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Jessica McCormack’s easy diamonds

Published on January 16, 2023

Orecchini Gypset con oro brunito e diamanti

The Jessica McCormack’s long journey: the world through new special jewels ♦

How do you say jewelery in New Zealand? You say: Jessica McCormack. The designer grew up in the green spaces of the country which is Europe’s antipodes, but among the treasures and curiosities of his father’s auction house. It’s been easy, so, to fall in love with jewels. The spring snaps after a past year in Sotheby’s jewelery department in London. In the British capital, which is also one of jewelry capital, Jessica has pick as partner the diamond collectors Michael Rosenfeld, and Rachel Slack, a business woman who is part of the Oppenheimer family, a name that is almost synonymous with precious stones. In addition to the passion for diamonds, the three have in common also love for beautiful things, in the way of the classic tradition that only London can inspire.

Anello con diamanti di Jessica McCormack

They are jewels with a classic shape, but not only. They make extensive use of diamonds, but not only. And they are often very expensive, but that’s not all. Of course, Jessica McCormack’s jewels are very elegant and high-end, but the designer also sees them well combined with a pair of jeans and a white T-shirt.

orecchini diamanti smeraldi zaffiro — Orecchini con diamanti, smeraldi e zaffiri

New jewelers in support of Ukraine

Published on July 21, 2022

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Orecchini di Ana Khouri con tormalina indicolite e berillo

Jewelers in support of Ukraine. In March, some jewelers launched a fundraiser for children who were victims of war. So far they have raised around £ 25,000 for Hope and Homes for Children, an NGO currently working in Ukraine, in combination with gems extracted from a Brazilian Cruzeiro mine. The support action continues and other designs have been added in recent months. Brazilian-born designer Ana Khouri, for example, has just donated a pair of earrings in yellow beryl and blue indicolite tourmaline, the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

The idea of the jewelry for Ukraine is by Annabel Davidson of Vanity Fair on Jewelery: when Russia started the war she was in Brazil visiting the Cruzeiro mine, which is located in the state of Minas Gerais, north of Sao Paulo . The mine produces tourmaline, quartz, morganite, aquamarine and garnet, as well as blue indicolite tourmaline and yellow heliodine, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. Davidson put two and two together.

Anello di Carla Amorim con tormalina indicolite e berillo giallo

The CEO of the mine, Douglas Neves, immediately agreed to donate the gems for the project to support the Ukrainian people. They joined immediately: Carla Amorim, Ara Vartanian, Prasi and Kika Alvarenga from Brazil, Jessica McCormack in London, Ana Khouri in New York and Maggi Simpkins based in Los Angeles, together with Ruth Tomlinson and Sophie Breitmeyer. Other jewelers, such as Solange Azagury-Partridge, Anabela Chan and Robinson Pelham, have instead decided to support the Red Cross or organizations such as Care and Save the Children UK.

Bracciale di Robinson Pelham venduto al prezzo di 100 sterline

The support is also an opportunity for jewelry lovers, who are drawn by lot. Every three weeks a piece of jewelry is up for grabs on JustGiving.com between anyone who makes a donation of 10 euros or pounds. The money raised is passed on to Hope and Homes for Children, which supports volunteers in Ukraine.

Gioielli a forma di girasole, il fiore dell'Ukraina, di Anabela Chan — Gioielli a forma di girasole, il fiore dell’Ucraina, di Anabela Chan

Anelli Hot Lips di Solange Azagury-Partridge

Jessica McCormack plays with Livewire

Published on September 16, 2020

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Helix, anello con diamante da 16,23 carati

There is an old game, widespread in the Anglo-Saxon world, called Buzzwire. It consists of guiding an electrically controlled metal circle along a cable that has an irregular path. It was this game, together with the funfair, with the breathtaking rides, that inspired Jessica McCormack’s new Livewire collection. And the name, which also indicates electric cables, is also a play on words that refers to the expression Beat The Buzzer, which indicates a victory achieved at the last available moment, for example when in the game of basketball a player makes a deciding point just before the game ends.

In short, a playful collection, but the result is jewelry that doesn’t joke: yellow and black gold, large diamonds, rings with softened edges for a setting with an invisible outline, leaving one side of the diamond without metal. Prices are accordingly proportionate: from 20,000 to 45,000 pounds, with the exception of a pair of earrings without stones, which stops at 4,800. Livewire, in short, is a game not for everyone, but those who can afford it will have fun.

Collana con diamanti baguette e quadrati con oro giallo e oro nero