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Zag bijoux between two hemispheres

Published on August 13, 2023

Roots in China, Parisian style, business in Australia: Michelle Zhang, together with her brother Hervé, launched the bijoux brand Zag in 2009. Raised in the heart of Paris, the designer offers a mix of all the places and cultures that cross the life of the family with bijoux made in surgical stainless steel (316 L) and plated with gold to make them hypoallergenic, nickel-free and resistant to oxidation. Gold plating is obtained by ionization, with a technique which consists in fixing the precious metal by spraying it on a jewel placed under vacuum. The steel is cut and laser engraved with a technique that allows you to make all kinds of shapes and engravings on rings, bracelets, pendants and earrings.

Anello con agata e cubic zirconia — Ring with agate and cubic zirconia

In addition to using metal composed of an alloy that incorporates more than 10.5% chromium, to increase resistance to oxidation and rust, the bijoux are also often made with semi-precious stones cut in the company’s laboratories in China. The bijoux brand, which sells online and in boutiques in Europe and Australia, has also landed at international fairs such as Vicenzaoro.

Anello con madreperla — Ring with mother of pearl

Collana con malachite — Necklace with malachite

Orecchini con malachite — Earrings with malachite

Orecchini con occhio di tigre — Tiger eye earrings

Orecchini con quarzo rosa — Earrings with rose quartz

Design and jewels with Ellesanti

Published on April 19, 2023

Design, technology, innovation. They are three elements in one in the design of Laura Santi, who founded the Ellesanti brand in Padua. Where Elle stands for the initial of Laura, but also for the feminine personal pronoun she, in French. Laura Santi, like other designers, also began her professional life in another world. She graduated in Occupational Psychology and worked as a consultant in human resources and business organization for various companies and public bodies. Since 2005 she has branched out into the fields of design, graphic design, product packaging and marketing and has created home accessories, but also jewellery.

The Ellesanti brand arrived a couple of years ago. The brand focuses entirely on simplicity, geometry, precision. The materials used are simple, for example rubber for multi-strand necklaces, or rhodium-plated or gilded brass together with silver elements. But also chains in simple malleable steel wire. The latest collection is inspired by Light and Lightness, and was presented at the Milan Design Week at Bottega Brera, in the main courtyard of the Pinacoteca, together with an installation with a dress made of very fine organza fabric, suspended in the center of the exhibition space.

Collana in tessuto di rame argentato e colorato, chiusura magnetica in acciaio

Orecchini con tubini in ottone rodiato o dorato e perno in argento

Brosway Wishes

Published on March 16, 2023

Desire, according to the definition found in the dictionary, is an acute feeling of need to achieve or obtain what is believed to be indispensable for the satisfaction of one’s physical needs, in particular referring to the sexual or spiritual sphere. And who in the world has no desires? Indeed, desires are usually much more numerous than we can satisfy. But there is one aspect that knows (almost) no limits in achieving desires: that of jewels. True, the very expensive ones are perhaps unattainable, but the wishes concerning more easily accessible jewels can be satisfied.

Perhaps Brosway was thinking of this when he launched the Desideri collection. The collection consists of steel chains in natural color, or with a golden finish made up of many small spheres. Blue, white or purple cubic zirconia are also added to bracelets and necklaces. Desires that can be achieved with a budget limited to 24, 29 or 39 euros.

BraccialeBracciale in acciaio con cubic zirconia azzurro in acciaio con cubic zirconia bianco — Bracciale in acciaio con cubic zirconia azzurro

Bracciale in acciaio con finitura dorata, cubic zirconia bianco

Collana in acciaio con cubic zirconia bianco e amuleto

Collana in acciaio con finitura dorata, cubic zirconia bianco e quadrifoglio

Boccadamo is increasingly green

Published on March 7, 2023

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Is it possible to create green jewels even if they are other colors? It is the path that more and more companies are taking, convinced and aware that the aspect of environmental impact is no longer secondary, even in the choice of who buys. Boccadamo, a company specialized in affordable bijoux based in Frosinone, has also decided to follow a green path. Pushing on a decisive turn towards sustainability is the owner of the company, Tonino Boccadamo, who claims attention to the green ahead of its time, that is, already present for several years. Now the company has decided to underline the stages of the journey that began in 2013, with the decision to invest in photovoltaic systems.

The panels were used to use clean energy and make production self-sufficient, limiting energy supplies and reducing carbon dioxide emissions during plant operation, with minimal environmental impact. Then, Boccadamo also decided to use recycled silver and bronze, choosing certified suppliers, companies of reference in the trade, recovery and refining of precious metals, which have accreditations and certifications obtained from the main national and international authorities, concerning product quality , process, attention to the environment and safety.

Gold and silver are materials that can be recycled indefinitely, without losing their quality. The use of recycled silver and bronze, underlines the company, for Boccadamo jewels involves a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, water consumption and other impacts on the environment, since the use of recycled metals requires a much lower amount of resources than those extracted. Furthermore, the percentage of extracted silver still used for Boccadamo creations comes from transparent extractive mines, which respect and protect workers’ rights and encourage responsible commercial practices. The Chain of Custody and Code of Practice (CoP) certifications of the Responsible Jewelery Council (RJC), held by Boccadamo suppliers, constitute a guarantee of the integrity of the products and materials used, allowing the company to know the complete history of how they have been sourced, tracked and processed, from mine to retail. Finally, the crystals and semi-precious stones used do not contain lead and are all certified nickel free.

Anello in argento e cristallo della collezione Zoe

Artigiani al lavoro nel laboratorio Boccadamo

Jewelry and Comics at 12 Pm

Published on February 18, 2023

Two sisters from Bologna with a passion for design. Una (Allegra Trento) who worked in the fashion world in Amsterdam. The other (Michela Trento), specialized in graphics and design. Together they launched 12 Pm, a fashion jewelry brand that aims to revitalize stories, styles and trends with a license to range from the world of vintage to art deco, from the Victorian period to that of art nouveau. All a close relationship with the fashion world. The collections are also the result of a special design: each jewel is first designed within a comic strip, Michela’s specialty, and they become part of a story.

The jewels have generous volumes and a recognizable design. They are made of bronze or gold-dipped brass, but also with inserts in printed python skin, hand-engraved from Volterra alabaster, a white-colored stone of the gods that has the property of being easily worked, or with the addition of an amethyst. The prices are very low, in line with the genre.

Collana con pendente cone inserto in pelle

Bullet on the wrist with Brosway

Published on February 16, 2023

Bracciale con perle di agata del Botswana

Bullet, but peaceful. Indeed, to be exhibited without fear of arousing reactions. Because the Bullets proposed by Brosway are those of a collection of five bracelets. The brand of the Bros Manifatture group offers a series of bracelets made up of large beads of natural stones, such as malachite, Botswana agate, red jasper, lapis lazuli or onyx, mounted on steel wires with finishes matching the stones. The size of the bracelets is designed to be suitable for a male wrist, but nothing prevents a woman from wearing them.

The Bullet bracelets have a price that does not exceed 40 euros, except for the agate model, which reaches 59 euros. Also for the male audience, the company offers the bracelets from the Material collection, which use woven leather, steel and stones such as lapis lazuli, tiger’s eye or onyx.

Bracciale Material con laccio in cuoio e lapislazzuli

Bracciale Material con laccio in cuoio e occhio di tigre

Bracciale Material con laccio in cuoio e onice

Fashion with Paviè

Published on January 31, 2023

Raffaele and Francesco Palma a dozen years ago added the business of a brand, Paviè, to the management of the family jewelery in the center of Ottaviano (Naples). The brand represents a line of bijoux aimed at a fashionable female target, attentive to novelties, but also to prices. Paviè earrings, necklaces and rings are available at a very affordable price, with the idea of offering bijoux that can be changed often without too many problems. To contain costs, Paviè uses resins worked with artisan techniques, Swarovski crystals and brass, but also silver.

The type of material used also allows us to propose a large number of models, including earrings with cubic zirconia, crystals or resin, which are suitable for the creation of classic or more fashionable shapes. The brand has also organized an online shop to reach the widest possible audience. The brand was also present at the winter edition of Vicenzaoro.

The latest news of Ultima Edizione

Published on January 22, 2023

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Bracciale argento con cubic zirconia color rubino

Bijoux and silver jewelery with the addition of white or colored cubic zirconia: they are the proposes are by brand Ultima Edizione ♦ ︎

Who knows if Alberto Goffi, who founded Ultima Edizione in 1987, had a vocation as a journalist? In any case, the Brescia-based brand is launching two collections of bijoux every year, or perhaps it would be better to say two editions, which are on display in the showroom in Corso Venezia, in the heart of Milan. From the costume jewelery, the brand moved on to the production of silver jewelery, distributed through a sales network that includes Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, which has more than 500 customers worldwide.

Orecchini in argento e cubic zirconia a forma di cristalli di neve

The jewels are, as mentioned, in 925 silver, but with elaborate shapes and with a wide use of zircons, white and colored with the shades of tourmalines, or hard stones and mother-of-pearl in all shades. Silver is also available in a gold-plated version in yellow or rosé tones. In short, something more than just bijoux.

Anello in argento con cubic zirconia di diverse forme

Orecchini in argento cubic zirconia verdi

Valentine’s crystals for Boccadamo

Published on January 22, 2023

Crystals and bijoux, a close-knit couple. It is therefore normal that on the occasion of Valentine’s Day all the brands of fashion jewelry, that is jewels that focus on the shape rather than on the precious material, take the field to please couples or, more precisely, to suggest a gift to be presented on the 14th. February, Valentine’s Day. Boccadamo, a company specializing in whimsical and high-impact bijoux, suggests taking a look at collections such as Caleida, Sharada and Allegra, classic lines of the Lazio brand.

They are bijoux with sinuous volumes and pendants with a heart-shaped design, with details in cubic zirconia and crystals in soft nuances. The heart shape, for example, is used by the Caleida line. Sharada focuses on the briolette, teardrop cut of its colored crystals with cubic zirconia details. Finally, the Allegra collection focuses on light with a palette of colors which, also in this case, underline the heart-shaped cut.

Opsobjects hearts for Valentine’s Day

Published on January 11, 2023

Collana Glitter Heart finitura color oro

New hearts are waiting to be celebrated, pampered, warmed up. They are those of those who are preparing to celebrate February 14, the feast of lovers. Maybe with a little gift that helps. Like the one proposed by the Italian brand Opsobjects: the bijoux of the Glitter Heart jewelery line sparkle thanks to the brilliant heart. The line includes a necklace of 40 centimeters and adjustable up to 45, composed of a thin chain with an oval-shaped link and with a heart-shaped pendant in the center, with glitter detail. The steel pendant (28 euros) is also available in the version with yellow gold-colored PVD treatment (32 euros).

The collection also offers bracelets, also characterized by an oval link chain and a central heart-shaped pendant with glitter. The bracelets are offered in a steel version (22 euros) and in steel with yellow gold PVD treatment (26 euros). The wrist bijoux have a length of 17 cm adjustable up to 20 cm.

Bracciale Glitter Heart finitura color oro

The new bijoux by Aurélie Bidermann

Published on January 6, 2023

Pendente con pendente che contiene zaffiri multicolori

Art lover, model, traveller. But, above all, one of the signatures in the world of Parisian bijoux: Aurélie Bidermann has traveled extensively in South America and India. But it was her studies in art history in New York and Paris that prompted the designer to work first as an art historian in the impressionist and contemporary art departments of Sotheby’s. But gemology studied in Antwerp, talismans and art nouveau pushed Aurélie Bidermann towards the world of jewelry. His first creations and her brand are from 2004.

Pendente Scarabée con opale rosa intagliato

An imaginative, informal style, defined as boho, was immediately liked by the Parisians. In 2010 Aurélie Bidermann began selling her bijoux online and in 2012 she opened her first shop on the Rive Gauche, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, followed by another on the opposite bank of the Seine. They are bijoux that favor a cheerful creativity, made with a simple gold plating, with the use of materials such as bakelite. Among the celebrities who have worn her bijoux are Kate Moss, Lou Doillon, Sharon Stone and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

Bracciale DIana dorato e bachelite — Bracciale Diana dorato e bachelite

Orecchini Bouquet dorati con oro giallo e rodolite

With Alviero Martini 1C in New York

Published on November 23, 2022

Anello in argento bagnato oro e cubic zirconia

The most famous street in New York is Fifth Avenue. It is the great luxury shopping street, where the boutique windows sparkle and where, of course, the prices are adequate to the standard of contemporary luxury. There is, however, a possibility to wear a Fifth Avenue jewel without spending too much. The miracle happens if you wear the bijoux collection that has the same name, that is Fifth Avenue, signed Alviero Martini First Class. The collection is part of a series of fashion bijoux lines dedicated to famous locations around the world. It is not strange: years ago the Italian brand became famous for its bags with geographical maps. And a few months ago it has expanded its offer to the world of bijoux.

Fifth Avenue jewelry includes long chains with pendants, bracelets and bangles, rings and earrings of a certain size. They are all made of silver and then plated in yellow gold, with the addition of cubic ziconia crystals. Inside the bijoux there is the 1C monogram of the house.

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Bracciale a catena n argento bagnato oro e cubic zirconia

Bracciale a catena in argento e cubic zirconia

Big volume bijoux with Thot

Published on November 22, 2022

It produces about 3,000 bijoux a year: large, colorful, whimsical and sold all over the world. It is the activity of Thot Gioielli, a company from Chiuduno, a town near Bergamo (Italy). In a dozen years the founder, Susanna Lissignoli, has brought the brand to a solid position in the designer costume jewelery market. The designer bought old brass filigrees in Paris and brought them to Tuscany, near Arezzo, for a process that was then completed in Milan, where the setting with glass beads, rhinestones, resins or brass spheres took place. Not only that: she also uses vintage bijoux that are reworked and become almost unique pieces, often of large dimensions.

The autobiography describes the entrepreneur as the daughter of a collector of antique jewels, who from an early age cultivated an attraction for stones and metals, a passion for travel, art and fashion studies. Another passion is for history, which also inspires the creation of bijoux. And the brand name? It is inspired by Thot, an Egyptian divinity who transforms lead into gold and is depicted with a round headdress that metaphorically represents the ring, the precious object, but at the same time the circularity of the ring represents faith. Thot, according to the designer, metaphorically wants to unite several religions, the East with the West.

Bracciale, orecchini e collana indossati

Boccadamo and Zoe’s leaves

Published on November 13, 2022

Collana e orecchini in argento dorato e cristalli viola

The name Zoe is ancient: it derives from the Greek word which means the essence of life. Today, in addition to being a proper name often used in the Anglo-Saxon world, it also indicates a collection by Bottega Boccadamo, an Italian bijoux brand. The collection is presented for autumn / winter 2022 renewed, but always inspired by nature. For example, such as the use of hand-crafted silver leaves around crystal spheres. The collection also uses crystals with the color of aquamarine on burnished silver frames.

Bijoux in argento dorato, cristalli e perle naturali

The Zoe collection also includes a yellow gold plated version. In this case the crystals used are matching and defined topaz color. A third version of the Zoe bijoux is instead made of rose gold plated silver. In this case, the crystals used have the color of amethyst. Finally, the collection also includes silver jewelry and natural pearls.

Collezione Zoe in argento dorato e perle naturali

Collezione Zoe in argento dorato e cristalli viola

The evolution of Joanna Achkar

Published on August 31, 2022

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Anello Stella Divina, in oro 18 carati, smalto, rubini

Joanna Achkar is part of that small group of women who studied economics, she started working in the world of finance and then returned to her first love: jewelry. Of Lebanese origin, but resident in Paris, Joanna Achkar started with a degree in Business Administration at the Institut Superieur de Gestion in the French capital in 2014, to then work at Byblos Bank in Beirut and later for Aim Social Media Marketing. In 2017 she was her turning point: she founded the jewelry brand that bears her name.

But she was not an initiative born out of nothing: she first studied Jewelery Design, Diamond Grading and Gemmology in Antwerp, at HRD (Hope Raad voor Diamant), the leading European authority in the certification of diamonds. Joanna Achkar’s jewels are made of 18 karat gold and diamonds, together with other precious stones, such as rubies, but also (more rarely) with synthetic stones. She also added a touch of color with the use of nail polish. The rings are also designed to be worn together, stacked, with a touch of fantasy that never becomes excessive.

Orecchini in oro con diamanti taglio marquise

Collana Mini Harmonia in oro 18 carati, smalto, diamanti

Anello Iris in oro, smalto, diamante marquise

Anello Split Rose con zaffiri rosa e tormalina paraiba sintetica

Anello in oro rosa con rubini e zaffiri rosa

Leonardo on the hand with De Re

Published on August 23, 2022

Rings and bracelets inspired by the plots painted by Leonardo da Vinci in Milan. He proposes them De Re ♦ ︎

There are those who are inspired by flowers, those who design usual lucky charms, those who propose jewelery in the shape of a heart or a star. Then, there is a craft jewelery in Udine (Italy) that follows a different idea: bijoux inspired by art and science. The bijoux by Monica De Re, in fact, are reworkings of masterpieces of the past, handmade with the American processing technique that replicates the work of jewelery, using ductile materials that allow the stones to be easy set.

For example, for the 500 years since the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the designer was inspired by the genius of the Renaissance. In particular, the plant decorations found in the Sala delle Asse of the Sforza Castle in Milan, painted by Leonardo during his stay in the Lombard city between 1497 and 1499. The collection consists of bracelets and rings that recreate the effect of bonds and knots painted in this Leonardo masterpiece.

Gli affreschi di Leonardo nella Sala delle Asse, a Milano

The bijoux are made of metal alloy, both in the version with antiqued gold finish and in the one in antiqued palladium, with embedding of Swarovski stones. The ring is available in two versions, high and low. Also this is worked in metallic fusion technically rendered with flat bas-relief, where knots, leaves and blackberries are visible which, in the hand setting of the stones are rubies. The ring is also developed on three floors compressed into a minimal millimeter scale realized in the antique gold variant and siam stones or antique palladium and light sapphire stones. The low ring has a smaller size and is found in the antique gold and antique palladium versions.

Bracciale a quattro cerchi in ottone bagnato oro con cristalli

In addition to Leonardo da Vinci, the designer drew inspiration from the traditions of Venice, with a series of jewels in which the icon of the Moor appears. As in the bracelet with four circles in brass bathed in 24 carat gold, with a dark brown turban with crystals. Worn on the ear by men of the sea, during the maritime republic of Venice, the icon was a good luck charm. And still like it. Or to inspire Monica De Re can also be the enigmatic drawings in the Peruvian desert of Nazca, proposed in galvanic ruthenium, antiqued palladium and gold.

Anello alto con palladio anticato e pietre Swarovski

Bracciale con finitura in palladio anticato e pietre Swarovski

Sharra Pagano, life is a theater

Published on August 4, 2022

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Collezione Moon Landing, collana in ottone e cristalli Svarowski

Sharra Pagano, over half a century of one of the historical Italian jewelery brands and still capable of innovating ♦

Fashion & Jewelry. Or, more correctly, Fashion & Bijoux: the Sharra Pagano brand is associated with the roaring years of Italian fashion, when labels such as Armani, Moschino, Versace were imposed. In 1969 Lino Raggio and Gianfranco Signori launched this brand that still plays with the theatricality of the jewel composed without using precious materials, but precious ideas. With resins, for example, and more rarely with amethysts, topazes, tourmalines, citrine quartz, aventurine, rock crystals, obsidian, garnets, pearls.

Bracciale collezione Fireworks con cristalli, vetro e resina

But in reality most of the fashion bijoux that have become part of history are glass, plastic and rhinestones. In addition to having collaborated (and still collaborate) with some of the great fashion brands and designers, such as Walter Albini, Enrico Coveri and Francesco Moschino, Sharra Pagano has played a role in the world of theater and lyrical music. Famous fans were the soprano Renata Tebaldi and the historic rival Maria Callas. The brand has always had a recognizable style: jewels with accentuated, showy, almost theatrical volumes, with a curious marriage between Baroque and Art Deco. Large necklaces, tiaras, chandelier earrings: they seem inspired by a life in the front row. They will not please those who want to go unnoticed, but those bijoux are loved from those who aspire to a life as a protagonist.

Collezione Moon Landing, bracciale in ottone e cristalli Svarowski

The company also produces jewelry for third parties: the turnover of licenses weighs 55% and that of the Sharra Pagano brand 45%. Today the brand is owned by Giuseppe Fredella, president of the Italian Fashion Jewelery Association. But the production is still entirely carried out in Italy, in the Milan laboratory, by expert craftsmen who, in some cases, are the children of those who started producing 50 years ago.

Collezione Un'estate al mare, bracciale in resina — Collezione Un’estate al mare, bracciale in resina

Collezione Un'estate al mare, bracciale in resina e ottone — Collezione Un’estate al mare, bracciale in resina e ottone

Collezione Fireworks, orecchini in cristalli, resina e ottone

Collezione Reef, bracciale in resina e ottone

Brosway for the summer

Published on July 12, 2022

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Orecchino singolo in acciaio, smalto e cristallo

Be in tune with fashion, but also with the season. Two objectives that Brosway has achieved with its jewels inspired by summer, the sea, the heat and, at the same time, with the use of a style clearly in line with the trend. That is, in this specific case, with the use of colored, lively, immediately visible enamel, which is added to natural steel or with a gold-colored finish. The necklaces, bracelets, rings or earrings proposed for the summer by the Bros Manifatture brand also, in some cases, use pendants that recall the marine climate, such as the shapes of shells, starfish or fish.

Beside the enamel, in fuchsia or turquoise shades, Brosway uses crystals in nuances, which the brand calls roses or bohemian water, that is bright pink and blue. The necklaces and bracelets are double stranded, while the earrings are sold individually. The price, as always, is super affordable, as expected for the classic beach bijoux.

Anello in acciaio finitura oro e smalto turchese

Collana doppio filo in acciaio 316L con smalto fucsia, cristalli rose e light rose

Collana doppio filo in acciaio 316L, finitura color oro con smalto turchese, cristalli crystal e aqua bohemica

Collana doppio filo in acciaio 316L, finitura color oro e smalto turchese con pendenti a forma di corallo in smalto rosso, conchiglie, stella marina, pesce, sole e cristalli

Orecchino singolo a cerchio in acciaio 316L, finitura color oro con smalto tuchese e cristallo aqua bohemica

Precious simplicity for Calvin Klein

Published on June 25, 2022

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Calvin Richard Klein turns 80 in 2022 (best wishes), but his signature remains fresh. The American designer, who launched the company that became simply Calvin Klein in 1968, like other designers in addition to clothing has also given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewelry. It is about fashion jewelry, a genre that counts on several fans, who focus more on the logo of the jewel than on the preciousness of the material, often in simple metal with PVD or gold plating.

For his jewels Calvin Klein prefers simplicity, as in the bracelets or rings of the Minimal Circular line, with rippled surfaces. On the other hand, the design of the Minimal Linear line is more accentuated, which uses a geometry that is a mix between a circular shape and a straight line. The Playful Repetition line, on the other hand, uses the contrast between worked and smooth surfaces. The jewels are in stainless steel in natural color, or pink or yellow, in some cases with the addition of cubic zirconia.

Golden dreams with Stroili

Published on June 24, 2022

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The best thing that can happen to someone who goes to bed, if we exclude love activities, is to have sweet or golden dreams. Expression that indicates a complete state of relaxation, plus a more enjoyable movie than those offered by Netflix or television programs. The expression Golden Dream also gave its name to one of the collections of Stroili, an Italian brand of jewelry at an affordable price, which for the summer of 2022 presents a large number of jewels. The name is not accidental, in addition to traditionally shaped rings and earrings, there are others that are inspired by dreamcatchers, the traditional Native American dream catchers.

Dreamcatchers are made up of circles to which feathers are tied: they were (or are) used as an amulet to protect children’s dreams. And some of the jewels in the Golden Dream Collection have a similar shape, with hinted feathers, and are made of gold-plated metal and colored cubic zirconia stones. Other jewels, on the other hand, follow a classic line, such as eternity rings, always with white or colored cubic zirconia.

Anello in metallo placcato con cubic zirconia

Anello eternity con cubic zirconia azzurri

Orecchini in metallo placcato oro con cubic zirconia

Orecchini in metallo placcato della linea Golden Dream