Italian absent, some new names, some remarkable pieces: Las Vegas Oscars jewelry, or rather the Couture Show, ended without even a brand or an Italian designers among the winners. A flop.
Prerequisite: The Couture in Las Vegas held annually in the Wynn Resort, where are the jewels and luxury watches at the Jck Show. They were attended by 200 designers and famous brands, from Bulgari to Stephen Webster. And it is been also an opportunity to award prizes, divided by category, to designers and Maison who best impressed. In the Hall Encore a thousand designers, retailers and professionals Couture communities were therefore gathered to celebrate the winners of Design Awards in 2016. This year’s jury was made up of Soraya Cayen, John Green, Rachel Garrahan, Adam Glassman and Arun Bohra. Not is been an easy task, their. Result: Stephen Webster was the winner of the Best Award diamonds above $ 20,000. Tomasz Donocik won the award of Best colored gemstones. To Polly Wales went the Best in Bridal. The novelty of 2016 was, however, the People’s Choice Award: it was won by an excited Anita Ko. Two other awards also went to two Greek designer Nikos Koulis and Yannis Sergakis. Then, the curtain fell: appointment to 2017. Federico Graglia