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Duodeci, high jewelery online

Published on December 5, 2019

High custom jewelery through an online platform: it is the idea of the French brand Duodeci ♦ ︎
Buy a jewel that is not there. Indeed, a piece of high jewelery. It is the new frontier established by Duodeci, a new Maison of French jewelery. Duodeci proposes to buy jewelry for which there is only one sketch. Bracelets, brooches and rings can be ordered and displayed online on the company’s website. Jewelery is created ad hoc, up to 12 copies (number explaining the name of the Maison), with court certification on the number of pieces made.

But the customer may request variants, for example the use of a particular stone. Made to order also includes the knowledge of the author of the project, which will be fully realized in France, also in this case with certification by Joaillerie de France or French Heritage. Designers engaged with Duodeci.fr have already worked with the great French jewelery brands, but also come from the arts world. Their faces appear on the online platform site, where they also you can find the terms for the contacts and, obviously, ask for the prices. Federico Graglia

L'oeil de l'Eden di Nathalie Castro — L’oeil de l’Eden di Nathalie Castro

Murumure d'Eden di Pamela Hastry — Murumure d’Eden di Pamela Hastry

Marina Cabanel, La Aventura (scritto così...) — Marina Cabanel, orecchini La Aventura (scritto così…)

Louise D'Ussel, Cocktail di gemme — Louise D’Ussel, Cocktail di gemme

Celestine Di Nastazia, pendenti Inseparable

Dinh Van with a Pulse

Published on October 22, 2019

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The Pulse collection of the French Maison Dinh Van chooses simple but refined shapes ♦ ︎

Famous for its Menottes jewelry collection, that is, handcuffs, with a form that caused scandal 50 years ago, the Dinh Van brand has re-launched and renewed. Its founder, Jean Dinh Van, had created the brand in 1965, after collaborating with Cartier. And he had inherited a bit of non-conformism from the great French Maison alongside a simple but innovative design. Not a high jewelry, but jewels of a certain standing.

Under new management, the Dinh Van brand has been renewed with 16 sales points and is now focusing on the US market, although its base remains firmly anchored in Paris. The Maison has not lost a minimalist and at the same time modern taste, as evidenced by its large Pulse collection, in pink and white gold with diamonds. The style recalls, in the abstract, metallic elements used in the old Meccano game. Only here they do not serve to combine screws and bolts, but to decorate lobes, wrists, fingers and décolleté.

Orecchini pendenti in oro rosa e diamanti

Reza al Tefaf’s jewels

Published on October 15, 2019

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Orecchini con diamanti classe D per 47,3 carati su platino

Maison Reza’s fine jewelery arrives at Tefaf in New York ♦

It is not uncommon for jewelers to have lives or adventurous stories behind them. This is especially true for the great jewelery makers from the East or the Middle East. And it is also the case of Alexandre Reza, who died in Paris in 2016 at 94, but with a story worthy of a novel. Suffice it to say that he was considered the greatest collector of gems of modern times, before becoming a jeweler. And from 1 to 5 November the jewels of the Maison that he founded can be seen at the New York edition of Tefaf, the great exhibition dedicated to objects of art, antiquities and luxury and collectible jewels. Today the Maison is run by the founder’s son, Olivier, at the Place Vendôme site.

Anello Troïdia (a tre lati) con rubino non trattato Est Africa di 8,48 carati, diamanti

Alexandre Reza was born in 1922 in Moscow, son of a jeweler. Like other Russian families, after the October Revolution the Rezas moved to France, first to Nice and then to Paris. He began his career as a diamond expert, traveling a lot to find every stone. Alexandre Reza has also supplied gems to jewelry brands such as Boucheron, Bulgari, Cartier, Chaumet, Harry Winston, Louis Gérard and Van Cleef & Arpels. And as has happened to many other merchants and gemstone experts, at one point he decided to turn himself into a jeweler. But of gram class: only high jewelry with rare diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires. According to the Sotheby’s auction house, “movement, lightness, composition and harmony are the key words of his works”.

Orecchini Crescent, con due diamanti taglio princess per 8,27 carati e 204 taglio brillante per 9 carati

But mishaps were not missed: in 1994 armed thieves stole gems worth about $ 21 million in the jeweler’s salon in Paris. On the other hand, in May 2010 Sotheby’s sold a fancy 5.02 carat blue fancy diamond set in a toi-et-moi ring next to a 5.42-carat white diamond of 6.3 million dollars, setting a record price for a jewel of Reza. Margherita Donato

Bracciale Dune con madreperla e 72 diamanti

Orecchini con zaffiri birmani taglio pera di 18,5 e 20 carati

Orecchini con 16 rubini del Mozambico per 36,6 carati e 24 diamanti taglio marquise per 33 carati

Anello Tour Rectangle, diamante di 2,59 carati, rubini per 3 carati e 118 brillanti

Anello con zaffiro a taglio turbante di 6,68 carati su platino

The new precious chains by Hermès

Published on October 14, 2019

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Collana della collezione Enchaînements Libres

The Enchaînements Libres jewelery collection signed by Hermès: wild chains ♦

Free from chains, or free despite the chains? You choose how to interpret the name of the new Hermès jewelry collection: Enchaînements Libres. In fact the collection alludes to two different meanings. The first refers to the shape of the jewels, which are based on variations on the theme of the chain: large, small, intertwined. But it can also allude to the inequalities that afflict the female world.

The fact is that Pierre Hardy, creative director of Hermès’ jewelery division, chooses a third explanation: the chain as a link between cosmetics and the cosmos, “words that share the same origin and are linked to order and harmony.” In short, it flies high, even if a fourth interpretation indicates the chain as a return to the origins of the Parisian Maison, since they were used for harnesses and saddles, the first activity of Hermès.The collection consists of six thematic variations on the chain. Adage Hermès, for example, is an oversize necklace composed of elliptical rings studded with diamonds of over 110 carats Hermès Voltige recalls the surplice, the metal mesh used by knights in the Middle Ages to protect themselves in battle.

La collana Hermès Grand Jete. Foto di Remy Lonvis ed Hermes

Collana Hermès Voltige. Foto di Remy Lonvis ed Hermes

Yeprem’s diamonds in Paris

Published on October 9, 2019

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The diamond jewels dedicated by Yeprem in Paris: sinuous and surprising shapes ♦

It is not the first time it will be inspired by Paris. The Cité Lumière, a large window suspended between secular tradition and the future. But above all, Paris is also the capital of high fashion and, therefore, also of fine jewelry. This is why the Lebanese Maison Yeprem, has chosen the world for its extraordinary diamond jewelery, has chosen Paris and fashion week to present a series of high-end jewelry capable of extracting a sigh from all women who love diamonds.

The jewels presented during the fashion week are in perfect Yeprem style: diamonds, diamonds and more diamonds. The stones are aligned or composed on white gold, with sinuous curves and surprising geometries. That is the central one. They are glamorous jewels and not by chance the Yeprem diamonds have been worn by celebrities like Catherine Zeta Jones, Rita Ora, Lady Gaga, Camila Cabello, Nawal El Zoghbi or Hailee Steinfeld. Lavinia Andorno

Collier a tre fili e orecchini di Yeprem

The Art Deco by Roberto Coin

Published on October 4, 2019

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White gold ring with tanzanite, rubies and white diamonds. Yellow gold ring with citrine, orange sapphires and white diamonds. White gold ring with green tourmaline, natural green garnet and white diamonds

Roberto Coin’s Art Deco collection reworks the style born a century ago in Paris ♦ ︎

There are fads fleeting like winter snow. They are fashions, indeed. But there are also styles that are planted in the memory like the fences of a garden that everyone wants to visit. Time passes and the flowers of that garden continue to fascinate lovers of beauty. Art Deco falls into this category. Not everyone knows that the name derives from the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes which was held in Paris in 1925. Since then a century has passed, but the style was baptized on that occasion, and has influenced decorative, visual arts, architecture and fashion, continues to be revisited. And jewelry is no exception.

The last tribute to that taste that combines rigorous geometries with the pleasure of decoration is signed by Roberto Coin. The new collection presented at VicenzaOro is called, precisely, Art Deco and connects the vintage atmosphere with a modern and contemporary design. Precious stones and gold alternate in square or round shapes, without the reference to a style of the past compromising its freshness. Alongside gold, white or pink, jewels use a wide variety of stones, such as diamonds, tourmalines, malachite, rubies, amethysts, garnets, tanzanites, citrines, mother-of-pearl, black jade …

White gold earrings with tanzanite, pink tourmalines and white diamonds

Rose gold earrings with amethyst, ruby and white diamonds

Rose gold rings with black jade, mother of pearl, malachite and diamonds

White gold ring with malachite and crystal rock doublet and diamonds

White gold earrings with malachite and crystal rock doublet and diamonds

Rose gold ring with mother of pearl, fossil coral and crystal rock triplet and diamonds

Rose gold pendant with mother of pearl, fossil coral and crystal rock triplet and diamonds, rose gold earrings with mother of pearl, fossil coral and crystal rock triplet and diamonds

Rose gold tassel pendant with malachite and diamonds, rose gold tassel pendant with black jade and diamonds, rose gold tassel pendant with mother of pearl and diamonds

Rose gold tassel earrings with malachite and diamonds, rose gold tassel earrings with black jade and diamonds, rose gold tassel earrings with mother of pearl and diamonds

The necklace is a map

Published on September 3, 2019

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Storytelling Jewelery proposes jewels that represent city or neighborhood maps. Also the one chosen by you ♦

Idea: a necklace or a ring for not getting lost in the city. As the necklace that also becomes a map, with the streets forming a grid. The idea of an Israeli designer Talia Sari Wiener. His Storytelling Jewelery, founded in 2011, offers pendants which are maps of Rome, Barcelona, Jerusalem, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Tel Aviv and Tokyo. These maps, rather decorative and striking are silver or brass-plated 24-karat gold. Sure, if you look for the address of a restaurant or a hotel you can not find it on this jewels, but the idea is somewhat reminiscent of Alviero Martini maps on bags. If you consider the necklace a little too cumbersome, here is the rings, with the same maps, but on a smaller scale.

Esempio di un pendente-mappa selezionato online. In questo caso una porzione del centro di Milano

But the real novelty is the possibility of choosing a map of your choice, even that of the neighborhood where you live, or of a place you are particularly fond of. Through the Storytelling Jewelery website you can choose your favorite city and area online and immediately see the map transformed into a jewel.

Anna Hu, high jewelry in music

Published on July 19, 2019

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Jadeite Cello Brooch, spilla con giada, oro bianco, diamanti bianchi e gialli

High jewelry, high creativity and even music in the new collection of Anna Hu ♦ ︎

Paris, haute couture, high jewelry. In short, between Place Vendôme and the Louvre you can walks up, among the clouds. The high jewelry collections presented at the beginning of July 2019 testify to an always very high level. One of the most surprising collections was that of Anna Hu dedicated to music. The Taiwanese-born designer, who now lives and works in New York, is considered a genius. And also, according to some, the most expensive designer of high jewelry. It could be true. His pieces are few, refined, elaborate, rich. And also smart.

The small Silk Road Music Collection was presented in the dance hall of the Hotel Ritz in Paris, on Place Vendôme: a perfect location to combine luxury and music. Hard to say which of the jewels is more beautiful. Certainly the Jadeite Cello brooch has attracted attention, inspired by a painting by Picasso and also the graphic sign that precedes the pentagram on musical scores. The treble clef is made with four pieces of expertly molded jadeite, from 1.43 carats to 34.93 carats. The designer instead uses gold for the body of the brooch together with a pavé with yellow and white diamonds.

The title of the collection indicates, however, also another element: the road that unites the East to the West. In this case a musical road, a connecting element that allows you to savor the best of both worlds. There is also a pinch of Italy: the Blue Magpie brooch, in fact, is inspired by Giuseppe Castiglione, a Jesuit missionary and painter who in the eighteenth century, at the imperial court of China, created an original style of painting. The brooch is made with colored precious stones that form two magpies, a nest and blue flowers.

Anna Hu, orecchini Ellington, ispirati al musicista americano Duke Ellington

And, again, Rachmaninov’s bracelet, a Russian composer and late romantic pianist, uses many colored stones, as the music composed by the artist was very colorful. However, the bracelet is inspired by St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow. Russia is, in fact, on the Silk Road.

Anello Papillon, in oro bianco, diamanti, zaffiri, acquamarina

Siren's Aria, anello in oro bianco con acquamarina — Siren’s Aria, anello in oro bianco con acquamarina

NNA HU Siren’s Aria Earrings in Aquamarine — Orecchini Siren’s Aria con acquamarina

Bracciale di Anna Hu dedicato a Rachmaninov

Bracciale di Anna Hu dedicato a Rachmaninov, aperto

Anello Papillon, in oro bianco, diamanti, zaffiri e rubellite

Mauboussin on the shelves of Galeries Lafayettes

Published on July 16, 2019

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The historic French brand Mauboussin was sold to the group that controls the Galeries Lafayettes ♦ ︎

Mauboussin is a historic French jewelry company, founded in 1827. It opened the first store in the United States, in New York in 2009 and in Moscow in 2017. Now, however, it also has a new owner, equally historic: the Galeries Lafayettes, large French warehouse opened in 1895 on the Boulevard Haussmann. The Galeries Lafayettes group, which controls the department store, announced the acquisition of a majority stake in the jewelry brand Mauboussin, along with its current CEO, Alain Némarq, who will continue to run the company. The manager managed to get a part in the operation thanks to the support of the Mirabaud Asset Management fund.

Mauboussin, anello in oro rosa e zaffiri rosa

Galeries Lafayettes already controls other jewelery brands, such as Galeries Lafayette-Royal Quartz Paris, Louis Pion, Guérin Joaillerie, Bhv and La Redoute. Mauboussin was taken over by the entrepreneur Dominique Frémont in 2002, which held 84.3%, while the remaining 15.7% was owned by Némarq, who has guided the maison’s restructuring since 2002, transforming it into one of the main players of the sector, with a turnover of 75 million euros in 2018 and over 60 thousand jewels produced per year. The brand counts on a network of 75 points of sale in France and in the most famous international capitals.

Spilla di Mauboussin venduta da Sotheby's — Spilla di Mauboussin venduta da Sotheby’s

The first Gucci high jewelry collection

Published on July 5, 2019

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A boutique has opened in Place Vandôme for Gucci’s high jewelry, the first collection is called Hortus Deliciarum ♦ ︎

From bags to clothes. From clothes to jewelry. And from fine jewelry to high jewelry, in the most exclusive place in the world: Gucci opened a store in Place Vendôme, in Paris. It must be an essential place for the Kering group, which includes the Florentine brand. At the same time, in fact, always in the most luxurious square in the city I opened a boutique also another brand that belongs to the same French group Kering.

Orecchini in oro, diamanti, gemme colorate

In short, Gucci makes a leap in quality and combines jewelry for mere mortals with one for those with high budgets, as he had anticipated at the end of last year. The boutique will host the gold jewelry and high jewelry designed by Alessandro Michele, creative director of the fashion house. Result: the Hortus Deliciarum collection, a garden of delights where the fruits are “unique gems”.

The collection includes over 200 pieces, mainly unique. And also each gem is set differently, with a result that Michele records discordant symmetry. This search for imperfection, for uniqueness, pays tribute to the classic emblems of eternal love, to the majesty of the animal kingdom with mythical bestiaries and ancient fauna and, finally, to the solitaires redefined. There are also strong colors: gems with special vivid hues, such as yellow imperial topazes, iridescent opals0 pink topazes, pink and blue sapphires, green tourmalines, mandarin garnets, white diamonds, yellow beryllium. On the contrary, the boutique was made with very sober colors.

Gucci, in any case, underlines that since November 2015 all the gold has been realized with the scheme of the Responsible Jewelery Council Chain of Custody, “which allows to identify the expense and guarantee a responsible supply”. In short, Gucci expands its customer base: it sells gold jewelry between 1,500 and 2,000 euros, but with high jewelry, climb from 50,000 to 800,000. Lavinia Andorno

bracciale tormalina — Bracciale in oro bianco, diamanti, tormaline

collana diamanti topazi — Collier in oro bianco, diamanti, topazi

Collana serpente in oro bianco, diamanti, rubini

Jean Schlumberger in Paris with Tiffany

Published on June 10, 2019

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Bird on a Rock, spilla con un diamante fancy yellow

In Paris, Tiffany organizes an exhibition of one hundred jewels by Jean Schlumberger ♦

Jean Schlumberger, one of the jewels gods. Tiffany dedicates a four-week exhibition to him, with a hundred jewels, including 80 unique pieces, starting from June 12th. The pieces can be purchased and can be booked in any Tiffany boutique. The sales exhibition is organized in the Champs-Élysées boutique.
The great designer, to whom the American Maison has also dedicated a book, was in fact one of the greatest men creative of jewelery, and he worked in particular for Tiffany.
French, Alsatian from Mulhouse, a town on the border with Germany and Switzerland, Schlumberger has had two fortunes: the first is the survive from the terrible battle of Dunkerque, during the Second World War. The other was to meet Tiffany’s president, Walter Hoving, in 1956.

Spilla a forma di delfino in oro, smeraldi, diamanti firmata da Jean Schlumberger per Tiffany

After the war and the brief military career, in fact, the designer had moved to New York to design clothes for Chez Ninon. In 1946, however, it had already turned into a jeweler with its own Maison. But it is with Tiffany that his fame takes off, started with the Bird on a Rock brooch, with a large fancy yellow diamond. Transferred from Tiffany, where he had his own laboratory and a private elevator, Schlumberger worked for the Maison until the end of the 1970s (he was born in 1907 and passed away in 1987) and in recent years he was also vice president of Tiffany.

Schlumberger is a figure that has entered the history of jewelry, with works that have remained famous, such as his jewels inspired by sea creatures and other animals. Jacqueline Kennedy wore so many Schlumberger bracelets that the press nicknamed them Jackie bracelets. He was also one of four jewelers to whom Tiffany allowed to sign his work, along with Paloma Picasso, Elsa Peretti and Frank Gehry. Federico Graglia

Collana che fa parte di una suite firmata Van Cleef & Arpels, in diamanti e peridoti. Parte della collezione Rockefeller — Bracciale con diamanti e acquamarine di Jean Schlumberger per Tiffany, parte della collezione Rockefeller. Venduta per 250.000 dollari

Bracciale e spilla con zaffiri e diamanti di Jean Schlumberger per Tiffany

Spilla con zaffiri e diamanti di Tiffany, design du Schlumberger

Jasmine, collana di Jean Schlumberger del 1966

Bracciale in oro 18 carati e smalto di Jean-Schlumberger

Collana appartenuta a Carroll Petrie, di Schlumberger per Tiffany, venduta per 905mila dollari

(Italiano) Monsieur Laurence Graff

Published on May 28, 2019

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Laurence Graff con il Lesotho Primise, il 15esimo più grande gioiello del mondo

Graff opens a super boutique in Paris with the treasures of the Maison of London ♦ ︎

In London it is an institution, in the world it is a myth, in jewelry it is synonymous with extra large diamonds. Now Graff is also a boutique in Paris, precisely at 237 Rue Saint-Honoré, in the middle of the luxury shopping district. And it is not a small branch of the London headquarters: the boutique, in fact, has an area of 370 square meters. So much so that some malicius (not lacking even in the world of jewelery) has implied that it is a move to put in relation with Brexit, which could revalue the capitals of continental Europe. Who knows.

Rendering dell'esterno della boutique — Rendering dell’esterno della boutique

In any case, the Paris boutique is equipped to accommodate the demanding customers of the Maison. The works were done in a workmanlike manner: the façade is classic, but incorporates elements such as hand-brushed silver metal coatings, patinated pillars with lava-drop texture. The interiors of the double-height salon (between the ceiling and the floor are 7 meters) were designed by the famous American architect Peter Marino. Each room has a certain impact: in one, for example, the ceiling is domed, with a shape that evokes a diamond. Pieces of high jewelry smile from the boards, there are walls made of iridescent peacock feathers, petroleum-colored, each of which has been applied by hand. And hidden among the feathers there are three spectacular display cases that, once opened, reveal exclusive treasures from Laurence Graff’s private safe. Bienvenu. Alessia Mongrando

Orologio con smeraldi e diamanti con una silhouette a ventaglio con smeraldi ovali e diamanti bianchi

Graff, alta orologeria. Orologio bracciale con diamanti fancy yellow

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[caption id="attachment_29765" align="aligncenter" width="709"] Laurence Graff con il Lesotho Primise, il 15esimo più grande gioiello del mondo

Pasquale Bruni brings the moon to Paris

Published on May 13, 2019

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Pasquale Bruni, anello in oro e diamanti con calcedonio e agata

Pasquale Bruni in the Printemps department store in Paris with his collection Jolì ♦ ︎

Italian jewelery in one of the shopping temples of Paris: Printemps. The group’s main store, along the Haussmann boulevard, in the 9th arrondissement, now houses a sales point for Pasquale Bruni, the historic Maison of the jewelry of Valenza.
Printemps is a historic place in Paris: the department stores were founded in 1865 by Jules Jaluzot and Jean-Alfred Duclos and are located at the intersection of Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue du Havre. On the façade the figures of the four seasons are carved and inside you can admire the art deco dome made in 1923 by the master glassmaker Brière.

In short, a suitable place to present, among other things, one of Pasquale Bruni’s latest collections: Joli, inspired by the moon. Indigo blue fruit of lapis lazuli and agate, mother of pearl with white agate, pink chalcedony, are the stones used to recreate the atmosphere of the moon, transmigrated in the shape of the flower that is the symbol of the Maison. The flowers are made of rose gold, on which a pavé of diamonds is applied, which in some cases replaces the surface of the stones.

Interno dei magazzini Printemps a Parigi

Orecchini della colelzione Ton Jolì — Orecchini della collezione Jolì

Pasquale Bruni, anello in oro e diamanti con lapislazzulo e agata

Charlize Theron shines with Messika

Published on April 27, 2019

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Charlize Theron, in Paris for the launch of her film, shines with the Messika diamond jewelry ♦

Charlize Theron has chosen to shine in Paris. The actress presented her new film, Long Shot, directed by Jonathan Levine, in which Charlize is star with Seth Rogen. But at the Gaumont Opera Capucines premiere, the actress also shone for her look: she chose to wear Messika’s high jewelery, Paris’s queen of diamonds. In particular, Charlize Theron wore Snake Dance earrings from Messika’s new collection of high jewelry Born to Be Wild and the ring Shards of Mirror from the Once Upon A Time jewelry collection.

Diamonds are the natural element of Valérie Messika. The daughter of a great diamond merchant, André, graduated in marketing and communication at the Sorbonne before an apprenticeship in Chanel’s jewelery sector in 1999. Back in her father’s company, the designer has added the tranding work of precious stones to that of jewelry, always with exceptional diamonds in the middle. Lavinia Andorno

L'anello Shards of Mirror della collezione Once Upon A Time — L’anello Shards of Mirror della collezione Once Upon A Time

The stars that shine with Djula

Published on March 13, 2019

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From Katy Perry to Lady Gaga: that’s why the stars wear the jewels of the Parisian Maison Djula ♦ ︎

The last stars to wear them were Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. But the list of actresses or singers who have chosen to show off, on the red carpet, with Djula’s jewelry is long. And there’s a reason why: the Paris Maison has chosen to run on two parallel streets: the beautiful jewelry, but not with price impossible (for normal people), but also high jewelry, unique pieces to wear for exceptional occasions like, precisely , a catwalk for festivals or gala dinners. But, even for the jewels of the stars, Djula does not lose its characteristic acquired at the time of birth, more than two decades ago: propose jewelry in glam rock style, as are defined by the founder, Alexandre Corrot.

Diamonds together with a special design, with geometric lines and many reflections, as for the single earring worn by Katy Perry. Or choc choices, like the barbed wire collection.

To do this, Djula uses diamonds for G VS1 quality micro pavé (with tiny inclusions), pear-shaped, marquise diamonds or VS2 quality baguettes (slight inclusions). In short, diamonds with a good quality-price ratio. And, underlines the company, diamonds and precious stones come from areas not in conflict. But it is probably the pleasure to wear something luxurious, but also different and a bit ‘transgressive that appeals to the stars who wear the jewels of the Maison of Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Alessia Mongrando

Orecchino di diamanti Single, indossato da Katy Perry

Lady Gaga con orecchini di diamanti by Djula

La modella e attrice Laverne Cox con choker di diamanti

Grandi orecchini Soleil in oro rosa e diamanti

Anello con diamanti taglio brillante e baguette

54 clips by Van Cleef & Arpels

Published on February 16, 2019

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Chrysanthème, esposto anche al Musée des Arts Decoratifs

The most beautiful clips by Van Cleef & Arpels gathered in an exhibition in Paris. Here are some ♦ ︎

The clip, if you read the definition, is a spring clip of various types and for different uses. All right, but the clip can also exist for another, unique, different reason: to be admired itself. This is the case with high-jewelry clips, which usually stop nothing, close or serve anything but show their own beauty. Back in fashion after years of oblivion, the brooch has a second youth. And remember what happens when the fine jewelry marries the art of goldsmithing thinks about Van Cleef & Arpels, who in Paris, in the luxurious venue at 20 Place Vendôme, has organized an exhibition of his most famous clips: from the famous dancers, animals, flowers.

The exhibition is titled Le clip, a bijou de style et d’élégance and contains 54 pieces from Maison’s heritage collection, accompanied by drawings and videos.

It is also an opportunity to revisit fashions and forms linked to historical periods from the 1920s to today. Wheat, feathers, perfect hoops, lace knots, lions and chicks, fairies that are pinned on evening or day dresses, on different occasions. But always as a distinctive sign: not everyone can wear these small works of art.
Boutique Van Cleef & Arpels
Heritage Gallery
20 Place Vendôme 75001, Paris
From 21 January to 30 March 2019
from Monday to Saturday from 11 to 19

Clip Danseuse (1947) © Van Cleef & Arpels

Clip Orchidea (1927) © Van Cleef & Arpels

Clip Lace Bow (1949) © Van Cleef & Arpels

Clip Fairy Dragonfly (1941) © Van Cleef & Arpels

The necklace that measures diamonds

Published on November 4, 2018

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Fred re-proposes his caliber-shaped necklace to measure the carats of the diamonds ♦

They gave you a diamond ring. Oh well, how big is the diamond? And has more carats than mine? Let’s say the truth: envy is part of human sins and, of course, a part is found in jewelry. Precisely to test who has this defect (which Dante in the Divine Comedy places in Purgatory: as punishment have their eyes sewed), the jeweler Fred Samuel has devised a truly amazing jewel.

The necklace has a pendant, an instrument for measuring the diamond carats: a “calibre a pierres”.

Naturally, within this tool, used by jewelers to speed up the work of carat control, one or more diamonds of different weight are found.
This series, among other things, is also linked to the anniversary of the fashion house, which turned 110 years old: conceived in the seventies, now the pendant has been revived in a numbered edition of only 110 pieces, as many as the birthday years. It was born, in fact, from Fred Samuel, born in an Argentinean family who traded in precious stones and pearls, his passion. Transferred to Paris Fred Samuel gave life to the Maison that bears his name and is located in rue de la Paix. Giulia Netrese

Bracciale Una Île d'Or — Bracciale Una Île d’Or

Bracciale in oro giallo della collezione Force 10

Anello in oro rosa e diamanti della collezione Force 10

Anello in oro giallo e diamanti della collezione Force 10

Orecchini Sugar Pain in oro rosa, diamanti, ametiste, quarzo

Collana Sugar Pain in oro rosa, diamanti, tormalina rosa, rubelliti

A rhino in a jewelry store?

Published on November 2, 2018

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Bracciale in oro rosa e bianco con diamanti della collezione Clara

The jewels of Chateau Euphorie, which is inspired by an Indian rhinoceros that was adopted by Louis XV.

Let’s face it: it’s important not only to do something good, but also to be remembered. And memory also involves impressions, emotions, requests. For example, a name that is imprinted in the memory has more impact than any one. As in the case of Chateau Euphorie: harder to forget this name, even if the jewelry that offers would be interesting even if they were anonymous. The fact is that in Paris Chateau Euphorie opened its first store in March 2015, on the Champs Elysées, two years after it was founded.

It has with it a secure artistic independence skills: design that also stands in inspirations. As with the main collection, Clara. Which it is not the name of a girl, but a rhinoceros.

Certainly a rhino in a jewelry seems a joke. But in this case it is the pachyderm horned brought from India in the eighteenth century to become part of the private zoo of Louis XV. At that time the poor animal made a great impression in the West. It never would have imagined that three centuries later would become a pendant or bracelet in white agate or chalcedony, yellow or white gold with white diamonds. In short, a rhinoceros in a house of jewels. It is true that the imagination has no limits. Lavinia Andorno

Pendente a forma di rinoceronte della Brick collection

Anello della collezione Giardino Segreto, in oro brunito e zaffiri

Ciondolo della collezione Giardino Segreto, in oro brunito e zaffiri

Anello della collezione Clara in oro bianco, agata, diamanti

Anello Clara in oro bianco, diamanti, peridoto

Anello Clara in oro nero, diamanti neri, onice

Orecchini della collezione Clara in oro bianco, agata, diamanti

Bracciale della collezione Clara in oro bianco e rosa, agata, morganite

Collieri della collezione Clara in oro bianco, agata, diamanti, ceramica

Pendente della collezione Clara in oro bianco, diamanti, calcedonio

Pendente della collezione Clara in oro bianco, diamanti, zaffiro rosa, opale rosa

The precious Mikimoto’s bows

Published on August 2, 2018

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Anello in oro bianco con perla di conchiglia rosa, diamanti e zaffiri rosa

Mikimoto’s new high jewelery collection: Jeux de Rubans ♦ ︎

Mikimoto took advantage of the Paris haute couture week in July to present a large collection of high jewelery. It is a special collection, because it celebrates birthday number 125 of the birth of the Japanese Maison specialized in pearls. The founder, Kokichi Mikimoto, over a century ago managed to invent the way to cultivate pearls: thanks to him, today, this gift of the sea has become more widespread. To celebrate all this, Mikimoto then launched the Jeux de Rubans (games of ribbons) collection.
As you can guess, the new collection also revolves around the use of pearls: there are all sorts of them, even very rare. As in the case of conch pearls. These are rare pearls: they are not made of mother-of-pearl, but are produced from calcareous concretions. Conch pearls are not pearls with a mother-of-pearl core. They are, instead, produced by the mollusc Strombus Gigas, which lives in southern Florida, near the Caribbean. This mollusk produces these particular pearls that have exceptional nuances, such as that used for a ring in the collection. But, be careful: experts recommend wearing a pearl conch only in the evening, because the color of these pearls tends to fade over time. Giulia Netrese

Pendente con perle, diamanti e acquamarina

Anello con oro rosa, diamanti, grossa perla

Collier di Mikimoto, sei fili di perle, zaffiri rosa

Orecchini in oro intarsiato e perle con diamanti

Collana della collezione Jeux de Rubans, con grande perla pendente

Collana in oro bianco con perle e tanzaniti

La presentazione della collezione Jeux de Rubans a Parigi

In Paris, 250 artist jewels

Published on March 5, 2018

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From Calder to Koons: in Paris, the artist’s jewelery from the Diane Venet collection. Until 8 July ♦ ︎
What does a woman do with the soul of an artist and wife of a sculptor? He makes a collection of jewels. But of special jewels, created by other artists. So Diane Venet, wife of Bernar Venet, in 30 years has put together a considerable collection, which often goes around the world. Now, however, Paris does great things and from 7 March to 8 July 2018 the Musée des Arts Décoratifs dedicates space to the great collection: De Calder à Koons, bijoux d’artistes. The colletion idéale de Diane Venet.
That is truly vast: 230 pieces, plus another 20 lent by galleries and owners, with jewel-sculptures by famous artists, such as Alexander Calder, Jeff Koons, Max Ernst, Pablo Picasso, Niki de Saint Phalle, Caesar, Takis and Louise Bourgeois, Dalì and, of course, Bernar Venet. In all, there are 150 authors represented in the collection. The materials used are largely traditional: gold, silver, bronze, enamel. The jewels designed by the artists have often been made by goldsmiths.
«My passion for the jewel of art was born the day when Bernar enjoyed wrapping my left ring finger a thin silver wand … This gesture, touching in its spontaneity, had another effect on me , to discover the little known universe of these unique art jewels, precious for their rarity and their symbolic load often at the origin of their creation “, said Diane Venet. Of course, some of these jewels are miniature sculptures, not wearable, but others have been conceived as works of art to put on the finger or around the neck. They are real jewels. But with a twist that reveals the style and creativity of the author. Rudy Serra
De Calder à Koons, bijoux d’artistes. The colletion idéale de Diane Venet
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
107, rue de Rivoli, Paris
Tuesday to Sunday: 11 am-6pm
Tickets from 9 to 13 euros

Damien Hirst. Pill Charm Bracelet, 2004, argento

Luciano Fontana, bracciale Elisse Concetto Spaziale, 1967

Victor Vasarely, bracelet Jolie, 1985, argento e smalto

Bernar Venet, anello Ligne indéterminée, oro, 1998

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The Pulse collection of the French Maison Dinh Van chooses simple but refined shapes ♦ ︎

Maison Reza’s fine jewelery arrives at Tefaf in New York ♦

The Enchaînements Libres jewelery collection signed by Hermès: wild chains ♦

The diamond jewels dedicated by Yeprem in Paris: sinuous and surprising shapes ♦

Roberto Coin’s Art Deco collection reworks the style born a century ago in Paris ♦ ︎

Storytelling Jewelery proposes jewels that represent city or neighborhood maps. Also the one chosen by you ♦

High jewelry, high creativity and even music in the new collection of Anna Hu ♦ ︎

The historic French brand Mauboussin was sold to the group that controls the Galeries Lafayettes ♦ ︎

A boutique has opened in Place Vandôme for Gucci’s high jewelry, the first collection is called Hortus Deliciarum ♦ ︎

In Paris, Tiffany organizes an exhibition of one hundred jewels by Jean Schlumberger ♦

Graff opens a super boutique in Paris with the treasures of the Maison of London ♦ ︎

Pasquale Bruni in the Printemps department store in Paris with his collection Jolì ♦ ︎

Charlize Theron, in Paris for the launch of her film, shines with the Messika diamond jewelry ♦

From Katy Perry to Lady Gaga: that’s why the stars wear the jewels of the Parisian Maison Djula ♦ ︎

Diamonds together with a special design, with geometric lines and many reflections, as for the single earring worn by Katy Perry. Or choc choices, like the barbed wire collection.

The most beautiful clips by Van Cleef & Arpels gathered in an exhibition in Paris. Here are some ♦ ︎

The exhibition is titled Le clip, a bijou de style et d’élégance and contains 54 pieces from Maison’s heritage collection, accompanied by drawings and videos.

Fred re-proposes his caliber-shaped necklace to measure the carats of the diamonds ♦

The necklace has a pendant, an instrument for measuring the diamond carats: a “calibre a pierres”.

The jewels of Chateau Euphorie, which is inspired by an Indian rhinoceros that was adopted by Louis XV.

It has with it a secure artistic independence skills: design that also stands in inspirations. As with the main collection, Clara. Which it is not the name of a girl, but a rhinoceros.

Mikimoto’s new high jewelery collection: Jeux de Rubans ♦ ︎