 à 500 euro, le choix est étendu. Nous avons déjà proposé une série de bijoux jusqu’à 100 € (https://gioiellis.com/14-regali-meno-100-euro/ ); mais aujourd’hui nous viser plus haut Dans la gamme de 100 à 500 Euros il ya des bijoux qui peut satisfaire tous (ou presque). Il ya, par exemple, les grands noms, tels que Tiffany, ou de la mode, comme Alexander McQueen. Ou encore, de nouvelles découvertes, comme l’italo-américain Anthony Vaccarello, beaucoup d’or, un soupçon d’argent, quelque chose de classique et beaucoup design. Donc, vous avez juste à choisir, nous avons ici des images et des prix de notre sélection.

18 Steine unter 500 €

Hier haben wir 18 Steine, um unter dem Weihnachtsbaum legen und das Budget ist ein wenig größer, von 100 bis 500 Euro: Die Wahl wird verlängert. Wir haben bereits eine Reihe von Schmuck bis zu 100 € (https://gioiellis.com/14-regali-meno-100-euro/ ); Aber heute höher streben wir im Bereich von 100 bis 500 Euro gibt es Juwelen, können alle (oder fast) zufrieden zu stellen. Es gibt zum Beispiel die großen Namen wie Tiffany oder Mode, wie Alexander McQueen. oder auch neue Entdeckungen, wie die italienisch-amerikanische Anthony Vaccarello, viel golden, ein Hauch von Silber, etwas klassisch und so viel Design. also, Sie müssen nur wählen, hier haben wir Fotos und Preise unserer Auswahl.

18 драгоценности под 500 евро

Здесь у нас есть 18 драгоценных камней, чтобы поставить под елку и бюджет немного больше, от 100 до 500 евро: выбор расширяется. Мы уже предложили ряд ювелирных изделий до 100 € (https://gioiellis.com/14-regali-meno-100-euro/ ); Hо сегодня мы стремимся выше в диапазоне от 100 до 500 евро есть драгоценности, которые может удовлетворить все (или почти). Есть, например, большие имена, такие как Tiffany, или моды, как Alexander McQueen. Или, опять же, новые открытия, такие, как Итало-американский Энтони Ваккарелло, много золотой, намек на серебро, то классический и столько дизайна. таким образом, вы просто должны выбрать, здесь у нас есть фотографии и цены нашего выбора.

18 joyas a meno de € 500

Aquí tenemos 18 joyas para poner bajo el árbol de Navidad y el presupuesto es un poco más grande, de 100 a 500 euros: asì la elección se extiende. Ya hemos propuesto una serie de joyas hasta 100 € (https://gioiellis.com/14-regali-meno-100-euro/ ); pero hoy apuntamos más alto en el rango de 100 a 500 euros hay joyas que puede satisfacer todas (o casi). Hay, por ejemplo, los grandes nombres, tales como Tiffany, o la moda, como Alexander McQueen. o, de nuevo, los nuevos descubrimientos, como el italiano-americano Anthony Vaccarello, una gran cantidad de oro, una pizca de plata, algo clásico y mucho diseño. así, sólo tiene que elegir, aquí tenemos fotos y precios de nuestra selección.