Brushstrokes of color that become jewels, or vice versa. It is the inspiring motif of Paint, a collection by the Milanese designer Francesca Mo (they are on display at the Galleria Subert in Milan until December 22, 2022) together with other collections. The designer, who is also an architect, has always used color to characterize…
Do you know what an aigrette is? It is a jewel that serves to highlight the hair and face. That’s what the aigrette is, which is back in fashion ♦ If they ask you if you want to wear an aigrette, don’t blink as if you were asked to invent a new algorithm. Simply put,…
The queen’s jeweler could not remain indifferent to the queen’s jubilee. Garrard, London-based Maison that has a long tradition with Her Majesty’s jewels, has decided to celebrate the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s crowning with some special creations. And this is nothing new: in 2018, for the 65th anniversary of the coronation, the Maison presented the…
The brooch is back in fashion: but how to choose it? ♦ ︎ Who knows why, the brooch has gone through years of oblivion. Forgotten, neglected, even despised. The brooch was seen as the jewel that grandmother used, an heirloom to keep in the drawer if it is a special inheritance or, at most, a…
The jewelery pieces signed by La Fleur Jewels. Made in Bangkog, it’s hard to guess it, but… ♦ ︎ To say that La Fleur Jewels does not exist is probably wrong. But try searching this company online: you will waste time. Behind La Fleur Jewels, headquartered in Bangkoh, there is one of the many jewelery…
The small masterpieces by Scala Gioielli, goldsmith’s virtuosity in Marcianise ♦ ︎ Italy is the country with an advanced economy that has the highest percentages of family businesses. This is also true in jewelery and is also why small exceptional handicrafts abound, while lacking (with few exceptions) large specimens such as the French Maisons. An…
Art, crafts, goldsmithing. Three words that run after each other and, at times, come together in the work of someone who does not chase fashions, but an idea. As in the case of Corrado De Meo, an artist and jeweler outside the box, who lives and works in Livorno (Italy). Even his professional career does…
The Palloncino (balloon) was the first jewel to take flight in 1984, when the Maison was founded. But the Palloncino collection by Vhernier continues to float in the catalog of the Valenza-based brand. At the beginning of its history, the innovative shape of the jewel, reminiscent of the light balloon tied to a thread that…
x The tinyOm jewelry: 18K gold and Bahraini pearls ♦ ︎ TinyOm founder Virginie Dreyer, a former lawyer in Paris, defines her business as “jewelery for the Soul”. In short, jewels for the spirit, more than for vanity. As, moreover, the name of the small Maison indicates, which incorporates the suffix om, a Tibetan mantra…
How to choose a brooch? Here are the things you should know before choosing a brooch and advice on how to wear it ♦ For a long time they have been little considered. The broochs were reminded of the jewels of the grandmother, because once the brooch was an inevitable element of a scarf or pinned…
It is not easy make a worm appear precious, but Vhernier performs the miracle with the historical Bruco (caterpillar) brooch. Unjustly snubbed, the caterpillar is instead the sign of the spring transformation, an insect ready to transform itself into a butterfly. The caterpillar pins by Vhernier, now re-proposed precisely on the occasion of spring, are…
Queen Elizabeth appeared on television for a message to the nation. And to make news are (also) her jewels. On the other hand, it was inevitable that, in addition to attention to the topic addressed by the queen (the coronavirus emergency), attention was also focused on the look of the sovereign. Also because the choice…
At the auction of Dorotheum tiara and brooch of Maria Valeria, Archduchess of Austria ♦ ︎ The charm of ancient nobility is often present in jewelery auctions. Dorotheum knows it well, and in Vienna on November 27 it will sell a diadem and brooch of Maria Valeria, daughter of the Empress Elisabeth. Maria Valeria was…
The high jewelery by Fei Liu, a Chinese designer who chose England ♦ ︎ Have you ever heard of Chongqing? Probably not, if you are not Chinese. Yet it is a city of central and southern China with a population of about 7-8 million inhabitants, much like London. Perhaps this is why the designer, Fei…
Swarovski necklaces, bracelets and brooches inspired by the music world for the autumn-winter 2019 ♦ ︎ A note, in music, is represented with a graphic sign used to indicate a certain sound. In modern western music the notes are written on the staff, so as to indicate both the height and duration of the sound.…
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.…
High jewelery: Cindy Chao debuts at Tefaf with the new masterpieces Blacklabel ♦ ︎ A titanium brooch, with 1,369 diamonds, 705 tsavorites, 450 yellow diamonds, 28 cabochon emeralds and two larger emeralds for a total of 52.44 carats. These stones are mounted so that the jewel can also move. The Flower Bud brooch is the…
Three brooches signed by Jacob & Co in the shape of a bee: this is the Abielle mini-collection ♦ For some time the brooches are back in fashion, much to the surprise of those who thought they were a mania of the grandmother. Forget that: the brooches enliven a dress, concentrate attention, enrich an outfit. In…
The Bremen musicians play a symphony for Van Cleef & Arpels ♦ ︎ From Paris to Bremen. The road is that of the Grimm brothers, who wrote at the beginning of the nineteenth century the fable Town Musicians of Bremen. The address is that of Van Cleef & Arpels, who conceived the collection of fine…
The collection of Van Cleef & Arpels inspired by the fairy tale The three feathers of the brothers Grimm ♦ ︎ “Once upon a time there was an old king who had three sons. If the two elders seemed sociable and wise, the last one spoke so little that he was nicknamed the Idiot. Feeling…
