What’s more summery of coral? Perfect on tan and almost essential for evenings by the sea. Among the specialists of coral, the brand Sicilian Oro di Sciacca proposes the collection Flowers of water, combining the red element of the sea with the Australian pearls. The collection is an ongoing, that is revived every year. Now, however, it is updated with the use and the combination of pale pearls with the vivid colors of Southern Mediterranean, in a unique combination of nacre produced from the distant ocean, with colors of red, pink and salmon, used for earrings and necklaces.
Vanessa Martinelli, oranges in Geneva
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High jewelry with precious stones, but also a fun design, easy-going, sometimes cool: Vanessa Martinelli, from Ticino Region (Swiss), after her apprenticeship in Milan and New York, is based in Geneva and has convinced the demanding experts. A history that began in 2012, when the designer has decided to launch its own line which combines humor with a certain passion for the cultures encountered while her traveling. The jewels follow three stylistic lines: Paradiso, Wonderland and Mini Mio. Paradiso uses precious stones and metals to give birth to sophisticated creations, suitable for special occasions. Wonderland is, instead, a collection designed to be used every day, rather cheerful. My Mini, the latest collection, is aimed at an audience of young women and able to appreciate a delicate design and joyful. It consists of small rings in 18ct gold and precious stones. Bee, heart, squirrel, strawberries, cocktail, cupcake, dolphin, ladybug, cloverleaf: these are some of the elements of the collection.
For summer, the Geneva brand also offers Orange Pop, a line that belongs to the Paradiso collection: oranges and lemons Mediterranean, with a fresh and modern, that are transformed into a set of jewels and is composed by ring, earrings and necklace. The pieces using the 18 carat yellow gold, stones orange, yellow and pink.
Also interesting is the biography of the designer: was born in Lugano, Switzerland. At 18 he moved to Milan to work as a model for the major fashion houses. Then he attended the prestigious Central Saint Martins School in London. After graduating in jewelry design, Vanessa Martinelli has specialized in New York, the Gemmological Institute of America, up to the certificate of Graduate Gemologist. Not only that, he spent a year in Hong Kong in a company of pearls and jewels, as creative director and chief designer. In 2012 she has chosen Geneva as its place of business. Matilde de Bounvilles
Bliss’s Bubbles
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Pearls as light bubbles, hovering on earrings and rings: is the new collection of Bliss, a brand that is part of the Damiani Group. The line, not surprisingly, is called Bubbles: balls of various sizes with pearls of different shades mounted on silver. With this shape: the rings are also set in two, four or six beads, arranged in two rows. Or they play with dimensions opposite: a large pearl, with front three smaller, one large and one small, and so on. And the earrings can also combine two different colors: for example, pearl white and gray, or tending from violet. In short, variations on the theme of the bubbles, including classic and contemporary lightness. G.N.
Video: Jennifer Lopez and Cielo
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Jennifer Lopez likes the jewels. Besides designing a line for Endless Jewels, she wears several others, such as the pair of earrings by Italy’s brand Mattia Cielo (we have already talked about here: https://gioiellis.com/mattia-cielo-nel-terzo-millennio). The forty-five actress and singer chose to wear hoop earrings collection Rugiada in the new music video Back It Up, which has already enjoyed tremendous success. Here’s the video and, of course, earrings worn by JLo. G.N.
To browse the daisy also means questioning about love: the petals of the flower symbol of springtime are also a favorite subject by jewelers. No exception to the Florentine Zoppini, which proposes the Daisy. Line Flower in The City also targets a young audience, thanks to affordable prices and the casual style, with leather and corolla flowers topped by Swarovski crystals. The jewelry is made of metal, colored in three shades: rose gold, silver and graphite. Here they are images of the collection. G.N.
Sfogliare la margherita significa anche interrogarsi sull’amore: i petali del fiore simbolo della primavera campestre sono anche uno dei soggetti preferiti dai gioiellieri. Non fa eccezione la fiorentina Zoppini, che propone la linea Daisy. La linea Flower in The City inoltre, si rivolge a un pubblico giovane, grazie ai prezzi molto accessibili e allo stile casual, con in pelle e corolla dei fiori guarnita da cristalli Swarosky. I bijoux sono di metallo, colorati in tre tonalità: color oro rosa, argento e grafite. Eccole immagini della collezione. G.N.
Tropical Misis
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The venetian brand Misis propose Moorea Island, a collection in gold plated silver, cabochon coral and white opal. As Wikipedia explains, “Moorea is a volcanic island in French Polynesia, part of the Society Islands, about 17 km norodovest of Tahiti. The island is located in the tropical belt around 17 degrees south latitude. Moorea yellow means lizard in Tahitian.” So, sea beaches and coral. And this is precisely the subject of the collection inspired by the tropical swimming paradise. Silver plated gold, cabochon coral paste, white opal and enamels for necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets in this collection warm colors and whose only reference for style are starfish. Lavinia Andorno
The first monument represented in the new collection of jewelry by Lebole, named De Architectura, could only be the Duomo of Milan. A jewel that is a tribute to Expo 2015, consists of a pair of earrings round and asymmetrical: a disk covered with a spotted fabric in the shape of Italy golden metal and the other in the world map of the world with the silhouette of the Milanese cathedral. From here starts the series inspired by the most famous theorist of architecture, ie Virtruvio, and to his treaty from which takes its name the line; then it will be the turn of Rome, with the Colosseum, Venice and then follow all the jewel cities of the Peninsula. From the dotty quote, a constant in the production by Nicoletta and Barbara Lebole, with fabrics of the eighteenth-century Bourbon factory and the ancient kimonos of previous collections, to the next level with the use of silver: «It was a choice we have fro make as the positioning up to continue to grow and enter the jewelers who keep only objects in precious metals, no brass or bronze.
They are increasingly, especially in Italy and this is a positive signal», says Barbara Lebole. «So we decided to create collections in silver with our features: asymmetrical earrings repeating one of the historical most successful motifs, the kimono and the ideogram, that are unique pieces because the silk, applied on the silver through our patent technique, is always different. In addition, we introduced a variant in white , black and green glossy or matt enamel, all colors of Art Deco from which takes its name this line. Even prices are higher and therefore are between 150 and 200 euro». In short, the idea is simple: better to be the jewel cheaper in a store of fine jewelry rather than more expensive in a shop with a target a bit lower. Here pictures and prices. Monica Battistoni
Indigo is the name of the Ayala Bar summer 2015 collection. As style of Israeli designer, the collection is a mix of old forms and modern geometry, that draw upon different ethnic traditions and the ability to grasp the contemporary aesthetics. Effect indigo metal, bits of color, flowers, bells, small fish, shells, dragonflies, ladybugs, feathers: the different elements blend with the technique of sautoir, including cloth and metal, with hand embroidery and craftsmanship that makes noble beads , silk and cotton (not for nothing she has a history in the business of fashion). But between the materials is also the use of silver.
The vintage pearls of Yvone Christa
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Pearls and filigree: are the style of duo that gave birth to the brand Yvone Christa New York. The designers, after a training in Italy, where they learned the art of working the jewelry with the use of thin metal wires, it moved to the US and now based in Soho, in the Big Apple. So the ancient Venetian filigree technique has moved to the city that is the capital virtual of the world. The thin threads of gold and silver, shaped and welded, are then treated with antique finish. The processing uses 925 silver, burnished or dipped in 22kt gold. The difficulty is knowing how to weld precisely the invisible curls and thin metal wires to create the shape drawn by the designers, offering three collections a year. Jewels are decorated with semiprecious stones (jade, quartz, jasper, citrine, amethyst, tiger’s eye, lapis, turquoise, coral, amazzoniti, carnelian, topaz, onyx, giaietti, zirconia) and pearls, choices accurately because they are inspired to the jewel of the past. Here are the latest creations and prices. G.N.
Stefan Hafner under microscope
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Acqua line by Stefan Hafner born from a night vision, that of the Trevi Fountain at 3 am, by the suggestion of water movement that hypnotizes everyone who sees it, with the deep blue of the source fading to white foam that refracting to the ground. Then, other journeys and other fountains continued to inspire the designer of the maison, Francesco Cosentino. The ring chevalier Acqua Preziosa is the evolution of this line: a cascade of sapphire drop shaped, with a facet brilliant cut, moving like water. It could not be that blue, Because this is a royal color and the only one able to give that particular softness to the whole», says Cosentino.
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Stefan Hafner, the scent of Jasmine
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Stefan Hafner has accustomed its fans and admirers to look a fine interweaving of gold, diamonds and fancy. A cocktail that works well with the collection named Jasmine, which revitalizes the unmistakable style of the brand founded in Bologna in 1967. Stefan Hafner had blood Swiss and an innate sense for accuracy. Along with creativity and a Mediterranean taste, the ability of designers and a careful choice of gems, Hafner has built the reputation of the company which now is understandably proud. The collection Jasmine is no exception: on thin trails of precious metal are arranged with painstaking care dozens of small diamonds, so as to form jewelry with almost oriental flavor (jasmine, in fact, is the flower of the East for excellence). And, in fact, the plot of these delicate embroideries appear small fragrant flower petals. For the occasion, also, the brand has created a video directed by Giuliano Plorutti direction in which you can follow, behind the scenes, the phases of design and manufacture of jewelery. M.d.B.
Monica Trevisi, Mati collection
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Monica Trevisi, Venetian designer with a very personal style (https://gioiellis.com/la-collana-monocolo-di-monica) launches the Mati collection. The name is not exactly common: after a painstaking research on the internet we found that it is a word in the Nahuatl language, which is of the Uto-Aztecan origin, spoken in some corner of Mexico. And perhaps now also used in Veneto. In any case it means something like to know, what you know. Mati includes bracelets, earrings and necklaces always in style adopted by designers, with the use of metal almost child of the industrial revolution: steel, brass and copper. But the arabesques made from wires that seem to come from a electric spiral (the effect is very modern and staff) are balanced by the color of stones set, a contrast that makes it less dramatic the aesthetic impact. And like. Giulia Netrese
From Sofia to Milan, to paint and invent jewelry craft, creative, floating: is the path of Lora Nikolova, a young Bulgarian who graduated at the Accademia di Brera in Milan. With a dream: to concretize the fantasy that feels within himself. She hit the mark: next to the creation of paintings, accompanied by exhibitions in several galleries, Lora has specialized in jewelery made with different techniques. With a style that in some ways reminiscent of the abstraction of Kandinsky or the deconstruction of Picasso’s early twentieth century. “As a child I was attracted by the creations manual, I always liked to build model and I was good to express my ideas through three-dimensional sketches,” says. “The first jewelry I created them using cernit \ fimo (polymer clay) then, thanks to studies of stage design, I started to develop my own style, putting that imagination that has stimulated the realization of bijoux. At first I sought a strong aesthetic impact, and was making art and design that focused on the composition and and the color appearance. I love the colors and strong contrasts in my creations as the black thread is almost always present, and some look like cobwebs, with a network that combines the colored spots in a playful composition of volumes and colors. I can not give a precise definition to my style: my jewelry convey a strong emotional charge, reflect my being and at the same time become the wearable items”. You can find the jewels in some shops of Milan, as Otto Segreti and Soqqadro, or Le Formiche Store, in Sicily. “But sometimes I organize some exposure in my creative workshop called LN Bijoux & Art Atelier, together with other artists and brands,” he adds. An idea about prices: necklaces of glass beads and plastic (mixed media) vary between 50-100 Euros. Necklaces more elaborate, such as those with paper mache, have slightly higher costs. Lavinia Andorno
AS29, the diamonds according Audrey Savransky
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The homeland of the diamonds is Belgium and is also the home of Audrey Savransky, the designer who created the brand AS29 and represents the fourth generation of the business of the favorite gems of the world.
But the most surprising aspect (the Belgians do not be offended) is that Audrey is also equipped with a good deal of sense of humor, qualities that in the austere streets of Antwerp, among carvers and diamond merchants, is rarer than a stone 100 carats. Audrey is funny because it presents her jewelry as remedies to sadness, like a medicine that can heal any woman and, at the same time, as it be a good ice cream. So much so that the jewels are presented as happy pills, in a pink box full “of instructions for dosage and mode of administration. Contraindications include the possibility of visual impairment due to acute brilliance and the onset of jealousy for those who do not own them.”
Well, jewelry and ironic sense are not an ordinary bread. To this we can add that the jewelry designed by Audrey Savransky are very modern, very portable and, of course, with many diamonds, but also with other stones as sapphires, amethysts and rubies. Rings, earrings and necklaces are shaped like hearts, arrows, flowers, with a modern design, linear. Prices vary widely, but on average it fluctuates from one thousand to 12 thousand euro, just to give a dimension. The jewelry of As29 are for sale in differente place of the world: in France from Colette, Montaigne Market, Bon Marché, Printemps; in Britain from Harvey Nichols, Harrods, Fenwick, Liberty; Brown Thomas in Ireland, Switzerland from Bongénie. And then in Mexico City, Saks 5th Avenue, in the US by Hirshleifer’s and Hong Kong, from Plukka. But you also buy the jewels online. Giulia Netrese
De Vecchi silver design is back
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The language of art and design, lives in the objects by De Vecchi 1935, silver historic brand, and speaks of mirrored surfaces, contrasts of light, new materials. Is true for historical pieces like the ultra famous T8, a revolutionary project, which in 1947 changed forever the canons of the candlestick made stemmed with its three supporting points. It is also true for new collection of jewelry presented in the store on Via Santo Spirito in Milan. «The idea was to create a line with a highly recognizable De Vecchi aesthetics, very materic in volumes, that would enhance shiny surfaces, affordable in price, but with a great quality» says Lorenzo Traglio, who leads the historic silverware brand of Milan, taken over by Vhernier in 2010. So silver twists in round or square geometries of the rings Contrarié (split end), overlaps sinuously in the ring Nodo, in three different versions with round elements, in section quadrangular or in combination of the two forms, and joins in the rings Abbraccio.
Traditional skills
«Attention, is not a simple job to work the silver, if you want to get those undulating forms and twisted and ensure not only the harmony of design, but also a perfect fit. Especially when it comes to rings of a certain size», adds Traglio. With much satisfaction that shows a beautiful bracelet, oval round, seemingly very simple, but with a twist just mentioned and refined. «It’s the most important piece of the collection, the bracelet torcion to which we have devoted six months of planning and countless tests modeling. Does not revolve around the wrist, to keep in view the details of the twist. It folds discreetly, and gives movement to the jewel with an effect of great design. Not only that, the hinge that allows the opening is literally impalpable: I challenge anyone, eyes closed, unable to locate the hub by touch. So, the bracelet is not only pleasant to wear, but you can put on from morning to evening on any occasion, even the most formal and feel the same elegant. So that’s an example of fine jewelry», says the manager.
Rings, bracelets, necklaces and …
But Torcion is not the only piece of the collection that boasts goldsmith skills. Even more seasonal patterns and young people are not simply “flat.” Rings, earrings, bracelets and necklaces others, only in silver or alternate to bronze, always mirror, are heart-shaped or oval, and slightly rounded to give more character to a drawing basically simple. Similar detail for Lastra ring, flowing opened on the first phalanx. And then chains, chocker, rings with round blades overhead, that with some humor were named Maracas. Prices range from € 250 for Lastra ring to 550 Euros for the other rings, up to 1,100 Euros for the Torcion bracelet, which is the only one with this value. For all the pieces an antioxidant treatment avoids blackening of the metal and keeps it polished, ensure the company, at least for two years. Federico Graglia
A new Eden for Damiani
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Black ceramic and rose gold for a more wearable, more affordable, more contemporary Eden. So Damiani updates and proposes again, with a collection of rings, bracelets and earrings, one of its most famous pieces style, the snake shaped bracelet named Eden. A modern design that highlights materials contrast, ceramics and gold, and livens up the diamonds pavé spirals in hues matching the colors of white, pink and burnished precious metal that twists and turns in many rows. It will have been even tempter the devilish serpent depicted in the Bible, but it helped Damiani to reach a record still unmatched: winning 18 Diamond International Awards, including the one of 2000 with bracelet Eden wich embraces the arm with 11 rows in withe gold setting 900 brilliant-cut diamonds, more than 94 carats and 800 hours of work. The 2015 edition is anyway stylish, but starts from an affordable price, in fact, is about 1,300 euro for the ceramic ring with two rows and starts from 2000 euros for the one with pavè diamonds on white gold. Here pictures of the new collection. Monica Battistoni
Tatiana loves solo
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Just earrings and above all in solo feature , for the first jewelry collection by Tatiana Verstraeten. The young Belgian designer after working with Anthony Vaccarello and have been part of the style office of Chanel alongside Karl Lagerfeld to design jewelry and hats, decided to start her own choosing to launch her brand by focusing on one of the most loved pieces by women, earrings. Each piece is designed in trend of the season, that you wear it solo, with one exception that can stand in pairs, and climbs on the ear lightly. Shapes are those organic of nature with powder or transparent shades, shaped by hand in Paris by artisans using techniques by fine jewelry, assures the designer. Well, haute de gamme without gold or diamonds. At most a few ruby. Lavinia Andorno
Swarovski’s Diamonds
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Swarovski crystals become real diamonds. A quantum leap for now tested in US, but that may soon arrive in Europe. Basically, the Austrian group alongside its collection of bijoux goes to high-end jewelry also. His latest collection, in fact, includes diamonds set in jewelry in silver and rose gold and yellow 14-carat. Objective: to conquer women who want to wear jewelry full blown. The prices of bracelets and rings with real diamonds range from 125 to 1,450 dollars (about 110-1200 euro). A strategy that, in fact had already been announced by Swarovski and is part of its program of development of the brand Vision 2020. According to Susan Popper, head of activities related to Swarovski jewelry for North America, that it is “a natural extension “for the company. “We are bringing a new idea in jewelry market. The support of our brand recognized worldwide can consolidate our group to new consumers. The Swarovski jewelery collection will appeal to customers who want to precious jewels. ” According to the manager, the market’s highest level of the jewelry is two to three times what fashion-jewelery. The brand does not intend, however, to give up of bijioux based on the use of crystals.
The new collection has been developed specifically for North America and will be available through selected stores and independent retailers. It is not the first time that Swarovski releases a collection of jewelry: for example, has already launched a range of jewelery in China and has collaborated with designer Matthew Campbell Laurenza through its division Atelier Swarovski. On the other hand, if this business until 1980 Swarovski was 70% represented by crystals, this category now represents only 30% of the business. The company also announced its entry into the field of wearable technology. We will soon see the diamonds Swarovski in Europe? Federico Graglia
Bees for Dolce & Gabbana
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Forget the controversy about the choices of gender, Dolce & Gabbana return to propose fine jewelry. An example are these earrings in the shape of bees. Flowers native of Sicily, which become succulent jewels for bees looking for pollen. Each pendant is handcrafted, making petals daisy with aquamarines carved, while the pistil of the flower is made of gold-colored beryl. Bees, busy in their work, they have legs and body studded with diamonds, while the eyes of the industrious insects are emeralds and wings of fine gold filigree. The body of the bee is black jade and citrine, to form alternating strips. But there’s more: the crowning of this refined representation of nature in the form of jewelry, here is a South Sea pearl pendant. Lavinia Andorno
Stroili dances with Etoile
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A star for Stroili. Étoile is called the 2015 spring-summer collection. The idea is inspired by the world of ballet, among satin ribbons and shoes from reinforced toe. Those who wear this wear, precisely the étoiles, the are the stars of the stage. The collection uses as recurrent form of the metal wires that are woven into bracelets, earrings, necklaces, pendants. The use of wire brass rhodium surfaces, allows to create full and empty, with the colors and the silver glitter, to brighten the lightness of the bijoux. Here are pictures of the collection and the prices. Matilde de Bounvilles