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Vrai’s green choice

Published on December 9, 2022

Anello Tori et Moi con diamanti di laboratorio a pera e taglio smeraldo

For some years the world of jewelry has been divided in two: on the one hand those who support the use of artificially created diamonds with sophisticated machinery, on the other those who do not want to give up natural diamonds, extracted from the earth. Vrai is a jewelry brand that has chosen to use diamonds created in the laboratory. At the base is the initiative of Martin Roscheisen, an Austrian-American entrepreneur. Roscheisen was among the first to understand the commercial potential of the Internet in the late 1990s, and he was also one of the first Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to focus on green energy technology. In 2015, Roscheisen launched Diamond Foundry, with backing from Leonardo DiCaprio, and in November 2016, Diamond Foundry bought jewelry brand Vrai.

Orecchini Huggie in oro 14 carati e diamanti

The brand is keen to underline the green aspect: Vrai diamonds are produced by Diamond Foundry in Wenatchee, in the State of Washington, USA, using 100% hydroelectric energy. The company has been Carbon Neutral certified since 2017. Vrai’s jewels are made of 14-karat gold, with a modern, fairly simple design. The 14 carats together with laboratory diamonds allows prices to be contained: a gold ring with a 0.5 carat stone, sold online, is offered at around 1500 dollars.

Orecchini pendenti in oro 14 carati e diamanti

Anello chevalier in oro 14 carati e diamante lab grown

Orecchini in oro 14 carati e diamanti sintetici con diverso taglio

Orecchini con diamanti di laboratorio ovali e taglio smeraldo

Anello Toi et Moi in oro 14 carati e diamanti di laboratorio

A ring in a single diamond from the father of the iPhone

Published on November 13, 2018

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A ring made from a single diamond, conceived by the designer father of the iPhone, John Ive ♦ ︎

A ring made from a single diamond, even if artificial. It is designed by the designer father of iPhone, iMac, iPad … This exceptional creation will be on sale on December 5 in Miami, in an auction organized by Sotheby’s. The proceeds will go to charity, for an organization, Red, which deals with AIDS patients.

The ring was designed by Apple’s chief design officer, Sir Jony Ive, in collaboration with industrial designer Marc Newsom.

The artificial diamond, on the other hand, was produced by Diamond Foundry. The ring has no metallic part. Diamond Foundry is the leading American producer of stone produced in the laboratory and aims to present itself as a sustainable company. It boasts the star of Blood Diamond and among the shareholders there is Leonardo DiCaprio, who was the protagonist of a film about the extraction of illegal diamonds.

The diamond used for the ring is about 45 carats, one of the largest laboratory stones in the world.

The ring, however, does not yet exist: if a buyer is found, the rough diamond created in the laboratories of the Bay Area of Diamond Foundry will be sent to master cutters in Antwerp to be customized to the extent of the finger of the new owner.
To realize the ring’s design, which has 2-3,000 almost microscopic facets, Ive and Newsom have also designed special tools, including a device that will project a laser beam through a micrometric water jet to create the cylindrical cut of the interior ring. The price? Among 150000 and 250000 dollars. Cosimo Muzzano

Le gemme sintetiche di Diamond Foundry e Leonardo DiCaprio

The Oscars of the jewels

Published on February 29, 2016

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Lady Gaga con orecchini di diamanti taglio smeraldo: valutati 8 milioni di dollari

Who won the Oscar of the jewelry? Whenever the headlights are lit on the most famous awards, attention also focuses on dresses and jewelry of movie stars. But for 2016, perhaps, it will remain the memory of the jewels of two pop star, Lady Gaga and Priyanka Chopra. Both wore jewelry that have left gaping. Lady Gaga wore a set of earrings with emerald cut diamonds estimated $ 8 million. Yes, 8 million. It was slightly less than the value of the jewels of the Indian model and singer Priyanka Chopra, since the earrings with diamonds 50 carat Lorraine Schwartz, valued at more than $ 3 million, as well as diamond rings, including a 10-carat value rose $ 850,000, and another 8 carats from 300,000, plus a fancy pink 20-carat Golconda. In short, he had on his hands a total of 67 carats with a value of about 2.5 million.
In comparison of this, the jewels to 2.8 million of Chrissy Teigen seemed a small thing (so to speak). Others spotted jewelry on the red carpet: Sofia Vergara chose Lorraine Schwartz earrings with sapphires 65 carat next to diamonds. Heidi Klum showed the rings she wore diamond 20, 12 and 16 carats on Instagram. Kate Winslet, before embracing Leonardo DiCaprio, has hooked earrings Indian brand Nirav Modi. He could not miss, obviously, Tiffany, worn by Cate Blanchett, Reese Witherspoon, Sophie Turner and Liev Schreiber. In particular, Cate Blanchett wore a bracelet, a ring and earrings in the collection Blue Book 2016, while Reese Witherspoon opted for bracelets and earrings with diamonds and a platinum ring with tsavorite. Sophie Turner has completed her look with a necklace, earrings and ring with diamonds, more and Tiffany, while Liev Schreiber has worn a watch Tiffany CT60. Finally, Elizabeth Banks wore jewels in platinum and diamond Tiffany & Co. Lavinia Andorno

L'anello con diamante a forma di cuore di Lady Gaga — L’anello con diamante a forma di cuore di Lady Gaga

A destram, Liev Schreiber con orologio Tiffany

Priyanka Chopra con orecchini e anelli di diamanti

Sofia Vergara con orecchini Lorraine Schwartz

Olivia Culpo con collana e orecchini Pasquale Bruni

Zendaya con il collier collier in oro bianco e 3754 diamanti

Diamonds of Leonardo DiCaprio

Published on November 12, 2015

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Do you remember Blood Diamond, with starring Leonardo DiCaprio? Be ‘, they must have impressed quite the actor, who just turned 41 years old. So much so that Leo decided to enter as a partner in a new company that produces synthetic diamonds. In short, diamonds socially aware. “I’m proud to invest in Diamond Foundry — reducing the human and environmental toll of the diamond industry by sustainably culturing diamonds without the destructive use of mining”, ruled DiCaprio.
The company is called Diamond Foundry and is headquartered in California. It is a laboratory of high technology, where diamonds are created atom by atom with a new process based on plasma, with virtually no carbon dioxide emissions. The procedure was developed by engineers at MIT in Boston, Stanford University and Princeton. High temperatures can to recreate the conditions in which carbon has been converted into diamond by nature. You can then buy individual diamonds, but not only. The company turned to 24 independent designers to create collections of jewelry with diamonds, in a range of between $ 200 for a stainless steel ring, to 15 thousand dollars to earrings with gold. Federico Graglia

Anello con diamante sintetico e oro di Jennifer-Dawes. Prezzo: 3.500 dollari

Anello Alone di stelle, con diamante sintetico e oro di Anouk. Prezzo: 2.200 dollari

Anello disegnato da Michael Weggenmann. Prezzo: 3.990 dollari

Orecchini disegnati da April Higashi. Prezzo: 15mila dollari

Anello in oro bianco di Christine Guibara. Prezzo: 2.220 dollari