jewelry Archives | Page 5 of 14

Gemella’s jewels

Published on August 5, 2022

Anello Interwin in oro 18 carati, rubini e zaffiri rosa

Twins have a special relationship with each other. And it is the same for Anna and Rachel Aschendorf, who founded the Gemella brand, written in Italian. Even though they live in New York and represent the third generation of jewelers in the family. Precisely for this reason, starting from the grandparents who traded precious stones, the two twins grew up together with gold and diamonds. But don’t think about a road strewn with flowers. The founders of Gemella want to remember the humble origins of their grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, also known as Fred (or better known as Papi), who rebuilt his life by traveling all over Europe before settling in Pforzheim, the capital of jewelry. in Germany.

Collana Sweetheart con diamante e tormalina rosa

Anna and Rachel were born and raised in New York City. But it was clear from the outset that their future would include jewels, the family passion. Rachel Aschendorf graduated as a diamond expert in Tel Aviv, Israel. Anna graduated from Gia and the Diamond District in Tel Aviv. Part of the jewelry is centered on the heart shape, formed by two different stones. Other jewels show a deliberately visible gold frame. Gold and precious and semi-precious stones are the preferred combination. But surprisingly, there are no cufflinks planned for now.

Bracciale Dancing Queen in oro 18 carati e tsavorite

Orecchini in oro 18 carati, diamanti e topazio

Collana in orCollana in oro 18 carati, diamanti e turcheseo 18 carati e turchese — Collana in oro 18 carati, diamanti e turchese

Orecchini in oro 18 carati, diamanti e turchese

Coomi’s eclectic shapes

Published on August 4, 2022

Showroom

From Mumbai to the States. There are many Indian jewelers who have chosen to work in America. Among them is Coomi Bhasin, who in 2022 celebrates her special birthday: she began her career in jewelry exactly 20 years ago. She and her husband Hari, a builder, moved to the United States in 1977 and used their design expertise along with engineering to help create a successful family business. Coomi, in fact, has a degree in art history and design, is an architect, landscape architect and textile designer. The jewels are finished by hand and set by hand and, like many Indian jewelers, she loves gold in its almost pure state, at 20 karats (the maximum is 24 karats).

The idea of her jewelry is to combine the decorative forms of Indian architecture with the skyscrapers of Manhattan. In reality, the result is original and does not identify with either of the two aesthetics. Alongside gold, Coomi’s jewels also use silver, which is often burnished to acquire a particular flavor.

Orecchini con madreperla intagliata, argento, spinello nero, diamanti

Bracciale Opera in oro 18 carati, diamanti bianchi

Bracciale Thewa con dettagli antichi su oro 20 carati, diamanti, madreperla

Collana trinity in oro 18 carati, diamanti e rubini

Bracciale Trinity in oro giallo 18 carati, diamanti per 40,52 carati

Palwer, precision in Venice

Published on August 3, 2022

Showroom/Rings

Anello in oro bianco e rodio nero, diamanti

Among the beautiful things in Venice there are also the jewels of the designer Alessandro Palwer. Here are some examples ♦

Gold, diamonds and rope in the bracelets and necklaces of the Venetian designer Alessandro Palwer. That works precisely on the shapes and volumes of a contemporary classic such as chain links, with elements with clean, rounded or elongated lines, in pink gold and brown diamonds, shiny yellow gold, white gold and gray diamonds. The result? Elegant, yet informal and easy to wear jewelry, that transversal understatement of fashions that makes people ask: “Nice, where did you buy it?”. In short, the maximum of chic. Palwer’s jewels are very different from each other: from the collection inspired by drops of water with moonstones and diamonds, to smoky emerald cut quartz mounted on an intricate combination of curves, to the splendor of the mirrored surfaces.

The designer has an uncommon story: he was born and raised in Rome, but then he focused on Paris, where he worked with Parisian fashion brands and was also creative director of Ungaro for over ten years. Not happy, he also founded a furniture and accessories company: Suite 307. In addition, he also created costumes for many opera productions. But then he decided to move to Venice and design refined jewels, with a rigorous design.

Collana in oro rosa 18 carati, diamanti brown, cordino di cotone cerato beige

Alessandro Plawer, collezione Keep me, bracciale in oro rosa, diamanti brown e corda

Collezione Keep me, bracciale con doppio giro in oro rosa e corda

Anello Dance rose in oro rosa, diamanti brown e quarzi fumé taglio smeraldo

Cyril’s spheres

Published on July 29, 2022

COLLANE/Showroom/Rings

Collana in oro 14 carati e sfera di quarzo bianco

New York City is one of the places on Earth with the highest concentration of jewelry designers. Among these is Leila Du Mond, who founded the Cyril brand five years ago. In reality, the designer has expanded the field to jewelry after having experienced her aesthetic rigor in other sectors, such as that of home accessories, signing with her own name. In fact, even the jewels adopt the same minimal style, simple and refined at the same time. The basic idea, according to what Leila describes, is to propose jewels that have drops of light.

Orecchini in oro 14 carati e sfere di quarzo

But also they are inspired by museum aesthetics, whatever it is, and by natural history. To achieve this, the brand uses silver and 14 karat gold that surround opalescent spheres of white quartz. Leila Du Mond is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology, she has been selected as the winner of the Elaine Gold Launchpad of Cfda and Accessories Council and of NextNow of Ylang 23.

Anello Large Ciel in oro 14 carati e sfera di quarzo bianco

Collana Lucent in oro 14 carati e sfera di quarzo bianco

Orecchini pendenti in oro 14 carati e quarzo bianco

Orecchini in oro 14 carati e quarzo bianco

Anello in argento e oro con sfera di quarzo

Eredi Jovon, cameos and coral of Venice

Published on July 25, 2022

Argento/Showroom

Personalized cameos and coral jewelry from the Rialto bridge, in Venice, with Eredi Jovon ♦ ︎

Do not be fooled: in addition to bijoux for tourists, the jewelry Eredi Jovon, which is located right on the Rialto bridge, in Venice, also sells more interesting pieces. In particular, the jewelry store is specializes in cameos, also made to measure, and in coral jewelry.

The history of jewelry dates back to 1934, when Luciano Jovon opened the shop on what is one of the most famous bridges in the world. Specialized initially in the art of carving shells and agate to make cameos on silver frames, in the fifties Eredi Jovon has expanded the range of action to the coral and can now also offer pieces of a certain value. As times change, today Rialto jewelry aims to sell around the world through the internet. But, moreover, it also offers a special service: the creation of customized cameos with the profile of the client (but also of a couple), based on photo or drawing. Something better than the usual photo of the boyfriend / girlfriend on the screen phone. All jewels are designed and manufactured in Italy.

The precious carats by Luca Carati

Published on July 22, 2022

Showroom

Anello oro bianco 18 carati con diamanti rotondi taglio brillante colore G purezza VVS

The collections by Luca Carati, Maison di Valenza, which continues the tradition of great craftsmanship jewelery ♦

In Valenza and around the jewelry is the queen: the area is teeming with companies able to make their mark in the world of jewelry. As Luca Carati, Italian jewelery company founded in 1988, as always by the initiative of a skilled artisan which is grew over the years and determined to build on his experience. Now the brand of Piedmont propose a jewelry that is born and ends entirely within the walls of the company. And what is capable to do the Maison you can see in the images of some of her jewelry.

Anello in oro rosa con elemento a forma di trifoglio e diamanti rotondi taglio brillante, colore G, purezza Vvs

Luca Carati is keen to stress his own stylistic identity, however, it lies in the tradition consisting of working gold, precious stones and delicate architecture capable of enhancing the colors of gemstones and metal shine. An example is the Plié collection, with a pendant that transforms into a ovoid shape that opens to reveal a three-dimensional flower. It is not simple to implement, but it demonstrates the desire to create an innovative object, preserving the beauty of a jewel.

Orecchini pendenti oro rosa 18 carati e diamanti rotondi taglio brillante colore G, purezza VVS

Orecchini a lobo con elementi trifoglio in oro rosa 18 carati con diamanti rotondi taglioc brillante colore G, purezza VVS e lapislazzulo

Anello in oro rosa 18 carati, corniole naturali taglio cabochon e diamante rotondo taglio brillante colore G, purezza VV

Anello con elemento trifoglio in oro rosa 18 carati, con diamanti rotondi taglio brillante colore G, purezza VVS e malachite

Collier della collezione Piuma, oro bianco e diamanti

Pendente art déco in oro bianco e diamanti

Flora and fauna by Mio Harutaka

Published on July 21, 2022

Showroom

Anello in oro bianco e rosa 18 carati, diamanti bianchi e neri, granati verdi, zaffiri rosa, gialli e blu

Mother jewelry designer, daughter jewelry designer and owner of two brands: Bijude M (which she considers prêt-à-porter) and Mio Harutaka, which is also her name. Japanese, with an international soul and very sensitive to the theme of sustainability and equity in diamonds, Mio Harutaka started creating her pieces inspired by nature and animals in 2011. It was her mother who advised her to create her own. first jewel, when she was just 20 years old, on the occasion of a traditional festival that marks the passage of young Japanese to adulthood.

Orecchino singolo in oro 18 carati, diamanti, zaffiri blu

For that ceremony Mio Harutaka designed a rabbit-shaped ring and a daisy-shaped ring. They were the first of a long series, even if first came the jewels with the Bijude M brand, and in 2018 those in the shape of insects, pets or plants multiplied, in a kind of precious Noah’s Ark, of the brand Mio Harutaka, based in Tokyo. They are gold jewelry with diamonds (strictly not from conflict areas and with a solidarity program for local populations), as well as sapphires and semi-precious stones, with unique designs.

Orecchino singolo in oro 18 carati, diamanti e zaffiri orange

Orecchino singolo Little Bird in oro 18 carati, diamanti e zaffiri orange

Orecchino singolo Coccinella in oro 18 carati, diamanti neri, zaffiri gialli

Orecchino singolo Spider in oro 18 carati, diamanti neri

Collana Swallow in oro bianco 18 carati, zaffiri blu, diamanti

Vice Versa wearable rings

Published on July 18, 2022

Rings/Showroom

Anello scomponibile Vice Versa in oro rosa 14 carati

The expression in Latin, vice versa, can be translated as “the story changed, the order changed” or “the other way around”. And if these two words are adapted to the world of jewelry, surprising results can be obtained. Like the one chosen by Vice Versa, the name of a jewelry brand born in New York on the initiative of the designer Sophie Thoerner. One of the ideas of the Maison is to propose modular rings, which are divided into two elements and can be worn individually or form a single circle that has the appearance of a flat-link chain. The rings, like the other jewels, are made of 14 karat gold together, or vice versa, without diamonds.

Sophie Thoerner was born in New York City and graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in jewelry. Back in her hometown she studied the details of design and production, she explains in her bio about her, from some of the most talented designers in the industry. She then founded Vice Versa with her business partner Hannah Traulsen in 2020, just in time for the pandemic (but they didn’t get discouraged). Hannah Traulsen attended Barnard College, has previously worked in the jewelry industry and is in charge of the manufacturing aspects of the Maison.

Anello Indra in oro giallo 14 carati e diamanti

Anello in oro giallo con diamante taglio pera

Collana in oro giallo 14 carati e diamanti

Boundless jewels for Jan Leslie

Published on July 18, 2022

Rings/bracciale/Showroom/COLLANE

Orecchini Snake in oro 18 carati con rame, azzurrite, diamanti gialli, fluorite, smeraldi

Jan Leslie is not the only woman who at some point in her life left the arid world of corporate balance sheets to dive into jewelry. She is, however, certainly one of those who have succeeded most successfully, given that the company that bears her name was opened in 1990, over 30 years ago. She and she is still appreciated. The designer, after attending the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, she has (perhaps resigned) to deal with management consulting at one of the major accounting firms. But she, in addition to a degree in Accounting and Business Management, she followed a program dedicated to jewelry in the Department of Metals at the Parsons School of Design in New York.

Orecchini in oro 18 carati con tormalina verde e rainbow, fluorite

In the extensive catalog of the American Maison there is everything, jewelry for men, starting from a wide assortment of cufflinks, to those dedicated to women, which include earrings in silver or gold, with precious or semi-precious stones. It is a brand that seeks to capture the attention of a large audience, perhaps a reminder of the managerial experience. Jan Leslie therefore proposes silver necklaces with mother of pearl that do not reach 300 dollars, alongside earrings with emeralds and green stalactite stones that reach 7,000 dollars.

Orecchini pendenti Athabasca in oro 18 carati, azzurrite, malachite, diamanti

Anello che si apre a forma di cuore in argento e diamanti

Orecchini Valle de Cocora in oro 18 carati, stalattite, smeraldi

Kering and Cartier focus on sustainability

Published on July 17, 2022

news

The French group Kering, which controls brands such as Gucci, Boucheron, Qeelin, Pomellato, Dodo and Girard-Perregaux (as well as those in the fashion sector) focuses on sustainability, a value increasingly appreciated by those who buy jewelry and watches. Together with Cartier, which is part of the Swiss Richemont group, the company has created the Watch & Jewelery Initiative 2030, an initiative that aims to promote the sustainability of watches and jewelry. And now he has called the former executive director of the Responsible Jewelery Council, Iris Van der Veken, to the top.

The manager will serve as executive director and general secretary of the Watch & Jewelery Initiative 2030. Iris Van der Veken’s involvement was foreshadowed, but has only now become operational. The manager has more than 20 years of global experience across the world of industry, jewelry and fashion and is also a member of the board of Iseal and Diamonds Do Good. Watch & Jewelery Initiative involved brands such as Chanel Horlogerie Joaillerie, Montblanc, Pandora, Rosy Blue and Swarovski.

Henry Francois Pinault, patron di Kering

Johann Rupert, Ceo e azionista di Richemont

Surfing with Tara Hirshberg

Published on July 7, 2022

Rings/bracciale

Anello in oro 14 carati, smalto, topazio

Art and economics, post-war painters and market trends: what does all this have to do with jewelry? This question can be answered by Tara Hirshberg, who studied at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) and then in Mancherster, England, before taking her first steps in an art gallery. Indeed, the most famous, the Gagosian Gallery, with an activity as a sales clerk. Another step forward: in 1998, together with other partners, the designer opened an art gallery, the Sandroni Rey Gallery, which was active for 12 years. And the jewels? We get there.

Tara Hirshberg had two children and in her spare time she started making some pieces for herself. From one thing another is born. A trip to India was the event that triggered the desire to try out a new adventure: Tara Hirshberg Jewelry. She uses recycled gold and diamonds, enamels, California atmospheres and beaches, a yoga mood and the result is collections such as Costellations (14-karat gold, zodiac symbols) or Surf (gold, enamels, sapphires). The geometries of the colors, in fact, are reminiscent of those of certain abstract paintings, probably a legacy of the designer’s first activity.

Anello in oro 14 carati e smalto, collezione Surf

Anello in oro 14 carati e zaffiri rosa, diamanti

Orecchino Capricorno in oro 14 carati e diamanti

Orecchino Vergine in oro 14 carati e diamanti

Scent of the Orient with Chandally

Published on July 4, 2022

Rings/bracciale/Argento/Showroom

Collana Hexagon in oro 18 carati e argento ossidato

From Yemen to New York, with a thread that binds two countries so far away: the jewels. Sharon Chandally, born in the States, founded Chandally in 2009. Her grandfather, brothers and previous generations were silversmiths and now the designer follows the story of her origins. In fact, she moved to Tel Aviv (Israel) where she opened her boutique.

Collana Reflection della collezione Atlas in oro 18 carati e argento ossidato

Before studying industrial design and entering the world of jewelry, Sharon traveled extensively: New Zealand, India, Ghana, Benin and Japan. Travels has awakened the connection with its roots. She learned metalworking for three years in Israel, where her family had moved, and where she learned to draw from the tradition of Yemeni artisans, from ancient myths and from the places of his family of origin. An ancient and fascinating story, with craftsmanship that has a centuries-old history behind it.

Before applying what she learned in jewelry, after graduation, Sharon concentrated her energies on developing a refined understanding of form and ergonomics. Between art and metallurgy, she began to study the construction of musical instruments, but also silverware, mechanisms and metalworking. With these premises, the designer has recovered icons and style of the elaborate Middle Eastern tradition to propose a decidedly original and full of charm style.

Anello Interstellar Myrrh in oro 18 carati e diamanti

Bracciale Demi Lune in oro 18 carati con diamanti

Collana icon pendente n oro 18 carati con diamanti

Tabayer’s jewels, modern and fair

Published on July 3, 2022

bracciale/Showroom/Rings/COLLANE

Anello in oro giallo 18 carati e diamanti

She recently got married to Justin Chen in Villa Balbiano, on Lake Como, with a fairytale ceremony. But Nigora Tokhtabayev, founder of the young jewelry brand Tabayer, lives and works overlooking another body of water, the Atlantic Ocean that bathes Sarasota, Florida. However, she was born in Uzbekistan. Then, she moved to the United States at a very young age, where she studied economics, but also developed a passion for jewelry, which she also interprets as amulets: a cultural root of her country of origin.

Orecchini in oro giallo Fairmined e diamanti

That jewels have magical powers has yet to be proven. Certainly, however, they may have the power to cause less damage to the environment. The Tabayer brand, for example, emphasizes that its jewels have been made with environmentally friendly and ethically sourced materials: fair trade gold from mining organizations responsible for crafts and small-scale, which promote social development and protection. environmental and conflict-free Kimberley certified diamonds.
The jewels, in addition to the classic eye against the evil eye, have a modern and supple design, soft, smooth, with small diamonds set in the metal.

Anello Oera in oro giallo 18 carati e diamanti

Collana Oera in oro giallo 18 carati e diamanti

Bracciale Oera in oro giallo 18 carati e diamanti

Goshwara, drops of perfection

Published on July 2, 2022

Showroom/Rings

Anello in oro bianco con opale e diamanti

A drop of perfection in the jewelry of Goshwara, a bit of India in New York ♦
In ancient Persia and India, the word Goshwara indicated the perfect shape of the drop. But also the essence of femininity, softness and elegance. Only the best craftsmen could create a stone with this form. The drop was one of the most claim geometric volumes for jewelery.

Orecchini in oro con corallo intagliato e diamanti

With a leap of a few centuries, the idea of perfection revives today in New York, at the initiative of Sweta Jain, a young Indian designer. Sweta has created her jewelry brand in 2007 with the idea of pointing to the highest goal, perfection. As is often the case with Indian designers, its collections are a bridge between the colors and the exuberance of Indian tradition, and the essential sobriety of Western style. Sweta Jain, on the other hand, the stones know them well: she has worked with diamonds and rubies since childhood, accompanying her father, gem merchant, to the mines in Africa. It’s a training that lets pick the best pieces and combine them with a very personal style.

Orecchini in oro giallo 18 carati, turchese e diamanti

Anello in oro giallo con opale arancio e diamanti

Orecchini pendenti in oro giallo, smeraldi taglio pera, turchese e diamanti

Anello in oro giallo con prasiolite e peridoto

Orecchini in oro giallo con prasiolite e peridoto

Katherine Jetter, from kangaroos to the Big Apple

Published on June 28, 2022

Rings/Showroom

The jewels of the Australian designer, based in New York, Katherine Jetter ♦ ︎

In which part of the world can a designer be born who describes a ring just made with blue tourmaline and kangaroo-colored spinels? You guessed it: Katherine Jetter was born in Melbourne, Australia. But you do not have to imagine her as Mr. Crocodile Dundee’s sister. She explains, in fact, that she spent most of her youth in England, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, and so she speaks fluently German, French and Italian, obviously besides English. In short, she is an Australian with a broad vision of the world, which in 2018 also took her to the Couture Show, where she met her myth, Stephen Webster. And this also offers a further indication of its predilection: jewelery, luxury, but also lively and modern. And since, let’s remember, she is Australian, what is one of her favorite stones? You have guessed again: the opal. That was the stone with which she began her career as a designer: a small blue opal with which Katherine has created a simple and elegant ring.

The most surprising aspect, however, is that Katherine, before founding her jewelry house in London, earned a degree in clinical psychology and worked in one of the largest investment banks, JP Morgan. Experiences that, perhaps (very perhaps) have been useful for her second life, started with the courses at the classic Gemological Institute of America (Gia) where she graduated. After the jump from the psyche to the gems, in fact, she worked for various international high-end jewelers, including De Beers. Her Maison was therefore born in New York City, as in the films with the “American dream”. Travel, experience and a good imagination did the rest. Ah, a detail is missing: she has climbed the peaks of Machu Picchu and Kilimanjaro. We can not certainly say that she is lazy.

Collana con pendente in opale e diamanti

Orecchini con smeraldi Muzo e perle di Tahiti

Collana con smeraldi Muzo e perle di Tahiti

Orecchini con tormalina rosa e smalto viola

Feeling of the tropics with Beck Jewels

Published on June 23, 2022

Rings/Showroom

The island of Curaçao (and surrounding area) was a Dutch colony in the Caribbean until 1954. But it is best known as a tourist resort, known as a diving and diving paradise. It is also the place where Rebecca Zeijdel-Paz was born, a designer who in New York, in the Williamsburg neighborhood, founded a Beck Jewels. In addition to a hammock hanging in her living room, Rebecca Zeijdel-Paz preserves the shades of the island’s bright colors in her work. Beaches and houses in Dutch style, but painted with Caribbean joy are transformed into jewels which, for example, are called Scuba, Grote (a town in Curaçao) or Larkò, from the name of a tropical shell.

Orecchini Grotto in oro 18 carati e tormalina

Rebecca Zeijdel-Paz, however, also brings her studies in Florence to her jewels, where she learned to appreciate the classic forms of jewelery, which led her to found the Beck Jewels brand in 2008, after an apprenticeship with Carolina Herrera in New York. The silver plated jewelry made with Swarovski crystals, in 2021 gave way to pieces in 14 or 18 karat gold, diamonds, topazes or tourmalines. Merit, so to speak, of the reflections during the covid lockdowns. A particularly heavy constraint for a woman who grew up between the beaches and the sea of the tropics, but which led Rebecca towards a new frontier.

Anello Marea con smalto nero e oro 14 carati

Heting’s high jewelery

Published on June 21, 2022

Rings/Showroom/COLLANE

Orecchini in oro 18 carati, perla nera e tsavorite

Hè Tíng (鶴庭) is a Chinese word that is part of the «Water pavilion of the Hermit Lin» (林處士水亭), an ancient poem of the Song dynasty, written by Yaozuo Chen. Nowadays it is also a high jewelery Maison that takes the name, simplified, of Heting. The poem tells the story of a contemplative hermit who lives in a peaceful garden, taking the time to admire and reflect on the world around him. It is therefore not surprising that Heting’s founder, Carina Wong, draws her inspiration from nature.

Collana in oro 18 carati, smalto, diamanti, tsavorite

Observing the natural environment translates into sophisticated jewels that have mushrooms, insects and leaves as their subject. Gold and precious stones, together with enamel and jadeite, are the elements that Carina Wong serves to compose luxury jewels, but which at the same time recall delicate atmospheres. And perhaps, for some, even the world of gnomes.

Carina Wong, among other things, is a designer with multiple qualities: in addition to being a virtuoso of jewelry, she also excels in activities such as calligraphy, wood carving, metalworking and gemmology. After graduating from the Gemological Institute of America in Hong Kong, she founded Heting in 2015, between crafts and high jewelery. She firmly believes that the human hand is irreplaceable when it comes to creating art objects, and supports the importance of preserving and continuing this heritage, passing on this knowledge and skills to the next generation of craftsmen.

Anello Mushroom in oro 18 carati, smalto, tsavorite, diamanti

Anello Little Anello doppio Little Cratures, in oro bianco 18 carati, diamanti, smalto

Spilla libellula in oro 18 carati, smalto

Spilla in oro 18 carati, smalto, diamanti, zaffiri

The new medals of Erica Molinari

Published on June 19, 2022

Showroom

Italian name, inscriptions in Latin and in Italian on the jewels. But Erica Molinari is American, she works in New York and has competed in the Olympic sledding team with stars and stripes at the editions of Calgary (Canada) and Albertville (France). After sporting activity, after a rather long period of reflection, at the age of 40 Erica Molinari enrolled in a jewelry course and then became an apprentice. The result is the medals and pendants that are the main feature of his jewelery production, which has been going on since the early years of the new century.

The jewelry is made of 18K gold, sterling silver, oxidized silver, often with colored gemstones or diamonds, enamel. All of her pieces, from start to completion, are made in the New York studio. The style recalls the Gothic, but also the Renaissance and the Victorian period. Often the medals and the pendants carry an inscription: simple words, such as confianza (confidence), or phrases like Non ti scordar di me (Don’t forget me), on the back of a skull that has two diamonds instead of eyes. A thrilling toboggan.

Pendente a forma di croce a quattro punte con diamanti

The winners of the 2022 Couture Design Awards

Published on June 13, 2022

news

Best in Diamonds above $ 20.000: Gismondi 1754

Every year the Couture in Las Vegas stops with bated breath: who is the winners of the Couture Design Awards? The award ceremony, which this year was decided by a jury composed of Nikos Koulis, Juliet de La Rouchefoucauld, Tanika Winsdom, Diana Schade and Stellene Volandes, is one of the highlights of the event in the capital of Nevada. All the pieces participating in the design competition are exhibited days in advance and everyone wonders who, in the end, will be awarded.

The winners, at the end, are announced during the celebration of the Couture Design Awards on Saturday night. In addition to those indicated by the jury, the community of retailers votes for the three finalists of the Peoples’ Choice Award via SMS. Among the winners, this year there are also two Italian jewelers: Gismondi 1754 and Mariani 1878: both with roots that sink into history, in short.

Best in Diamonds above $ 20,000: Gismondi 1754
Gismondi 1754 was awarded the prize, collected by Massimo Gismondi, creative director and CEO, for his necklace, Raggio di Sole, a unique piece inspired by the early morning sun. The Italian Maison was also a finalist for the People’s Choice Award. Gismondi had already won the Couture Award in 2019 for his necklace from the Essenza Collection from which the earring was also born. The Raggio di Sole series required over 600 hours of work for six months. It is composed of 27.83 carats of pear-cut white diamonds and 16.04 carats of fancy yellow diamonds.The jewel, together with the bracelet and earrings, were completed shortly before Couture. The ring will complete the collection. Raggio di Sole was inspired, in 2020 during the lockdown, one early morning in a chalet in Valtournenche (Alps, Italy) in front of a coffee while the sun rose behind the mountain top. The necklace is his interpretation of the first rays that create a crown behind the mountain as it began to light up the sky.

La collana Raggio di Sole di Gismondi 1754

Best in Diamonds Under $ 20K: Mariani 1878
Mariani has a history that starts from the founder, Camillo Mariani, silversmith and jeweler who from objects for worship has turned into a jeweler known for his innovative ability, as well as for the elegance of his proposals. At the Couture Design Awards he wore a necklace dotted with delicate pear and round cut diamonds. Mariani is also a subscriber to the Las Vegas prize: he has already won in 2017 and last year: a very popular replay.

La collana di Mariani vincitrice del Best in Diamonds under 20.000 dollari

Best in gold: Illeana Makri
The Greek designer has chosen an elaborate simplicity, for a bracelet with geometries reminiscent of the ancient friezes of temples, but without easy symbolism. The gold bracelet is closed by a small diamond.

Il bracciale vincitore di Ileana Makri — Il bracciale Cascade di Ileana Makri

Best in bridal: Kavant & Sharart
Husband and wife are the soul of Kavant & Sharart: ideal for winning the Best in Bridal award. The winning jewels, in white gold and diamonds, recall both Art Deco and oriental culture.The two have already won the Couture in the Best in Debuting category in 2016.

Best in pearls: Mateo
Matthew Harris, designer of Mateo, was born in Jamaica, raised in Texas, but is based in New York. His jewels can only be original. He started working creating men’s jewelry, but at Couture he proposed elegant feminine earrings.

Best in silver: Vincent Peach
Vincent Peach works in Nashville, the home of country music. But he is inspired by the pleasures that life offers and travel, often with jewelry made of different materials, such as leather, diamonds, pearls and, of course, silver.

Best in Innovative + People’s Choice Award: Silvia Furmanovich
Brazil is a hotbed of sophisticated and precious creativity. One of these is the Sao Paolo designer Silvia Furmanovich, who comes from a family of Italian goldsmiths: her great-grandfather worked for the Vatican. Silvia Furmanovich’s ability to use different materials has made her famous. As for the yellow gold, ruby and bamboo earrings that won the Couture Design Award.

Silvia Furmanovich, Best in Innovative + Peoples Choice: orecchini in seta e oro 18 carati con diamanti, tanzanite e rubellite

Best in Haute Couture: Elsa Jin
Chinese designer Elsa Jin amazed everyone with a brooch that comes straight from the Cannes red carpet in the shape of wings. It is a surprising sculpture for its shape and made even more precious by the emerald set in the center.

Best in Colored Gems Above $ 20K: Emily P. Wheeler
The American designer previewed her new collection, inspired by her newborn daughter, Bernadette. A necklace with many emerald-cut aquamarines, which form a modern and luxurious choker.

La collana di Emily P. Wheeler premiata nella categoria Best in Colored Gems Above $20K

Best in Colored Gems Under $ 20K: Sutra Jewels
The Texas-based Maison with roots in India is famous for its ability to juxtapose gems in mesmerizing mosaics. At Couture she wore earrings with white diamonds and pink sapphires.

Orecchini con diamanti e zaffiri di Sutra

Best in platinum: Retrouvai
The Los Angeles-based Maison led by Kristy Stone uses proven techniques to make modern jewelry. The result is a simple, contemporary necklace of sober elegance.

Best in Men’s: Barbara Heinrich Studio
Barbara Heinrich, who works in Rochester, New York, started out as an artist and later launched into jewelry. Her necklace with her locket, actually, a woman would gladly wear too.

Best in Debuting: Marie Lichtenberg
Marie designed her first barrel pendant in India, a country that fascinated her as much for the richness of its colors as for its spiritual life and centuries-old tradition of jewelry. This journey transformed her, giving birth to the idea that she would become the Maison Marie Lichtenberg.

Pendente a barilotto in oro rosa, diamanti, smalto, zaffiri, tsavorite di Marie Lichtenberg

The jewelry by Mindi Mond

Published on June 9, 2022

Showroom

Bracciale Pearl Spoke in oro giallo, diamanti, perle Akoya

Mindi Mond describes herself as a devoted wife and mother and a dedicated board member of the Thanc Foundation (Thyroid, Head and Neck Cancer). But she is better known, however, as the founder and designer of the Maison that bears her name. He lives and works in New York, but his jewels seem more inspired by the ancient (and also modern) Art Deco. In fact, Mondi says that his mother was a collector of vintage jewelry, including those from the Victorian and Edwardian era.

A passion that reverberates on the collections that the designer offers: for example, jewels can be made with elements of ancient rings, necklaces, earrings, bracelets or watches dismantled and adapted according to the taste of Mindi. But not only of course. They are classy jewels, in 18 or 14 carat gold, but also silver, diamonds, and sometimes colored stones, such as rubellite. Diamonds are the most used stone by the designer, in particular with different cuts mounted on the same jewel.

Anello in oro bianco, diamanti, rubellite

Anello Clarity Cube Link in oro giallo e diamanti

Anello Clarity Floating diamond in oro giallo e diamanti

Orecchini Clarity con diamanti e zaffiri rosa

Orecchini Fire and Ice in oro bianco e giallo, diamanti

Orecchini chandelier in oro bianco e diamanti

Gioielli, Jewelry, Joaillerie, Joyas, Jewelen

jewelry - Page 5

Gemella’s jewels

Coomi’s eclectic shapes

Palwer, precision in Venice

Cyril’s spheres

Eredi Jovon, cameos and coral of Venice

Personalized cameos and coral jewelry from the Rialto bridge, in Venice, with Eredi Jovon ♦ ︎

The precious carats by Luca Carati

Flora and fauna by Mio Harutaka

Vice Versa wearable rings

Boundless jewels for Jan Leslie

Kering and Cartier focus on sustainability

Surfing with Tara Hirshberg

Scent of the Orient with Chandally

Tabayer’s jewels, modern and fair

Goshwara, drops of perfection

Katherine Jetter, from kangaroos to the Big Apple

The jewels of the Australian designer, based in New York, Katherine Jetter ♦ ︎

Feeling of the tropics with Beck Jewels

Heting’s high jewelery

The new medals of Erica Molinari

The winners of the 2022 Couture Design Awards

The jewelry by Mindi Mond