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The rationalist art of Alexandra Jefford

Published on November 29, 2021

Anello Yin & Yang, con onice e diamante taglio pera

When you are creative, there are no limits. Alexandra Jefford, designer, painter, illustrator and, above all, capable of making jewels that are truly different from others testifies to this. Luxurious, but fun, minimalist, but ironic, simple, but smart. Alexandra Jefford was born and raised in Geneva, but she moved to London, where she studied at Central St Martins. Then, she focused on engraving and drawing and worked as an artist and illustrator, before turning to jewelry in 2002 after studying jewelry design at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and Gemology the Gemological Association of Great Britain. .

The artistic training also explains the interpretation that Alexandra Jefford gives of jewelry. For her collections, in fact, she drew inspiration from the Bauhaus movement and post-war American abstraction in the 1950s, but also from expressionist painters. Result: rings like Yin & Yang look like an abstract painter’s painting.

Another aspect that seems to bring it even closer to the Bauhaus is the idea of combining art and craftsmanship in a single discipline. In his curriculum there is also room for a series of proposals and interventions, such as the collaboration with the London luxury brand Smythson with a collection of five rings, the jewels presented at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, at the Pad London and Paris Art Fairs , in GemGèneve and many others.

Collana Duality Himalayan Range Navy and Gold Mammatus

Anello Camelot con onice, diamante e smeraldo

Anello di Alexandra Jefford. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Alexandra Jefford. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Yutai, Japanese style high jewelry

Published on November 28, 2021

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Anello La Reine in platino, rubino, diamanti

High jewelry made in Tokyo. To propose it is Yutai, a brand founded by the designer Yuta Ishihara. The style that characterizes Yutai combines the rational minimalism of Japanese design with the exuberant Western abundance. With one aspect to underline: the designer’s goal is to create jewels that can last over time. The unique pieces are made with precious metals such as yellow or white gold, but also platinum, and with precious stones such as rubies and emeralds, but also by combining together semi-precious stones such as quartz and topaz. Or select Akoya pearls together with ruby pearls for modular necklaces (Rihanna also bought one).

Before moving to Tokyo, where he graduated in 2008 from Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, the designer was born and raised in the Yamanashi region of Japan, which is also a jewelry district, as well as the area where it is located. Mount Fuji. The first jewelry brand he founded, however, is called Shihara, distributed all over the world as well as online. But if Shihara is a fine jewelry brand, Yutai is two steps above and combines formal research with luxury.

Collana con perle Akoya, rubini, quarzo rosa

Anello La Reine in platino, smeraldo, diamanti

Marco Panconesi’s jewels

Published on November 18, 2021

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Orecchini Stellar in argento rodiato verde e cristalli viola

Marco Panconesi’s jewels, from the Paris fashion world to own jewelry brand ♦ ︎

He is born in Florence, graduated in Fashion Design at the Polimoda Institute in the Tuscan city. But Marco Panconesi has become a well-known name in the fashion world for his role as director of Balenciaga’s menswear and leather goods division, and as head jewelry designer for the Women’s collections. Now, however, he added another brushstroke to his portrait: he founded a jewelery brand that has its name. His jewels were presented in Paris, during the fashion week, with great success.

Anello Constallation in vermeil e cristalli

It is a point of arrival: after graduating, Panconesi moved to Paris and began working for Givenchy as a designer in the jewelry department, under the guidance of Riccardo Tisci. On the other hand, he said that as a child he always played with his grandmother’s jewels, as well as collecting pearls, gold, colored pieces. In short, an alternative to the Game Boy.

Orecchini Cosimi Eye in vermeil, diaspro, cristalli verdi

For the time being, Panconesi’s jewels are made of gilded silver (vermeil), semi-precious and natural stones, shiny rock crystals, rose quartz and intense green volcanic glass, enamel. The inspiration is that of design bijoux from the 1970s, with a touch of theatricality. The prices, therefore, are quite affordable compared to gold jewelery in precious stones, but they cost more if compared to simple bijoux. They are already on sale on the main specialized e-commerce marketplace.

Anello Hybrid Stone in vermeil, occhio di tigre immerso in smalto

Orecchini Upside Down in bronzo placcato oro, avventurina, agata rossa

John Apel’s American Dream

Published on November 17, 2021

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Bracciale Hope in oro rosa 18 carati, tra i finalisti ai Couture Awards 2021

Before judging John Apel jewels, you need to know the true passions of the founder of the American brand, John Apelian: oil painting and gardening. It is not a very common aspect among jewelry designers. But John Apelian has a different story from the others: he was born in Istanbul, Turkey, learning the family business: leather tanning. And his unique combination of chemical expertise and innate creative talent allowed him to introduce new colors into the leather tanning process. Then, he taught in a technical school, but he also worked with a small jewelry company. There, the spark for jewelry struck.

In 1976, John and his wife Hilda emigrated to the United States, where the designer opened a small jewelry repair shop and, in 1991, founded his own manufacturing and design company under the Italian name DiLaro. Fortunately, in 2006, Apelian chose to change the name of the brand with one closer to him. For his jewels he uses platinum or 18 karat gold, together with gems, while for his creations he is inspired by nature. Among the features there is also a line with rose-cut diamonds, a traditional shape widely used in the East, because the origins, after all, are never forgotten.

Collana in oro 18 carati, turchesi e diamanti

Orecchini in oro rosa 18 carati e diamanti

Anello Fleurette in oro rosa 18 carati e diamanti taglio rosa

Orecchini della Reina collection in oro e pietra luna

Collana Dragonfly in oro rosa 18 carati e diamanti taglio rosa

The meta-jewels by Regina Gambatesa

Published on November 15, 2021

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Why limit yourself to considering a jewel as something that is worn over the body, when it can also be something that conceals a meaning within it? If the philosophy can be applied to jewelry, ask Regina Gambatesa. From the depths of Mediterranean Italy (Bari), the designer embarked on a journey through a sort of meta-jewelry. Often, in fact, in Regina Gambatesa’s jewels there are hidden elements ready to refer to other forms, worlds or realities. Maybe a pinch of sand linked to her story, with the teenage years spent in the Middle East, between Turkey, Lebanon and Libya. But, apart from the aspects more related to the mind than to the eyes, the jewels of the Italian designer are above all to be looked at, touched and worn.

Anello Serpenti in oro, smeraldo, diamanti

Beauty as a value, a function of the forms and ornaments that concern the states of the soul.
Queen Gambatesa

Having said all this, the jewels can only be original. The Serpenti collection represents one of the strengths: but, unlike many other jewels inspired by the crawling reptile, the rings, earrings and bracelets of this collection have a way of their own to twist around the fingers and wrists. Regina Gambatesa’s jewels use gold and precious stones, from diamonds to rubies, or colored and semi-precious such as Madeira quartz in the Fior di Loto ring or kunzite. But it is the colored titanium that allows innovative shapes and unprecedented geometries, suited to the designer’s imagination.

Il retro dell'anello in oro e titanio — Il retro dell’anello in oro e titanio

Anello Mandala in oro, titanio e smeraldi

Orecchini in oro e diamanti bianchi e fancy

Anello Mandala in oro, titanio e diamante

Free style for Karen Karch

Published on November 14, 2021

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Cinque anelli impilati in oro e diamanti cognac, bianchi e gialli

In New York, a commercial activity that exceeds ten years of life is an exception. Going over 20 means becoming an institution. To get up to 30-year mark makes it a legend. And this is the story of Karen Karch, a Texan who moved to the city on the Atlantic and, after attending the Parsons School of Design, began working with jewelry. Initially with a laboratory called Push in 1996 in NoLita (North of Little Italy, an area of Manhattan). In 1989 she founded the jewelry company that bears her name. The experience has also played in favor of creative freedom, also thanks to the production of bespoke jewelry.

She herself defines her own contradictory style, between influences that include Gothic and Victorian references, along with a light-hearted pop approach. She also defines her brand as LGBT friendly. Finally, Karen uses different materials: from silver to gold, platinum, as well as diamonds and colored gems. Like some other jewelry company, the designer has long ago chosen to entrust the sale of her jewels to the web, on her website and through other marketplaces.

Anello con un rubino taglio rosa, diamanti, turchesi

Orecchini in argento brunito e zaffiri rosa

Collana con pendente in oro 18 carati e diamanti

Anello in oro 14 carati, diamanti e turchese

Anello in oro nero con diamanti, pietra luna

GemGèneve returns on May 5th

Published on November 11, 2021

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Appointment May 5, 2022. GemGenève seems to contradict the difficulties encountered by other fairs dedicated to jewelery. The formula identified by the promoters, Ronny Totah and Thomas Faerber, works. This is indicated not only by the date, already decided, for the fourth edition, but also by the balance sheet of the third GemGèneve (4-7 November) which ended with 2,757 visitors at the Palexpo in Geneva, professional and private buyers, but also an audience of enthusiasts. of jewelry and gems. Half of the visitors (1,065) had already been to GemGèneve in previous editions and returned. Although the impact of the pandemic still had an impact: there were 120 exhibitors from 15 countries, compared to 210 in 2019, also due to the restrictions still in force for travel. It is no coincidence that this has been called a challenging edition.

L'area del Palaexpo di Ginevra che ospita GemGèneve — L’area del Palaexpo di Ginevra che ospita GemGèneve

This Challenging Edition has gone well beyond our expectations. We were counting on the presence of around 2,000 visitors and we are happy to report 2,757 visitors (compared to 3,474 at the 2019 show, i.e. 20.64% fewer in 2021) came to discover the jewels presented at GemGenève. After seeing our visitors’ smiles, I have no doubt that the eagerly awaited emotion of these reunions has also been synonymous with commercial success.
Ronny Totah, organizer and co-founder of GemGèneve

Alongside the exhibitors of vintage jewelry and high quality gems, the eight designers (Aline Debusigne, Regina Gambatesa, Studio Renn, Atelier Allure, G Suen, Alexandra Jefford, Cora Sheibani, Alexander Tenzo) have found a good success. joined the Designer Vivarium, organized by the jewel historian Vivienne Becker as well as five designers presented in the Emerging Talents section (Pierre d’Alexis, Horowicz Fine Jewelry, Ena Iro, Elena Okutova). The presentations and conferences also had good attendance with 30-40 people in the audience at each presentation: they will soon be available online on the GemGenève digital platform.

Once again, GemGenève has played its cards right, proposing a unique platform for expression, dedicated to the world of coloured stones, exceptional diamonds, pearls, antique and contemporary jewellery, famous designers, and emerging talents. We have had more buyers and international visitors than expected, especially from America and Asia. I should also point out that the buyers present were certainly determined to make new acquisitions and do business.
Thomas Faerber, organizer and co-founder of GemGèneve

Finally, the launch of the Eric Horovitz Foundation should be noted. Partnership with Crea School Geneva for the creation of digital content in millennial mode: development of the Instagram account CreaEyes and three prizes awarded to GemGenève to Pauline Hepner, Head student, to Sulaiman Al Haidar, apprentice at Csp Arts Geneva and Hugo Massy, Student of the École Technique de la Vallée de Joux (Eric Horovitz Foundation Award). The next edition, as anticipated, will be held from 5 to 8 May 2022.

On horseback with Vincent Peach jewels

Published on November 7, 2021

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Anello in oro 14 carati Equestrian design

If you love country music, wide horizons and long rides, Nashville, Tennessee is probably your destination. The city is the American capital of traditional music, but also one of the landmarks of the traditions of the stars and stripes, those that include an apple pie and a farm, seen in so many films. Anyone who loves all of this will probably find Vincent Peach jewelry absolutely perfect. Because the Nashville-based jeweler offers a long line of luxury jewelry inspired by horse harnesses.

Although, in reality, Vincent Peach is famous for using pearls. The jewels in the shape of stirrups or other elements used for the mounts are the result of a walk along the corral of his Quarter Horse ranch in west Nashville. Up until that time, the jeweler had mostly created pearl jewelry. There is a reason. His father, James Peach, founded the United States Pearl Company in 1973. After the pearls, the father bought some jewelry. In short, he had cultured pearls and the profession of jeweler at home. Although Vincente, before trying his hand at jewelry, he studied design in Memphis.

But before founding his Maison, the designer worked on furniture and antiques for ten years and then traveled the world for two years on a sailing boat. After all this, he went back to the jewelry. And he decided to focus on a special jewelry, tuned to the great American dream, nature and the pleasure of riding. A passion that, among other things, is also appreciated by those who live far from Tennessee.

Bracciale in perle di Tahiti e laccio in cuoio

Freedom and jewels by Victor Velyan

Published on November 6, 2021

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Anello in oro 18 carati con tormalina Paraiba, diamanti e perle

If you meet him on one of California’s wide roads, riding his powerful Easy Rider-style motorcycle, you would never say Victor Velyan is a renowned jeweler and fine jewelry designer. But the appearance is deceiving. It is true, however, that the designer has an unconventional life behind him by jewelry standards. As a boy he played in a rock band, then spent 12 years in Africa as a safari guide. But in 1984 he returned to his homeland and started working as a diamond setter and then an apprentice jeweler. Having learned the techniques necessary to attempt a new adventure, he opened his own company, but with the idea of producing on behalf of third parties. Also because, as he says, it must be frustrating to have won over 27 awards, but under the name of other designers.

Until he decided, as often happens, to put his experience with one of his Maison to good use. Victor Velyan’s jewels, however, also hide past lives in the design. Large stones, sometimes juxtaposed in clusters, with often fancy or cabochon cuts, diamonds, paraiba tourmaline, emeralds, opals and lots of gold. Jewels that combine luxury with a musical rhythm, with the vivid colors of Africa, with the freedom of motorcycle travel.

Orecchini in oro 18 carati con smeraldi colombiani e diamanti

Anello in oro 18 carati con smeraldi colombiani

Collana in oro con opale, diamanti, tormalina Paraiba

Bracciale in oro con acquamarina e diamanti

Pendente in oro con opale nero e diamanti

Vintage jewels are back with Faraone Casa d’Aste

Published on November 4, 2021

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Orecchini fine anni Venti in oro bianco 18 carati con diamanti old cut per un peso totale di circa 10,65 carati

The pre-Christmas jewelry auction (and more) of Faraone is back, a Milanese company that for some years has expanded its business to auction sales. This year, next November 30th, jewels and diamonds will be accompanied by a 1950s-1960s collection of 46 Gucci designer bags, owned and loved over the years by a single customer and which will be sold in the completely dedicated closing session. to luxury vintage as well as a round of watches and objects signed by Hermes and Cartier, which will be beaten by Vittoria Bianchi, CEO of the Faraone auction house.

As for the jewels, however, among the novelties there are three that belonged to the Genoese photographer Giuliana Traverso. In all, there are 95 lots which include two large brilliant-cut diamonds weighing 7.37 and 10.47 carats respectively, as well as a rectangular, octagonal, D-color, stepped cut diamond weighing 3.59 carats, certified . In the catalog there are also a pair of late 1920s earrings in 18-carat white gold with old cut diamonds for a total weight of about 10.65 carats, a ring in 18-carat white and yellow gold with an octagonal minor oil Colombian emerald weighing approx. 6.65 carats, a gold necklace with drop and heart diamonds, rose and brilliant cut for a total of approx. 100 ct. and a pair of Colombian emeralds, octagonal, minor oil in paper with a total weight of 2.59 carats.

Anello con smeraldo colombiano di 6,65 carati e diamanti

The auction also includes art jewelry, a collection signed by the sculptor-designer Giorgio Facchini, characterized by geometric elements. It includes an 18-karat yellow gold band bracelet with adularia and chalcedony cabochons interspersed with micro-pearl threads, a 18-karat yellow gold band ring, rubies, sapphire and emerald, an 18-karat yellow gold brooch with red corals -orange and sapphire and an 18-karat white and yellow gold band ring with a brilliant-cut diamond weighing approximately 1.80 carats. The auction will be held in live streaming in three rounds, through the website and the dedicated app MyFaraone, or through the more traditional telephone or through written bids.

Anello di Giorgio Facchini con diamanti di 1,80 carati

Anello di Giorgio Facchini in oro giallo, rubini, zaffiri e smeraldi

Bracciale firmato Giorgio Facchini in oro, rubini e zaffiri

Collier in oro giallo rodiato e diamanti per circa 100 carati

Bracciale di Giorgio Facchini in oro, micro perle, adularia e calcedonio

Auverture opens to vintage

Published on October 29, 2021

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Anello Dome di Van Cleef & Arpels in oro rosa, diamanti, rubini

From trendy designers to vintage jewelry from great Maison. Auverture, the website founded by one of the most refined creative women in high jewelery, Bibi Van Der Velden, surprisingly opened the doors to a new genre of proposals. The marketplace, in fact, has inaugurated a section dedicated to vintage jewelry, with pieces also signed by brands such as Bulgari, Cartier, Tiffany or Val Cleef & Arpels. They are jewels made in the last century and put back into circulation to be worn again. It is the same kind of jewelry found on sites like 1stdibs, but also, with due proportions, at Sotheby’s or Christie’s. And it is a sign that high quality jewels maintain their value over time, because they continue to have a market.

That Auverture proposing these jewels, however, surprised those who considered Bibi Van Der Velden’s site as a space dedicated exclusively to the most innovative contemporary designers, such as Fernando Jorge, Ana Khouri, Bia Tambelli, Venyx, Alice Cicolini, Nikos Koulis , just to name a few. With the support of vintage jewelry, however, Auverture is now able to meet the requests of collectors and design enthusiasts of the past.

Orecchini firmati Bulgari in turchese e oro

Anello di Cartier in palladio e diamante

Anello Panthére di David Webb in oro e smeraldi

The fair gems of Debra Navarro

Published on October 15, 2021

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Her curriculum includes the Graduate Gemologist at the Gemological Institute of America and the Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Speech Communication and Rhetoric. With these experiences, Debra Navarro works in Wichita, a small town in Kansas, in the middle of the United States. The jewelry company that bears her name was founded in 2015. But the life and mission of the designer does not stop at the creation of earrings and rings with large precious stones. In fact, her activity is also directed towards charity initiatives.

And this attitude of helping others is intertwined with the passion for precious stones. Curiously, it is the effect of a documentary called Sharing the Rough, which tells the story of a precious stone. Debra Navarro therefore felt the need to get to know the history and life of those who work in the mines looking for gems in East Africa up close. A journey that changed her life. And that is reflected in her work, with the choice of enhancing the beauty of uncut or roughly shaped stones.

Not only that: the designer has promoted a non-profit organization to support mining communities, called Gem Legacy. The association supports education, vocational training and local economies in East African mining communities, supporting children, education and entrepreneurship. One hundred percent of the donations go directly to the communities where the gems are extracted.

Orecchini Hamisi in oro, tormalina verde

Orecchini Rachel in oro, granato, diamanti, tormalina

Melinda Maria, the art of pleasing those who like it

Published on October 14, 2021

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Stories, designers and jewels made in the USA. And things that can only happen in the States. Like the story of Melinda Maria, a very glam brand from Los Angeles, which on the home page of the website some time ago had a photo of Jennifer Lopez with two large hoop earrings. Beside the description: Big Ass Hoops (and the American singer is famous for). In short, jewelry for celebrity, sexy and rich people. But they are, at the same time, super cheap jewels, in gold-plated brass costing a few tens of dollars (also payable in installments), or 14-karat gold. The super cheap bijoux (the most expensive does not reach a thousand dollars), have been successful.

Owner and designer is Melinda Maria Spigel, 46, famous for her famous clients, such as Selena Gomez, Michelle Obama The Kardashians, Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift, Emma Stone, with whom she shares the photos on Instagram, where she has over 60,000 followers. And to say that he started designing jewelry quite late, in 2004. His life, in fact, changed when he met (and then married) Art Spigel, film producer, director and aficionado of dodgeball, a game that involves hitting players of the opposing team with foam balls: whoever is hit leaves the game (and no one considers them children).

Melinda Maria Raney, before becoming Mrs. Spigel, also played dodgeball during breaks from her job at the time (make-up artist, masseuse and, apparently, also she was a professional sweepstakes competitor, with whom she earned up to $ 65,000 on the Hollywood program. Squares). The foam balls and an immediate feeling did the rest, allowing Melinda Maria to devote herself to her passion as a designer. In short, stories that only in the US (perhaps) can happen.

PdPaola’s jewels for little girls

Published on October 7, 2021

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Una collana della collezione Les Petites

Jewelery (also) for girls. In fact, there are not a few mothers who make their little daughters wear jewelry designed specifically for under 13s: mini necklaces and bracelets, but also earrings for those who have decided that there is no age limit for a hole in the lobes. With this perspective, the Spanish brand PdPaola launched the Les Petites collection. Emphasizing, however, that the mini jewels can also adapt very well to those who are a few years older. In fact, the pendants that accompany the line dedicated to very young girls (geometric volumes, but also flowers, or rockets and planets), can adapt without problems even to older girls.

The small jewels, which have a size proportionate to the body of miniature women, are made of 925 sterling silver with an 18-karat gold plating and with the addition of blush or blue crystals. In short, they can be the first treasures of a jewel box destined to grow over time.

Bambini indossano la collezione Les Petites

Daria de Koning, family colors

Published on October 3, 2021

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Orecchini della collezione Nomos, con sunstone bianco dell'Oregon, diaspro rosso, oro 18 carati

Daria de Koning, how to paint with jewelery creation ♦ ︎
Dutch blood, born in New York, design with the spirit of the Mississippi. Daria de Koning has a rather original mix behind her. She is the daughter of a Dutch artist and a fifth generation American mother, and also her was a painter: Elaine Marie Catherine Fried. And more, he is his father who is very famous: Willem de Kooning, a painter who disappeared in 1997. But she has preferred to shorten her last name by eliminating a “o”. She tells in her bio, she traveled to the Netherlands, one of the modern design pole, when she was young. But she also studied art and graphics at the University of Washington, St. Louis, South USA and, as Daria said, American formal education has influenced both his personality and his design.

She has shown her passion for gems, rocks and colors since she was a little girl. When she was 11, already she had a collection of stones. The degree at the Gemological of America Institute, combined with metalworking lessons, has convinced the designer to turn her passion into work. Today her jewelery is also sold through the online channel Moda Operandi. She loves colored stones, especially if they are cut to cabochon: she likes smooth surfaces, round volumes, decided shades, lively stones and tending to the same tonality. As she would painting. One of the latest creations is the Nomos collection, which celebrates the orderly and graphic nature of precious stones born from the wild and chaotic planet in formation.

Orecchini con malachite, azzurrite, oro 18 carati

Anello con malachite, azzurrite, oro 18 carati

Orecchini con granato rosso, diaspro di Sonora, oro 18 carati

Bracciale con perle quadrate di acquamarina, tormalina nera burattata, legno fossilizzato

Orecchini con tormalina rosa, celestobarite, oro giallo

The jewels of the tsars

Published on October 2, 2021

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It was found a rare catalog that contains 406 pictures of jewels and gems belonged to the czar of Russia.

For nearly a century, thery a mystery. But now on the jewelry that belonged to Tsar it opens a new chapter. It was indeed found one of the few surviving examples (about 20) of a vintage catalog Bolshevik, an inventory of 406 jewelery seized by the revolutionaries to the Russian royal family. The catalog dates back to 1925 and is now also available online, as other 200 other rare and historically significant books on gems and jewelry, on archive.org site. The photographs are of course in black and white, but the volume is interesting because it shows, in addition to the crown jewels are exhibited in Russian museums, including pieces have disappeared.

At this link you will find the official document.

According to Dona Dirlam, director of the Gia library, which has retrieved the rare book, in 1925-1926, the Bolshevik government has published this catalog with the idea that the Romanov jewels would never have been sold.

The jewels presented in catalog are all belonged to the czars, beginning with the reign of Peter the Great, in 1689, until the end, with the last Emperor Nicholas II, who was killed in 1917. Among the 406 treasures there are the Imperial set with the Scepter which 189 carat diamond, the imperial globe, with a sapphire of 200 carats, the Great Imperial crown, and the bridal wreath. Federico Graglia

Onirikka’s Precious Dreams

Published on September 22, 2021

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Collezione Citron, orecchini in oro 18 carati con tsavorite e zaffiri gialli

The dream: from Shakespeare and Freud, from Emperor Constantine to Harry Potter, the images that crowd the imagination during the night can affect life and even history. Gloria Rank, the designer who founded Onirikka, knows it well. The name of the brand, in fact, derives from the word oniric, that is, concerning dreams. And, since in a dream you can wish for everything, Gloria dreamed of arriving among the finalists at the Design Couture Awards. Dream that came true, in the Best in Silver category, although Onirikka’s jewels are mostly created in gold, diamonds, stones and enamel. As in the Citron collection which uses colored sapphires, garnets and tsavorites.

Indeed, the story of Onirikka seems like a dream. Gloria Rank was born in Salvador, but she studied design at Le Arti Orafe in Florence, where she refined her compositional technique for jewelery. She returned to Salvador, got married, gave birth to two children and took a crash course in jewelry design at Gia in New York. Her first collection is from 2011, and was sold privately in El Salvador. Then, the designer launched the brand in the final at the Las Vegas fair.

Anello Citron in oro rosa con zaffiri rosa e gialli

Orecchini Citron in oro con zaffiri rosa e granati

Orecchini Citron Ladon in oro con zaffiri rosa e blu

Orecchini Citron in oro rosa con smalto e granati

Collezione Finch, orecchini in oro con smalto e diamanti

Gold, diamonds and celebrities at the Met Gala

Published on September 14, 2021

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After the fear of covid, despite the pandemic counting about 1600 deaths in the US in September 2021, the Met Gala in New York (canceled last year), one of the most important and famous events in the fashion world, is back. An evening that, as always, saw celebrities parading in designer clothes from great designers and wearing equally famous Maison jewels. The evening, it should be remembered, is an opportunity to raise funds for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the American city. The night’s theme, In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, inspired everything from the Matrix film series to the Statue of Liberty. Many jewels seen on the red carpet.

The Parisian Maison Messika for its jewels has chosen Emily Blunt, Gabrielle Union and Chloé Bailey. Emily Blunt, British actress, wore the Trapézistes earrings and the Danseurs Aériens two-finger ring from the Voltige High Jewelry collection, combined with the Roaring Diamonds bracelet. Gabrielle Union, an American actress, shone with the Diamond Spears necklace, a masterpiece of 70.88 carats of diamonds, associated with the Illusionnistes ring and the Wild Moon ring. And singer Chloé Bailey walked the red carpet in a full white suit and the sumptuous High Jewelry Roaring Diamond necklace, from the Paris est une Fête collection.

Emily Blunt, con gli orecchini Trapézistes e l'anello a due dita Danseurs Aériens della collezione High Jewelry Voltige, abbinati al bracciale Roaring Diamonds — Emily Blunt, con gli orecchini Trapézistes e l’anello a due dita Danseurs Aériens della collezione High Jewelry Voltige, abbinati al bracciale Roaring Diamonds

Harry Winston, a jewelry brand from New York, has granted his jewelry to Gemma Chan, Regina King, Zoey Deutch, Julia Garner, Rose Leslie and Kit Harrington. Gemma Chan, British actress, wore the iconic Winston Cluster Wreath Diamond necklace, 47.84 carat, set in platinum, earrings with diamonds, 7.37 carats, set in platinum and two rings: River, with diamonds for 2 , 58 carat, set in platinum, and the 2.74 carat diamond cufflink, set in platinum.

Regina King has chosen two different earrings, one pendant and the other button, with diamonds each over 4 carats, set in platinum. To these jewels are added three rings, always with diamonds and a Harry Winston Emerald quartz watch, in 18K yellow gold. Also for the American Maison, Zoey Deutch was on the catwalk with 3.22-carat diamond mesh earrings set in platinum, and three rings also in platinum and diamonds. Julia Garner, added a touch of color, with diamond earrings with pear-shaped sapphire drops, set in platinum and with 6.11-carat pear-shaped ruby drops, set in 18-karat gold and platinum. In addition, three rings with diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and rubies.

Finally, Rosa Leslie wore sapphire and diamond cascading earrings, 23.03 carat, set in platinum, a diamond bracelet, 8.91 carat, set in platinum, another bracelet with diamonds, 10.28 carat, set in platinum and two rings with diamonds, also by Harry Winston. Kit Harrington limited himself to an automatic watch, Harry Winston Midnight, in 18k white gold.

Kit Harrington con orologio Harry Winston Midnight, in oro bianco 18 carati

Damiani jewels at the Venice festival

Published on September 9, 2021

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Anello della collezione Mimosa indossato da Roberta Giarrusso

Many stars paraded on the red carpet of the 2021 Venice Film Festival. And, of course, lots of jewels too. The Damiani group was among the houses that enrolled more actresses and actors as witnesses of the jewelery production. Many, in fact, the apparitions of jewels of the Piedmontese brand. The actress and model Roberta Giarrusso wore the new Mimosa Cameo set, consisting of earrings and a ring with white diamonds. The actress Elisabetta Pellini, on the other hand, chose the bracelet from the Margherita collection with pearls and white diamonds.

Also on the occasion of the Venetian event, Manuela Servillo, on the red carpet in Venice with her husband, the actor Toni Servillo, chose to wear the Damiani earrings from the Sorgente collection in rose gold, garnet and diamonds. There is also space for men’s jewelery with the actor Marlon Joubert, who presented himself with the necklace from the Emozioni collection, earrings and cufflinks from the Belle Epoque collection. Signed by Salvini (another brand of the Damiani group), the jewels of Madalina Doroftei, international model and miss beauty, with Heart necklace, ring and Magic earrings.

So many lives for Andy Lif

Published on September 6, 2021

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Brooklyn (New York), Rome (Italy), but also San Miguel De Allende (Mexico), and then Los Angeles and a Buddhist center in California, the state where he lives and works. Andy Lifschutz’s life includes different points of view, stimulating experiences, travels. From all this Andy Lif was born, jewelry in 18-karat gold, often with plique-à-jour combined with diamonds or colored gems. The designer’s jewels are sculptural and refined, elegant in their subtlety, bold in their creativity.

Andy Lifschutz, married to a dancer and actress, studied with William Thomas King at Sterling Quest School of Jewelry Design and Creation, graduating in 2008. The designer now creates orders for selected clients and uses only salvaged metals, mainly 18K gold and enamel. Not only that: gems often combine with rough elements such as wood, bone and stone. Each closure is handmade and every single object has a story.

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According to Dona Dirlam, director of the Gia library, which has retrieved the rare book, in 1925-1926, the Bolshevik government has published this catalog with the idea that the Romanov jewels would never have been sold.

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