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Doryn Wallach, Manhattan art deco style

Published on July 16, 2021

Anello in oro con diamanti e onice pan di zucchero esagonale

New York-style Art Deco jewelry of rising designer Doryn Wallach, with her novelties ♦

Doryn Wallach was recently named Emerging Designer of 2016 by Centurion Jewelry and entered among the “rising stars” chosen by Jck in Las Vegas. And in 2017 she made his debut at Couture. And to say that she had specialized as an interior designer. Houses, apartments, furniture were his first interest: she, in fact, studied interior design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.

Then, he discovered the jewelry. In any case, his first interest transpires on the type of style that Doryn chose: geometric, with a stated preference for the art deco. Almost as necklaces, bracelets and rings were small luxury furnishings to wear. One way of interpreting the decidedly modern jewelry. She lives and works in New York and as a newyorker she is attracted by the atmosphere of his city, full of contrasts: perhaps this is why in his jewels are intersecting lines, unusual stones, with amazing texture. She use, for example, gold satin with a white or black diamond, onyx, agate, turquoise, red coral, pearls, sapphires and emeralds, but strictly separated into different jewelry.

Bracciale in oro con diamanti taglio rosa

VINTAGE ONYX AND DIAMOND LORGNETTE — Pendente stile vintage in oro bianco, diamanti e onice

Anello in agata marmorizzata con diamanti e oro giallo satinato

Pendente in oro, diamanti, agata e perla

Lisa Nik story

Published on July 8, 2021

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Anello con rodolite, ametista e indicolite

Lisa Nik, jewels, stones and a bit of Italy behind the history of the brand ♦ ︎

Lisa Nik is a New York fine jewelry brand. But it was also born thanks to a pinch of Italy. Founding the company in 2009 was Lisa Nikfarjam. Graduated in economics, Italian and French at Pepperdine University, California, she moved to New York for a master’s degree in management. But, obviously, her interest was on jewelry: after following the canonic gemology course at Gia (Gemological Institute of America), in 1998 she was cast as executive vice president of Roberto Coin. For the Italian jeweler she worked as a manager from January 1998 to February 2009, 11 years and two months. Just enough time to learn all the secrets of the craft and think it’s time to try it alone. And so it was.

The collections are made of 18 carat gold, colored stones, silver and diamonds. The Colors collection uses vibrant colored stones to create an emotional response. Rocks uses the heat of colored stones to enhance the setting of jewelery. There is no extravagance, but innovation in tradition. But it would be trivial to say that the idea is the result of its previous experience.

Fantastic jewels and where to find them (in New York City)

Published on June 21, 2021

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Collana Serpente d - Jar in oro, argento, ametiste, zaffiri, diamanti

Men and beasts. Or, rather, creatures that are part of the world of nature. And jewelry. Animals are at the center of an exhibition in New York called Beautiful Creatures, which brings together some of the most spectacular jewels inspired by the world of animals. The exhibition is organized at Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery within the American Museum of Natural History. Over one hundred precious jewels created by the greatest jewelry houses have been selected, from the iconic panthers of Cartier to the butterflies of Suzanne Belperron. With rather rare pieces, such as the necklace by the American designer Joel Arthur Rosenthal, better known as Jar: the one on display, one of the few made by the legendary jeweler, is from 1990 and is made with precious and semiprecious stones and with pavé diamonds set in silver and gold. The selected jewels have been crafted over the past 150 years, in line with the museum’s recent 150th anniversary celebration.

The selected jewels exclude pets, while they include those somehow present in some corner of the museum. There are many great Maison present, from Bulgari to Van Cleef & Arpels, as well as contemporary designers such as Bina Goenka. The exhibition, which was actually announced in autumn, but then postponed due to the covid, is present in the new permanent rooms of Allison and Roberto Mignone and is free and to visit it requires health safety measures (i.e. a little distancing ).

Spilla leone in oro e zaffiri gialli di Van Cleef & Arpels

Spilla a forma di zampa di leone di Fulco di Verdura. È composta con una conchiglia di capesante acquistata dal designer italiano nel negozio di articoli da regalo del Museo nel 1940.jpg

Stella di mare flessibile disegnata da Salvator Dalì nel 1950

Spilla in oro con ametista, smeralzi, zaffiri, smalto di Suzanne Belperron

Spilla a forma di cervo volante in oro, zaffiri e diamanti realizzata da Boucheron nel 1895

Candies by Ippolita

Published on June 7, 2021

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Ippolita is the brand founded in New York in 1999 by the Italian-origin artist and designer Ippolita Rostagno. The brand has collaborated with the Brooklyn Museum and with the American painter Will Cotton to create a very playful jewelry collection. In fact, jewelry and art often go together. The aesthetic theme of the collection, in this case, are candies and sweets. For example, there is an 18-karat gold cluster necklace with four glass and ceramic pendants. 50% of the proceeds go to the Brooklyn Museum.

Cakes and marshmallows, also subjects for the works of Will Cotton, are transformed into jewels rings in the shape of colored candies and mints. There are diamond pavé rings, but also simple blue, green, yellow and red opaque glass rings set on a thin 18K gold band, reminiscent of gummy candies. There is also a peppermint ring in 18-karat gold and limited edition ceramic with the colors of the Italian flag, Ippolita’s country of origin.

Anello in oro 18 carati e vetro opaco rosso

The high-society of Maja DuBrul

Published on May 29, 2021

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Anello con kunzite e danburite californiana

In the posh-society of New York, the designer Maja DuBrul has a prominent place: she proposes high quality jewels and at the same time participates in the elegant social life of the city together with her husband, the entrepreneur Nicholas DuBrul, who has a solid family behind him and a real estate empire. Maja DuBrul, who has Austrian roots, launched the jewelry brand in 2005, but after spending a few years as an art and fashion history teacher.

The designer loves to build her jewels starting from semi-precious stones, which play a predominant part in the aesthetics of the jewel. Not only that: they are often little-known gems extracted preferably in America, such as kunzite or Californian danbuirite, alongside the more well-known aquamarine, tourmalines, emeralds, gray diamonds and pearls. But there are also lily-of-the-valley-shaped earrings with an opal carved in Germany and mounted on a hammered gold stem. Or a necklace made of tourmaline leaves with an irregular profile.

Orecchini a forma di mughetto in oro martellato e opale intagliato

Orecchini con zaffiro dello Sri Lanka e perle

Magnificent Jewels in New York with Sotheby’s

Published on May 28, 2021

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L'anello con diamante fancy yellow The Sienna Star

The decline (finally) of the pandemic has rekindled the engines of jewelry, but also the pleasure of shopping for Magnificent Jewels like those that Sotheby’s is selling in New York on June 9th. The auction also has a title: The Roaring Twenties 2.0. The sale includes a selection of 94 lots, including a set of white and colored diamonds. In addition to the high prices achieved for colored gems and designer pieces in Geneva earlier this month, the sale is further distinguished by exceptional Kashmir and Ceylon sapphires, Colombian emeralds and Burmese rubies set in iconic designs signed by the most prestigious houses. Immediately after the sale of Magnificent Jewels, online bids will open for the one-lot auction of a large 50.03 carat G-color round diamond, offered without reserve.

The pieces for sale will be on display at Sotheby’s galleries on York Avenue from 4 to 8 June as part of Sotheby’s Luxury Week, a series of nine auctions spanning the fastest growing categories in the luxury sphere. The highlight of the sale is a Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond crafted by London-based Mayfair high jewelery, Glenn Spiro. The gem is 73.11 carats, and is named The Sienna Star, with the highest color rating for a yellow diamond from the Gemological Institute of America. The gem also represents one of the largest Fancy Vivid Yellow diamonds ever auctioned. The absolute scarcity of fine yellow diamonds exceeding 50 carats makes the appearance at auction of this stone a pivotal moment in the world of precious gems and “an extraordinary object in the extraordinary world of precious stones” according to Gia. The Sienna Star is offered for sale with an estimate of $ 3 million.

Il diamante Fancy Vivid Yellow di 73,11 carati, anello di Glenn Spiro. Courtesy of Sotheby’s

At the June auction it is the protagonist of a distinguished private collection that boasts six breathtaking jewels, estimated in total at over 13 million dollars: the proceeds will go to a charitable foundation. Above all, an impressive Colombian emerald and diamond necklace by Harry Winston, which combines an elegant and delicate design with exceptional stones and exquisite workmanship (estimate 1.5-2.5 million dollars).

Collana con diamanti e smeraldi colombiani di Harry Winston. Courtesy of Sotheby’s

Complementing this is a 13.02-carat Burmese ruby ring, mounted by Carvin French (estimate 1-2 million) and a spectacular necklace by Andrew Clunn, with 28 graduated oval-shaped diamonds totaling over 168 carats ( estimate 2-3 million). The collection is further completed by a 23.59 carat D Color, Internally Flawless, Type IIa diamond ring (estimate 1.8-2.8 million) and a pair of D Color diamond pendants, weighing 27.01. and 29.84 carats and estimated at 1-1.5 million and 1.2-1.8 million, respectively.

Anello con rubino birmano da 13,02 carati. Courtesy of Sotheby’s

Van Cleef & Arpels show
From the great French Maison, the New York auction offers a necklace-bracelet combination in rose gold, pink sapphire and Zip Antique Udaipur diamonds. The zip applied to jewels was, as is known, an idea of the Duchess of Windsor in the 1930s, but the first of the now iconic Zip models by Van Cleef & Arpels is from 1950. The zip transforms a functional object into a technically brilliant jewel and glamorous that can be worn open like a necklace or closed like a bracelet. Very few examples were made during this period, further cementing the design as one of the most coveted jewelry in the world. More recently, Van Cleef & Arpels has produced a limited number of Zips: the Antique Udaipur model is among the most elegant and substantial.

Bracciale Zip di Van Cleef & Arpels. Courtesy of Sotheby’s

Among the many innovations by Van Cleef & Arpels, their most celebrated is undoubtedly the mystery setting, an invisible embedding system. Patented in 1933, the technique gave rise to some of the most spectacular jewels of the 20th century, such as the Duchess of Windsor’s holly leaf brooch (1936) and Princess Faiza of Egypt’s strikingly naturalistic peony clip. The meticulous process takes approximately 90 minutes per gemstone, each fluted so that it can be run on a rail system, eliminating the need for spikes that would otherwise interrupt the passage of light. After hundreds, even thousands, of hours of work, a jewel of extraordinary fluidity is created. With just a handful of pieces created each year, Van Cleef’s mystery settings are the pinnacle of fine jewelry and a requirement for anyone wishing to have the full canon of jewelry design.

Spilla con Mystery setting, diamanti e zaffiri, di Van Cleef & Arpels. Courtesy of Sotheby’s

Cartier Art Déco
The June sale features exceptional jewelry from the 1920s and 1930s, Cartier’s most sought-after period. Among the lots in the catalog are two emeralds, pearls and diamonds clasps, a jabot brooch in diamonds and onyx, a jabot brooch with emerald and diamonds with jardinière motif and a diamond bracelet, with Old European diamonds, single cut and Emerald.

Cartier, spilla Jabot con smeraldo e diamanti. Courtesy of Sotheby’s

collana di Andrew Clunn con 28 diamanti a forma ovale graduata per un totale di oltre 168 carati. Courtesy of Sotheby’s

Circles and straight lines with Jolly Bijou

Published on May 26, 2021

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Anello in oro 14 carati con zaffiri rosa

From the world of fashion in Paris and London to the world of jewelry in New York: the flight across the Atlantic Ocean was carried out by the French designer Caroline Denis, who in 2017 founded the Jolly Bijou brand in Brooklyn, where she lives and produces the his jewels. After 15 years of working with brands such as Saint-Laurent and Chloé, where she was responsible for image and visual identity, Caroline flew with her husband and children to the United States. First she went back to school at the Gemological Institute of America. Then, she put her experience and her new skills to good use.

From France, however, she brought with her the taste for Art Déco in a modern version, used for her collections of 14-karat gold jewelry, with an abundance of gems such as tourmalines and colored sapphires, tsavorites and topazes, which are aligned to compose lines straight lines and broken circles: geometric shapes that, thanks to the colored stones, are very cheerful. Her jewelry is handmade in New York.

Orecchini in oro rosa 14 carati con tormalina verde

Jamie Wolf, jewels at dance step

Published on May 25, 2021

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From stage to laboratory, from paso doble to carats, from exercises at mirror to sketches on paper: Jamie Wolf was a star in two different worlds, that of ballet and, now, that of jewelry. In fact, the designer was a dancer at the New York City Ballet for about ten years, since she was 17. But the world of ballet involves intense commitment, along with long breaks when the show season takes a stop. And during those moments Jamie Wolf began composing jewelry. First with simple models and then more and more professional, which she began to sell to the members of the dance company.

Orecchini in oro giallo 18 carati, diamanti e opali

Given the success of her second job, in 2006 the dancer left the stage and became a full-time jeweler. Successfully: an engagement ring made by Jamie Wolf ended up on Natalie Portman’s finger. The jewels are handmade in New York, with 18K yellow, white and rose gold. Engagement rings, earrings, classic or floral motifs are also for sale online on various platforms.

Anello in oro giallo e diamanti bianchi e anneriti

The long roots of Madhuri Parson

Published on May 23, 2021

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Anello in oro 14 carati con zaffiri, topazio bianco

Having a grandfather who sells precious stones wholesale in London, Paris and Geneva is a good starting point. In addition, Madhuri Parson has a family that has been doing business with gems and jewelry for six generations, based in Jaipur, India. As she spent her time observing the Indian city’s artisans working gold and gems, the designer was probably already thinking about what she would do when she grew up. Jewelery, of course. Now Madhuri is based in New York, where she studied gems at Gia and jewelry design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, but she also works in Japipur and Mumbai. Curiously, however, all this came after an experience in the world of technology, in Silicon Valley.

The family roots, however, have fortunately taken over. Madhuri Parson launched her first collection in 2011 in the United States. Like other Indian-born designers, she likes to mix oriental motifs with modern western aesthetics. In addition to making bespoke pieces, she sells high-end retailers such as Harvey Nichols in London and Bloomingdale’s in the US, or online at Moda Operandi.

Anello Trio in oro giallo 14 carati e diamanti

Bracciale Trio in oro giallo 18 carati e diamante

Orecchini con diamanti in oro giallo 18 carati e smalto indiano, diamanti taglio rosa

Orecchini con tormalina in oro giallo 14 carati

Orecchini pendenti in oro giallo 18 carati e diamanti

Orecchini con madreperla e rubini su oro bianco

Ana Khouri between Maia and social responsibility

Published on May 22, 2021

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Anello Maia in oro 18 carati, diamanti e zaffiri

While there are those who emphasize using recycled gold to demonstrate her good intentions, there are also those, like Ana Khouri, who beat everyone with her Brazilian non-profit organization Projeto Ovo. The Brazilian designer based in New York has led her Projeto Ovo since 2014, which donates 100% of all sales proceeds to 75 NGOs. In short, Ana Khouri is a champion of goodness. But she is also a jewelry professional who likes to choose little traveled roads. For example, some jewelry is handcrafted in the United States with silver-based prong settings, a late 19th-century Ottoman technique called falamenk.

Anello in oro con diamanti della collezione Maia

Among the most recent creations, for example, the Maia collection uses this goldsmith technique to propose wrapping earrings and rings crossed by circles formed by a spiral, in 18-karat gold, or enriched with diamonds and precious stones. In fact, the designer has a long experience in the choice of gems: after graduating from Gia and Parsons in New York, she has worked on single projects since 2002 and officially launched her eponymous line Maison in 2013. Needless to add, her work is made exclusively with 18K Fairmined, Fairtrade or platinum gold and precious stones of ethical and responsible origin.

Earcuff in oro con diamanti, zaffiri e tormaline

Earcuff Philippa in oro bianco e diamanti

Chrysler and The Dancing Sun, two super diamonds with Christie’s

Published on May 17, 2021

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The Chrysler Diamond, diamante a forma di pera di 54,03 carati, colore D, Internally Flawless

Spring is one of the two periods of the year when large jewelery auctions are concentrated. After the one in Geneva, Christie’s offers another Magnificent Jewels auction in New York for June 8, preceded by the online sale of jewelery from 20 May to 4 June. The auction includes a significant selection of colored diamonds, colorless diamonds and precious stones, along with pieces signed by Bulgari, Cartier, Graff, Harry Winston, Jar, Tiffany & Co and Van Cleef & Arpels. Estimates range from $ 10,000 to $ 3,500,000.

The Dancing Sun, 204,36 carati, e altri diamanti gialli originari della stessa pietra grezza

The auction on June 8 is led by The Dancing Sun, a huge intense yellow diamond of 204.36 carats, VVS2 purity (estimate 3.5-5.5 million dollars). The Dancing Sun is the largest honed diamond mined in North America. This exceptional stone, along with six additional diamonds (lots 62-67) ranging from 14.52 to 1.06 carats, were cut and polished from the largest quality rough diamond found in North America: weighing 552, 74 carat, the stone was discovered in 2018 by the Diavik Diamond Mine in Canada.

Also featured is the Chrysler Diamond, a magnificent pear-shaped diamond of 54.03 carats, color D, Internally Flawless (estimate 3.5-4.5 million). The story of this exceptional stone began in 1958, when Harry Winston bought what was then known as the Louis XIV diamond owned by Thelma Chrysler Foy, daughter of Walter Chrysler, an automotive entrepreneur who also gave his name to the famous Art Deco skyscraper in New York. Set for the first time in a tiara and exhibited at the Musée du Louvre (1962), the diamond was sold by Winston in 1963, along with a 61.80-carat diamond, to Eleanor Loder. The current owner acquired the pair of gems in 1983: now the diamonds are referred to as the Gemini and included in Notable Diamonds of the World. The Chrysler diamond is now mounted in a necklace and will rightfully go to auction in New York.

The Christies auction includes an important selection of jewels from the mythical Jar, which includes almost 20 creations. The most important piece is a pair of natural pearl and diamond earrings (estimate 700,000-1,000,000 dollars). Joel Arthur Rosenthal’s passion for unparalleled perfection and innovation earned him a retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2013: he is the first living jeweler to be granted this honor. Three jewels for sale from this collection, Lots 150, 152 and 154, were presented in this prestigious exhibition.

The Flawless Match, anello composto da un diamante blu brillante a forma di pera di 2,52 carati e un diamante a forma di pera di 2,43 carati, colore D, Internally Flawless, Tipo IIa

Additional highlights of the auction include The Flawless Match, a ring composed of a brilliant blue pear-shaped diamond of 2.52 carats and a pear-shaped diamond of 2.43 carats, color D, Internally Flawless, Type IIa. Also on sale are another 2.58 carat deep purplish pink collectible diamond, a rare 4.10 carat fancy blue-gray diamond ring and an 11.93 carat emerald-cut diamond, color G, purity VS2, by Harry Winston.

Diamante di colore rosa violaceo intenso di 2,58 carati

The online jewelry sale (May 20-June 4) features a wide selection of fine jewelry and iconic designs by Bvlgari, Cartier, David Webb, Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co., JAR and Van Cleef & Arpels.

The Dancing Sun prima di essere tagliato

The Dancing Sun, analisi della pietra. Photo: Arctic Canadian Diamond Company

The brushstroke by Carelle

Published on May 17, 2021

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With Carelle a collection as soft as the brushstroke of an artist on a canvas ♦

It is been the first jewelery company that was certified as “Made in New York”. Yet he has a French name. Carelle, in fact, is the contraction of two words of the language of Moliere and Victor Hugo: car elle, that is, “because her”. Also the name of the designer who founded the Maison in the 1970s is vaguely exotic: Chana Regev. She represents the fourth generation of an active family especially in diamond trading and long time been based in the American city.

In addition to the pret à porter collections, Carelle also offers custom made jewelery, with some large stones (and prices). But at the Couture in Las Vegas Carelle presented the new Brushstroke collection. The shape of gold jewels suggests, in fact, the fluid mark of an artist’s brushstroke on a canvas. In some pieces, yellow diamonds are added to small diamonds. Rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings reveal a non-usual softness in the jewelery world. The prices of the Brushstroke collection are variable as a sign of a brush: ranging from 595 to $ 7,150.

Anello in oro giallo e diamanti della Whirl collection

Carelle, anello in oro giallo e diamanti

Orecchini in oro giallo, diamanti e topazi blu

Agmes between memory and simplicity

Published on May 9, 2021

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New York, a thousand lights, a thousand stories. Like that of the sisters Morgan and Jaclyn Solomon, who founded the jewelry brand Agmes. The story is in the chosen name. The two sisters worked in the clothing world: Morgan was a buyer at Bloomingdale’s and Jaclyn the knitwear designer at Proenza Schouler. But in 2016 they decided to give life to the project of their Maison, which they had designed years before together with a college friend, Andrew. A friend who, however, died without seeing their dream come true. The name of the house, Agmes, is the combination of his initials and those of Morgan.

That said, the company has been successful and the jewels with a sculptural style (they are also inspired by the work of Alberto Giacometti, Man Ray, Barbara Hepworth and Ellsworth Kelly) and modern, in silver, 14 carat gold or vermeil, are made and sold in New York as well as on major online platforms. The stylistic key lies in simplicity together with the ability to propose design objects, with a precise personality and at affordable prices. Almost all the metals used are recycled and what is left over from processing is melted to be reused.

CERCHI DI ELLISSI — Orecchini Ellissi in argento

Jewelry for self pleasure with María José

Published on May 7, 2021

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Orecchini con smeraldi e diamanti su oro bianco 18 carati

A tweet from María José, Mexican gemologist and founder of the jewelry brand with her name, sums up her perspective: “I’m so happy to live between Los Angeles and New York,” she wrote. Originally from Guadalajara, the designer moved to the United States, where she attended the Gemological Institute of America in New York. She also studied jewelry design in Tribeca, the Big Apple neighborhood, where she launched her Maison María José in 2014. In short, she has perfectly integrated into American life and also in style: her jewels, in fact, are modern and in in line with international tastes, with a preference for the use of Colombian emeralds.

She is elegant, luxurious jewelry, but with a touch of informal. The objective explained by the Maison, in fact, is to instill a sense of fun in the collections, so that those who buy a jewel are able to wear the pieces with ease, as much as on official occasions.
Like many of her colleagues, María José Jewelry also supports fair trade practices and ethical manufacturing, core values of the brand. All the stones chosen by the designer come from ethical sources and her jewels are handmade in Los Angeles.

Come molti altri suoi colleghi, anche María José Jewelry sostiene le pratiche del commercio equo e solidale e la produzione etica, valori fondamentali del marchio. Tutte le pietre scelte dalla designer provengono da fonti etiche e i suoi gioielli sono realizzati a mano a Los Angeles.

Anello in oro bianco 18 carati con diamanti e smeraldo

Anello in oro bianco con rubini e diamante nero

Collana in oro giallo 18 carati con smeraldi

Anello in oro bianco con diamanti e zaffiro

Orecchini in oro bianco 18 carati con smeraldi

The lucky charms of Marlo Laz

Published on May 2, 2021

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Orecchini in oro 14 carati con pavé di diamanti

Manhattan, the heart of New York, pulsates with ideas even in the world of jewelry: one of the new brands is Marlo Laz, a brand founded by designer Jesse Marlo Lazowski in 2014. She discovered the charm of jewelry at the age of 13, she says, when she was given a bow brooch with pink rubies and diamonds that had belonged to her grandmother, Miriam. But it must be added that her aunt traded in antique jewels. Not only that: her passion for jewelry design blossomed in Jaipur, India, where she worked with a team of artisans, designing and supervising the production of what would become her first jewelry collection. In New York, however, she attended the Gemology Institute of America.

Ciondolo Porte Boinheur in oro 14 carati, smalto e zaffiro

In any case, she has chosen to interpret jewels in the most ancient way possible: as talismans, which are the ancestral origin of jewelry. But they are rather cheerful talismans, like the series of porte bonheur pendants, that is, brings happiness. The French-style touch, on the other hand, is emphasized in the Maison’s self-definition: jewelry for bon-vivants with a bohémien spirit. The jewels are in 14-karat gold, with the inclusion of small diamonds or precious stones.

Anello in oro, diamanti e tormalina Paraiba

oro giallo 14 carati diamanti — Orecchini a cuore in oro 14 carati con diamanti

Khiry’s black style

Published on April 29, 2021

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Orecchini a forma di maschera in oro 18 carati con diamanti

For some time now the jewelry has also included a black trend line. Designers such as Jameel Mohammed, who founded his jewelry brand Khiry while studying political science at the University of Pennsylvania, have broadened the horizon. And the fruits of this cultural contribution have had a wider response. Jameel Mohammed, for example, a couple of years ago was catapulted onto the pages of Vogue and his career took off: today his jewels are for sale on online platforms such as Net-a-Porter. The designer has been defined as Afro-Futurist for the style he has adopted.

The Khartoum jewelry line, for example, is inspired by the curved horns of cattle raised by the Dinka tribe of Sudan. Khiry is based in Brooklyn, New York, and through jewelry faces the spirit of the black community, with collections inspired by African roots. He also launched a digital platform called Negritude and is inspired by the literary movement of the thirties and forties, and celebrates the African diaspora. In any case, the jewels follow the path of traditional luxury, with pieces in 18-karat gold, diamonds and precious stones.

Anello Khartoum in oro 18 carati con diamanti

Orecchini Khartoum in oro 18 carati con diamanti

Collana con pendente a forma di maschera in oro 18 carati con diamanti e smeraldi

Collana Khartoum in oro 18 carati con diamanti

Bracciale Horus in oro 18 carati con diamanti e smeraldi

A life more safe with Marla Aaron

Published on April 20, 2021

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Lucchetto a moschettone in oro 14 carati e smalto

Carabiners, locks, chains: in New York the instruments become jewelry designer Marla Aaron.
To be responsible for communication of a company, with the crisis of newspapers and the advertising agencies in search of identity, these days it is not easy. It could also cause stress and insecurity for managers who are in charge. Who knows, maybe this was the driving force behind the former manager Marla Aaron to become, after 25 years of career, a jewelry designer in New York.

And it may have been her previous experience to suggest Marla to adopt as a stylistic key the security devices, such as carabiners, padlocks, chains. Of course, these tools that usually have a practical use, now become jewelry made of gold and precious stones. After four years of work Marla Aaron has designed and produced a series of pieces that actually work: the spring catches, for example, open just like the closures used in everyday life. But if you want use them to a set of keys, however, it could be too. In any case, among the proposals of Marla Aaron, there is no shortage of traditional jewels such as bracelets and rings in gold, with semi-precious stones such as mother of pearl, lapis lazuli, opal, pink opal, turquoise, cachalong, carnelian, onyx, chariot, malachite, stone of moon and chalcedony.

Among the unusual proposals of Marla Aaron, however, there is one more original than the others: jewels made with fordite. Have you never heard of this stones? Obviously, beacouse for fordite it is the paint accumulated in the paint shops of the Ford automobile factories. In factories, on the floors where cars are painted, the paint is stratified and forms a hard surface, like a stone. Material that is made into jewelry, pens, knife handles, and more. The fordite used by the American brand comes from the Ford Motor Company between the years 1960 and 1990.

Catena in oro 14 carati con pietre semi preziose

Anello in oro 18 carati con pietre cachalong

Anello in oro 18 carati con pietre semi preziose

Kimberly McDonald’s natural stones

Published on April 18, 2021

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Orecchini con opale e diamanti su oro con rodio nero

The stones, often rough, but of exceptional impact, by Kimberly McDonald ♦ jewels

Kimberly McDonald is also famous because many of her jewels went to brighten up famous clothes and skins: from former First Lady Michelle Obama to Cameron Diaz or Melissa McCarthy. But in reality her passion didn’t start with celebrities: she was born in North Carolina, she grew up collecting agate and geodes. In short, as a girl she was a lover of minerals. And this fixed idea of her stuck in her head: just look at her jewels, which seem inspired by the mineral department of a natural history museum. Her jewels, in fact, are known for the design that she uses geodes, agates, opals and diamonds in a natural version. In any case, the idea was liked.

The idea, however, liked. “Whenever the First Lady Michelle Obama wearing my jewels i am full of pride,” she confessed. “I know that she has the ability to select anything you want. And I respect her a lot and I appreciate that you have chosen my work on several occasions”. Perhaps Michelle, who is a nature lover, loves it was just the style of the jewelry, which also uses raw forms: geode, opal, emerald and agate are the first four materials with which the collections are made. That does not mean that they are less sexy, as you see in the video on this page.

Orecchini in oro con calcedonio e diamanti

Orecchini a cerchio con smeraldi su oro rodiato nero

Bracciale in macramé con geode e diamanti

Orecchini con geode e diamanti su oro giallo

Swedish Geometries in New York with Annika Inez

Published on April 15, 2021

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From Sweden with love (for design). Annika Inez comes from a Swedish family of designers, but she grew up in New York, where she attended Parsons School of Design, a private art and design college located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. She has not forgotten, however, the culture of origin, sober and clear, but she has combined it with muses in art and music such as Pina Bausch, Karen O, Bianca Jagger and Shirin Neshat. In short, art, research and simple but sophisticated forms. She finished school and she experimented with jewels, through the By Boe brand, which she then changed simply with her name.

The proverbial Swedish sobriety, which is wrongly mistaken for coldness, guides the creation of 14-karat gold jewelry, with small opals that often close the ends of the metal or with the addition of rounded crystals, which replace the use of stones. The natural design and the search for simple, but innovative volumes, is however the aspect that most distinguishes Annika Inez’s work.

Orecchini in oro 14 carati e gocce di vetro

Orecchini a catena in oro 14 carati e opali

Orecchino singolo in oro 14 carati e opale

A trio of colored diamonds sold by Christie’s

Published on April 14, 2021

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The desire to leave the gloomy mood of the pandemic behind is also reflected in the desire for luxury shopping. Like Christie’s Magnificent Jewels auction which was held in New York on April 13 and which reached a total of 34.96 million dollars, with 97% of the lots sold and with 94% having achieved on average 132% more than the lowest estimate. Buyers attended from 40 countries across five continents. The biggest wait was for The Perfect Palette, a trio of colored diamonds offered as separate lots, which totaled $ 8.37 million. Each stone surpassed initial estimates, with the 2.17-carat fancy vivid purplish pink diamond ring selling for 3.51 million, the 2.13-carat vivid blue diamond ring for 2.67 million and the 2.34 carat vivid orange diamond ring for 2.190 million.

“Impressive” prices for white diamonds, led by a 38.04 carat pear cut brilliant diamond ring, D color, flawless clarity, Type IIa sold for over 3 million, while a 14.50 carat emerald cut diamond , D color, IF clarity, Type IIa reached double its lowest estimate at 1.41 million. A diamond bracelet made 1.17 million and a pair of diamond earrings offered without reserve reached $ 894,000. Among the colored gemstones, exceptional results for a Burmese ruby ring by F.J. Cooper, an important jeweler from Philadelphia, sold for 1.65 million and for a ring with Colombian emeralds from Cartier, for 225,000 dollars.

Anello con diamante taglio a pera di 38 carati

Among the lots on sale there was also a Serpenti wristwatch with diamonds and Bvlgari onyx, sold for 50,000 dollars: it is a jewel donated by Bulgari, and the proceeds are destined for the Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation. Christie’s online jewelry sale continues until April 20 with jewelry from Bulgari, Cartier, David Webb, Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co., JAR and Van Cleef & Arpels.

Anello con diamante taglio smeraldo di 14,50 carati

Orecchini di Jar con zaffiri blu e rosa venduti per 312.500 dollari

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A trio of colored diamonds sold by Christie’s