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Monica Rich Kosann, one click jewels

Published on March 20, 2021

Pendenti in argento placcato oro e smalto

The jewels of the American designer Monica Rich Kosann reflect all the modernity of New York ♦ ︎

There are women who become jewelry designers after long studies in goldsmithing or gemology schools. Others who leave professions like finance or marketing to dive into the world of rings, necklaces and bracelets. But, perhaps, there is only one woman who has established herself in the jewelry world after being a portrait photographer: the American Monica Rich Kosann. A passion, that for photography, which perhaps helped her to better understand what a woman really wants when she chooses a jewel.

To photography, the designer has joined the creation of her brand, Monica Rich Kosann.

Pendenti con i segni zodiacali in argento placcato oro e smalto

The collection of 18 karat gold and sterling silver jewelery by Monica Rich Kosann starded from in the idea that every woman has a story to tell, she argues. Today its collections are offered in its boutiques in New York and Los Angeles, its lifestyle store in Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus and over 100 high-end jewelry stores and specialties. The designer is also part of the Cfda (Council of Fashion Designers of America).

Her jewelry have a very modern, very New York style, very light. It is fine jewelry to wear without problems every day and, in fact, it is offered at very different prices, since it also includes silver jewelry. The latest collection is called Slim Locket and includes a series of pendants that can be opened and in which to insert a photograph. A very modern line for a jewel that recalls the lockets of nineteenth century. Alessia Mongrando

Pendente con diamanti bianchi, rubino, zaffiro arancione, zaffiro giallo, tsavorite verde, zaffiro blu e granato viola

Pendente in oro giallo 18 carati con diamanti

Monica Rich Kosann. Copyright: gioiellis.com

In 12 in the Design Room

Published on December 19, 2018

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L'area Design Room a VicenzaOro September

Here are the 12 creators present in the Design Room at VicenzaOro January 2019 ♦ ︎

VicenzaOro warms the engines and anticipates the names of the 12 creatives who will be in the Design Room in January. The Design Room, introduced a couple of years ago by the previous management of the event, is a space dedicated to niche brands, and of high value. Young designers, but also established names in the jewelry scene, but always with strong creative skills.

So here are the 12 designers of VicenzaOro January: Alessio Boschi, Alessa Jewelry, Anna Maccieri Rossi, Bee Goddess, Cedille, Lydia Courteille, Eclats Jewels, Mattia Cielo, Magerit, Marie Mas, Monica Rich Kosann, Sicis.

Some, like Alessio Boschi, Alessa or Magerit, have already been present at the Design Room of VicenzaOro, while others are making their debut. For Mattia Cielo, for example, it is a return to VicenzaOro after many seasons of Baselworld, while for the micromosaics of Sicis it is an absolute first.
The characteristics of the designers are also very different: Alessio Boschi or Lydia Courteille are part of the world of high jewelery, even if with creative features that make them unique. Bee Goddess or Anna Maccieri Rossi proposes, instead, an original fine jewelry, Magerit prefers a late baroque sculptural style, Monica Rich Kosann is a brand of fine jewelry of wide consumption, Cedille puts the accent on an ethnic style, and Mattia Cielo on a technological design.

Anello Flamingo, oro rosa, rodocrosite, zaffiri, rubini, diamanti neri e bianchi, zaffiri orange e rosa — Lydia Courteille, anello Flamingo, oro rosa, rodocrosite, zaffiri, rubini, diamanti neri e bianchi, zaffiri orange e rosa

Bee Goddess, anello in oro rosa con diamanti bianchi, blu e neri

Bracciale della linea Pavone di Mattia Cielo

Sicis, anello Arabesque in micromosaico, oro bianco, diamanti e rubino

VicenzaOro, among the news there is the farewell of Marzotto

Published on November 20, 2018

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Da sinistra, Matteo Marzotto, Lorenzo Cagnoni, Ugo Ravanelli

The vice president of Ieg, Matteo Marzotto, leaves the company with controversy, while they preparing the edition of VicenzaOro January ♦ ︎

There are already the first changes for the next edition of VicenzaOro January. But at the appointment of the winter edition of the jewelery fair, controversy also shine. That can not leave the insiders indifferent.

A few days ago, in fact, Matteo Marzotto, vice president of IEG, a company born from the union of Fiera Rimini with Fiera Vicenza, has resigned from his position, in a controversy with the octogenarian president of Italian Exhibition Group, the very senior Lorenzo Cagnoni.

It is not a little good-bye, as Marzotto must be credited with having relaunched VicenzaOro, above all at a difficult time for the Italian economy. New ideas, dynamism and personal relationships of Marzotto were the recipe for the new face of the format, which was then successfully exported abroad. All this, however, does not seem to have been enough for the new management of the company. More than a merger between two partners, it is the sense of the farewell of Marzotto, it was a question of an OPA of Rimini on Vicenza. And for Ieg, whose goal is to be listed on the stock exchange, Marzotto’s leave is not a minor goodbye.

The distance had already appeared clear during the last edition of VicenzaOro September, in which Marzotto was not involved.

Matteo Marzotto, presidente di Fiera Vicenza (a sinistra) e Corrado Facco, direttore generale — Matteo Marzotto, ex presidente di Fiera Vicenza (a sinistra) e Corrado Facco, ex direttore generale

In any case, the Veneto entrepreneur did not use half-terms and denounced in a letter the lack of “institutional respect of the minority shareholder, too often ill-tolerated and kept on the sidelines, even on occasions of important decisions, such as that of assignment of the design for the enlargements of the exhibition areas, brought to the board by ad Ravanelli to things widely done and for mere disclosure”.
Marzotto’s letter also underlines what the experts have been saying negatively for some time: the hasty dismissal of the former director of Fiera Vicenza, Corrado Facco, Marzotto’s right-hand man and co-author of the re-launch of VicenzaOro.
“The way we look is practically opposite on everything, except on the goodness of the merger of the two fair companies and their listing on the Stock Exchange”, concluded Marzotto bitterly.

Maybe even to spread a veil on this epilogue not commendable, IEG begins to turn on the lights on the next appointment. Here are the news: Roberto Coin will present the new versions of the Princess Flower collection, Damiani the extensions of the D.Side, Eden and the iconic Belle Epoque collections. In the Icon area there will be Fope, Crivelli, Leo Pizzo, Tamara Comolli, Djula. A confirmation is also that of Alessio Boschi in the Design Room, in which he will also find the Parisian designer-artist Lydia Courteille, the Vicentine Mattia Cielo (for him a return) and Monica Rich Kosann. Confirmation also for Giovanni Raspini, Rue de Milles, Victoria Cruz, Bronzallure, Crieri. Cosimo Muzzano

Interno di Fiera Vicenza September. Foto di Carolina Nobile

In Las Vegas the jewelry’s Oscar

Published on May 27, 2015

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Are like the Oscars but for jewelery, the prizes awarded each year at the Couture Show in Las Vegas, the event dedicated to high-end and design jewelry. Which curiously takes place on the same days and in the same city of another trade fair, the Jck Las Vegas, more commercial, but also the largest in United States. And if every year, there is great expectation to find out the names of the winners of the 13 categories in the competition, announced at the end of the event, it may happen that an exhibitor receives an award from competitor organization. In fact, the brand founded by an American family of Burmese origin, Omi Privé, was tribute of the JCK Jewelers Choice Awards, foe the category of rings over $ 10,000 for a jewel with a black opal oval Lightning Ridge, 4.33 carats, surrounded by blue sapphires and tsavorites. The ring costing $ 26,000 was already sold but if you want to see other opals that stand out for the beauty of the stone or the originality or the elegance of the setting, here a selection of those featured at the Couture Show. Cosimo Muzzano

Omi Privé, anello con opale nero ovale Lightning Ridge, di 4.33 carati, circondato da zaffiri blu e tsavoriti. Prezzo: 26 mila dollari

Nina Runsdorf, orecchini con opali Yahwah e diamanti fancy. Prezzo: 25 mila dollari

Gurhan, collana in oro giallo con 62 opali blu taglio cabochon di diverse misure e 39 diamanti. Prezzo: 128 mila dollari

JJewels Milano, orecchini collezione Morgana con opali, granati e diamanti

Noor Fares, anello Tilsam in oro giallo, opale Crystal e diamanti.

Erica Courtney, orecchini in oro giallo 18 carati con due opali Peacock, due topazi blu, diamanti bianche e zaffiri. Prezzo: 25 mila dollari

Monica Rich Kosann, ciondolo pezzo unico in oro rosa con opale Crystal di 54,98 carati e diamanti. Prezzo: 105 mila dollari